A sponsorship is more than a donation of product or money. A sponsor, who gives something of themselves, is a partner. Within the horse show industry, we rely on these partnerships to maintain and grow our events. Sponsors are vital to event success for many reasons. They open location options that may have not previously been available. Sponsors add and provide value to exhibitor experiences. They generate bigger audiences and exhibitor bases for events. Sponsors can take an ordinary horse show and turn it into an extraordinary event!
Continue reading …If you were to ask Bill Baskin what brought him and his wife Susan together, his answer might just be cows. The co-owners of Baskin Livestock, one of the largest agricultural businesses in Genesee County, New York, first met shortly after Susan Blackburn, a veterinarian, spent a large portion of her job traveling to farms to administer tuberculosis tests. The frequency of these tests brought her to visit Baskin’s farm several times a week. Inevitably, working so close together on numerous separate occasions developed a friendship between the two which eventually developed into something more. “We were friends way before we were married, and we still are; that’s the amazing part,” Blackburn notes.
Continue reading …Sweating isn’t fun. It stinks. It stains clothing. It requires a bath after a hard workout. But, sweat is imperative to the health of you, your horse, and all animals that have sweat glands. For horses that cannot sweat, it can make life absolutely miserable, or worse.
Continue reading …2022 APHA World Championship Show July 7, 2022 Today was an exciting opportunity for exhibitors to reach ultimate goals, and starting out the day, Carly Veldman Parks won the Junior Trail and the Junior Trail Sweepstakes with Cheesin It for Fritz Leeman. When her World title was announced, she took a victory lap with both […]
Continue reading …For the last ten days in April, the bluest skies and brightest futures were seen by some of the industry’s finest hopefuls at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, for the second annual A Sudden Impulse NSBA and AQHA Futurity. This event was managed by An Equine Production and sanctioned by the National Snaffle Bit Association with over $400,000 in total money and prizes with a show bill that consisted of 160 classes in 16 different divisions that also featured two American Quarter Horse Association World Qualifying Shows.
Continue reading …APHA World Championship Show July 6, 2022 In the first class of the day in the John Justin Arena at the 2022 APHA World Championship Show, Lisa Ligon won a World Championship in Green Trail with Made Best Bet Yet, owned by Ronda Sullivan. “Grayson is my pet – my absolute favorite,” she says. They […]
Continue reading …In the weeks leading up to the AQHA Youth World Show, preparations are in full force as youth make the trek towards Oklahoma City. But first, most will make a stop at their trainer’s farm for boot camp. It’s not your typical boot camp, though. Outsiders might see it as a day of playing with horses all day.
Continue reading …Thank you to Kristin Spinning for the wonderful candid photos from The EMO Celebration, happening June 30 – July 10, 2022 at South Point Equestrian Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. The six judge EMO Celebration offers AQHA open, amateur, select, youth and novice (level 1), NSBA Futurity classes plus cattle, ranch and reining classes with no qualifying. Ranch, […]
Continue reading …2022 APHA World Championship Show July 5, 2022 Exhibitors were busy at the APHA World Show today in Fort Worth, starting out with Halter, then alternating Longe Line and Western Pleasure, followed by Western Riding in the John Justin Arena. The Will Rogers Coliseum hosted Ranch Riding, Ranch Riding Sweepstakes Ranch Pleasure, and Ranch Rail […]
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