It’s always exciting when a newly crowned Congress Champion can come fresh off a win and duplicate their performance at the AQHA World Show to be named a World Champion as well. That’s exactly what Maria Salazar did this afternoon at the 2019 AQHA World Show when she rode her 6-year-old gelding, “Moonlightin,” to win Amateur Equitation. However, this achievement is even more special for Maria, because it’s her first World Championship title.
Continue reading …“For a stud, it says a lot about him. I’ve been around a lot of studs and trained a lot of studs, and I would’ve never thought that a stud would’ve gone around for several different riders. There have been a few of us show him here, and we all won trophies with him.”
Continue reading …“Great horses with great people can go on forever. It’s all about the way they’re started, the way they’re maintained, and the trainers making good decisions for the horse’s future, for a lifetime, not just for a year.”
Continue reading …“I thought this class was just extremely competitive. When they started out calling 15th place and the horses started loping up to get their awards, you really realized how talented they all are.”
Continue reading …“That’s his victory dance! It’s him. He’s playful. He’s only 34 months and he looks like he’s a 5-year-old. You’ve got to give these young horses a little slack and remember that they are just babies. He’s a giant baby though!”
Continue reading …“He’s so special. He and Blake are such a dream team. I could never imagine owning a World Champion. He will have a home for life with us.”
Continue reading …It began as a hitch in the gelding’s get-along, so to speak. The nagging short step in his hind end persisted. Then, when he was put on a longe line in a circle, he demonstrated what horsemen describe as being “dead lame.” But when the 2007 AQHA gelding, Lopin For Hours, aka “Chevy,” straightened out, he would appear to be sound…
Continue reading …This win makes it the fifteenth time that either Jason Martin or Charlie Cole has won Senior Western Riding at the World Show. What has helped contribute to their decade of dominance? Attention to details.
Continue reading …The English family is very excited to pull embryos this year and has a few dream crosses in mind, including Very Cool, Evinceble, and Execute. They hope her babies will get her beauty, balance, and personality.
Continue reading …“He was in London the other day, and we sent him the video from the preliminaries. He was afraid that he would jinx him if he came to watch the finals, but it worked out well.”
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