No Viva Las Vegas For Me… Don’t Let FEAR Keep You Out of the Show Pen
March 24, 2015 Comments Off on No Viva Las Vegas For Me… Don’t Let FEAR Keep You Out of the Show Pen
I had the work bases covered. My horse was ready and my trainer thought it would be a good show for both my horse and myself, yet I didn’t go.
Continue reading …A Princess, a Glass Slipper, and a Spectacular Silver Horse = #1 Movie in the World
March 23, 2015 Comments Off on A Princess, a Glass Slipper, and a Spectacular Silver Horse = #1 Movie in the World
65 years after the original Cinderella was released in 1950, Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures has another massive hit on their hands with the live action version of the timeless fairytale.
Continue reading …Legends Premier Stallion Season Auction
March 23, 2015 Comments Off on Legends Premier Stallion Season Auction
Reproductive specialists at Texas A&M University have been leaders in research that has advanced our knowledge and abilities in equine reproduction. In recent years one of the ways that these advancements and technology have been funded is through a unique on-line stallion auction. The Legends Premier Stallion Season Auction was originally begun as a way to support research and new techniques in stallion reproduction and was promoted as “stallions helping stallions”. Now in its 8th year, the program has expanded to support all aspects of equine reproduction, in mares as well as stallions.
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Changes are happening with the All American Quarter Horse Congress Futurity Programs!
2015 Quarter Horse Congress Futurities are Now Open to Multiple Breeds, APHA, ApHC, PHBA, and More…
Back in the Saddle and Back in the Winners Circle – Andrea Kengis-Foss
March 21, 2015 Comments Off on Back in the Saddle and Back in the Winners Circle – Andrea Kengis-Foss
Andrea Kengis-Foss accumulated plenty of frequent flyer miles as a young exhibitor criss-crossing the country in pursuit of her horse show dreams.
Continue reading …Silver Dollar AQHA Circuit Strikes Pay Dirt in Las Vegas With 38% Increase!
March 20, 2015 Comments Off on Silver Dollar AQHA Circuit Strikes Pay Dirt in Las Vegas With 38% Increase!
On the first day of competition on March 17th, the show also welcomed over 196 Trail goes. Bruner explains, “That’s just the open horses, and it doesn’t include the amateur and youth.
Continue reading …Judges Announced For 2015 All American Quarter Horse Congress
March 20, 2015 Comments Off on Judges Announced For 2015 All American Quarter Horse Congress
AQHA Judges: Kelly Boles Chapman, Pierre Briere, Patty Campbell, Charlene Carter, Brian Ellsworth, Jessica Gilliam, Larry Hansch, John Lawrence, Stephanie Lynn, Clay MacLeod, Scott Neuman, Doug Rath, Nancy Renfro
Continue reading …Because Everyone Deserves a Second Chance
March 20, 2015 Comments Off on Because Everyone Deserves a Second Chance
Even when we’re at our worst, horses somehow manage to bring out our best. Even if a horse might be down and out, because it didn’t make much of a living on the racetrack or just aged out of use, he looks for and brings out the positive in the humans that provide him care. The horses that are part of the non-profit Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s (TRF) Second Chances inmate program are looking to be rehabilitated, while, at the same time, helping to rehabilitate men and women who have been incarcerated.
Continue reading …What Happens When a 9-Year-Old Gives a News Anchor a Showmanship Lesson?
March 19, 2015 Comments Off on What Happens When a 9-Year-Old Gives a News Anchor a Showmanship Lesson?
“You came out of your pivot twice. Walk like I told you how to walk… with a purpose.”
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How does the humiliation of a pizza guy have anything to do with the horse world? It’s called crowdfunding, and it’s a relatively new social platform where people can support a cause, make a statement, or ask for help from a worldwide audience. Empathetic horse people have taken to this worldwide media to help others after barn fires, injuries, horse or human illnesses or simply for help with a creative project.
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