EC Trainer Profile Featuring Clint Ainsworth
November 25, 2021 Comments Off on EC Trainer Profile Featuring Clint Ainsworth
Clint Ainsworth of Lithonia, Georgia, is one of the most respected horsemen in the industry. Clinician, trainer, competitor, coach, and judge – he wears many hats in a demanding industry. But Ainsworth thrives on the challenge of developing first-class horses and riders, and he has earned a reputation for producing winners at the top level of competition, specializing in all-around events. He and his clients have won multiple AQHA and APHA World Championships and Reserve World Championships, multiple Congress Championships and Reserve Championships and numerous NSBA World Championships and Reserve Championships.
Continue reading …Happy Thanksgiving From The Equine Chronicle!
November 25, 2021 Comments Off on Happy Thanksgiving From The Equine Chronicle!
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Continue reading …Behind the Scenes Photos- 2021 AQHA World Show- Part 3
November 24, 2021 Comments Off on Behind the Scenes Photos- 2021 AQHA World Show- Part 3
Click here to view this final set of photos from around the rings at the AQHA World Show.
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The AQHA World Championship Show, combined with the Select World Championship Show and Level 1 Championship Show, capped off an exceptional year of horse showing with one final world-class event to close out the 2021 show season. The Equine Chronicle was onsite for the duration of the event providing up to the minute coverage with live show results, social media updates, around the ring photos, interviews with winners, and articles.
Continue reading …Behind the Scenes From the AQHA World Show- Part 2
November 23, 2021 Comments Off on Behind the Scenes From the AQHA World Show- Part 2
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The World Conformation Horse Association honored their 2021 Hall of Fame inductees at the WCHA Breeders Championship Futurity in Fort Worth, Texas on the organization’s 10th anniversary.
Continue reading …Behind the Scenes From the AQHA World Show- Part 1
November 22, 2021 Comments Off on Behind the Scenes From the AQHA World Show- Part 1
Click here to relive all of the excitement from the AQHA World Show with around the ring photos!
Continue reading …Morgan Ratkowski Named Amateur All-Around, Kimberly Stewart Burritt Named Select All Around at AQHA World
November 22, 2021 Comments Off on Morgan Ratkowski Named Amateur All-Around, Kimberly Stewart Burritt Named Select All Around at AQHA World
The 2021 AQHA All-Around Amateur is Morgan Ratkowski of Pleasant View, Tennessee, who showed her American Quarter Horse, Better Buy The Minit. The 2005 bay gelding by Do You Have A Minute and out of Tickle My Asset, was bred by Kramer/Davis of Reddick, Florida. Ratkowski and Better Buy The Minit earned 57 points in the all-around amateur competition. The team earned the amateur world champion titles in working hunter, hunter hack, and equitation over fences and the reserve world champion title in amateur hunt seat equitation.
Continue reading …Setting a course for independence – Casey Willis Show Horses
November 21, 2021 Comments Off on Setting a course for independence – Casey Willis Show Horses
As the head trainer at Masterson Farms, LLC in Somerville, Tennessee for the past seven years, Casey Willis’ daily responsibilities vary from managing training operations to overseeing the sale of futurity horses at Ken and Marilyn’s breeding and training facility. Casey spends his time working with young prospects to build a strong foundation that brings out a horse’s natural ability with the goal of ultimately creating a finished show partner.
Continue reading …EC Cover Horse, Snap It Send It, is AQHA World Show Superhorse
November 20, 2021 Comments Off on EC Cover Horse, Snap It Send It, is AQHA World Show Superhorse
The 2021 Farnam AQHA Superhorse is Snap It Send It owned by Kent Ray Taylor of Mesa, Arizona. The 2016 gray mare, by VS Code Red and out of Snap Krackle Pop, was bred by Twylla Lynn Brown from Perry, Missouri. Snap It Send It earned 29 points and was shown by AQHA Professional Horseman Blake Weis of Pilot Point, Texas. Snap It Send It won the world champion title in junior trail, placed fourth in performance halter mares, eighth in junior western riding and was a finalist in junior western pleasure. Snap It Send It received a trailer, courtesy of Sundowner Trailers, an original Lisa Perry bronze and rose bouquet.
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