As Championship Season rolls around, it can mean an increase in time spent on the road for exhibitors and horses. This requires a lot of pre-planning and communication between all parties to ensure that everything is clean, packed, and ready for use at the next event.
Continue reading …On Friday, October 21st, Angela Wade and My Mama Said So won the 4&5 Year Old Non Pro Trail Stakes at the 2022 Congress! Angela reveals how she prepares “Sally” for such a complicated Trail course in our EC TV video, and she talks about why this win with Sally is particularly meaningful. Results for 4 […]
Continue reading …Owners and trainers of older, finished all-around horses have made incredible investments of time, effort, money and more into making their equine partners reliable and accomplished show mounts. Maintaining those seasoned horses to keep them sound, in shape, and ready to show well into their teens and beyond may seem like a daunting–perhaps even impossible–task, but it is possible with teamwork and thoughtful planning.
Continue reading …Thursday, October 20th, at the All American Quarter Horse Congress began with world class trail patterns, and one of those trail classes was L1 Amateur Trail, a class of 80 exhibitors. Charlotte Green and Mechanic Parkin Only were the team that came out on top with a score of 246! We talked to Charlotte afterward, only […]
Continue reading …On Wednesday, October 19th, at the All American Quarter Horse Congress, 139 Amateur teams competed through approximately 5 hours of prelims and a finals pattern for a Showmanship title. When it was all over, Anne Oldfather and One Exclusive Cookie were crowned Congress Champions! After two stellar patterns, the prelim and the finals, we asked […]
Continue reading …Horses are in the blood of twenty-nine-year-old Cody Conover. This champion grew up on his parents’ ranch, Conover Quarter Horses, in Anthon, Iowa. Together with his parents, Kelly and Traci, and his brother Drew, he showed the family’s horses on weekends throughout the greater Iowa region. Conover racked up show miles and titles starting in Leadline before moving on to a pony named Roani, and then on to Quarter Horses.
Continue reading …On Tuesday, October 18th, the wind and weather was blustery, but that didn’t stop the action in three arenas at the All American Quarter Horse Congress! In the first class of the day in the Coliseum on October 18th, Micah Hansen won the L1 Senior Western Riding for Addisyn Albers with To Cool To Be […]
Continue reading …On Monday morning, Kylie Davis with How Bout At Midnight won the L2 Youth 12-14 Trail, her first Congress Championship with a horse she calls “Jack.” Watch what Kylie had to say in our EC TV video: Kylie Davis with How Bout At Midnight win L2 Youth 12-14 Trail at the 2022 Congress! L2 Youth […]
Continue reading …Horse shows are like a home away from home for many competitors. Trailers and RVs are packed to the hilt with all the necessities for both horse and rider and, upon arrival, it all gets shuffled out. But where does all that equipment and those supplies go? Back at home there is ample space for the feed, tack, and grooming supplies, but at a horse show, those items often have to be condensed to one or two tack stalls. The tack stall needs to be arranged in a way that is effective, organized, and efficient in order to ensure things continue to operate smoothly.
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