Student-athletes preparing to go to college have big dreams. Some dream of playing in that big tournament in March. Others dream of hitting a home run and circling the diamond. It used to be that dreams like these–along with a few others–were the only ones available until the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) was formed as the governing body to advance the sport of equestrian as part of women’s collegiate athletics.
Continue reading …Leslie Hellman has a wonderful ability to heal painful bodies. Most riders have pain issues due to previous injuries, and many are now grateful for Hellman’s work. In 2002, Hellman was working with a chiropractor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but had no formal training. “The chiropractor said I had hands that would do amazingly well for message therapy and physical therapy. In 2006, I moved to Arizona, started working on my own and needed a license. I went back to school and began working with different message techniques. I took more than 3,000 hours of certifications in physical therapy and athletic training,” says Hellman.
Continue reading …BREEDERS HALTER FUTURITY PRESS RELEASE NOVEMBER 29, 2023 The Breeders Halter Futurity Board of Directors is excited to tell you that our 2023 event was better than ever!!! We are so appreciative of everyone who helped make the BHF what it is today. THANK YOU TO OUR STALLION OWNERS, MARE OWNERS, FOAL OWNERS, EXHIBITORS, […]
Continue reading …After a 40-year break from the show pen, Ann Woodruff climbed back into a show saddle in 2021. She has enjoyed every moment since while showing her family’s horses.
Continue reading …Held from March 22-25th in Lexington, Virginia, the 2023 Spring Breakout and the Virginia Maiden boasted over 6,000 entries and total payouts of $169,000. The show started off with a special event day for AQHA and VRH Ranch classes then moved into a split/combined 6-judge AQHA show. The judges for the show were April and Casey Devitt, Clay MacLeod, Sandy Curl, Rick Christy, and Dolly Chayer. Show management services were provided by Topline Event Management headed by Christian Jauntig.
Continue reading …From World Equestrian Center Celebrate the re-release of an exclusive-edition Breyer® in a WEC-branded box honoring America’s War Horse, featuring Author Robin Hutton and Artist Jocelyn Russell World Equestrian Center will unveil an exclusive-edition Breyer® Model Horse of Staff Sergeant Reckless in a World-Equestrian-Center-branded box during a free event on December 10, 2023 starting at […]
Continue reading …Perhaps no other maneuver is more overlooked when preparing for a pattern class than the back. Perfecting the challenging maneuvers –lead changes, square corners, transitions–is where exhibitors naturally focus their time and effort as those elements require more skill and strategy. But when it comes to the judges’ scoresheets, the back as its own maneuver is worth just as much as those more brow-raising pattern elements and is far too often an afterthought for exhibitors.
Continue reading …By Delores Kuhlwein If you’ve spent any time around Christian Jauntig – and if you show, chances are, you have – it might not surprise you he managed his first horse show at age 12. This go-getter won the AQHA Emerging Leader Award in 2023, recognition for young adults in the American Quarter Horse Association […]
Continue reading …It’s often been said that a jack-of-all-trades is a master of none. Well, Kathy Avolt certainly turns that phrase on its head as the boss lady at An Equine Production, a show management company that operates over 120 horse shows a year.
Continue reading …Just west of Oklahoma City in El Reno, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain, sits a small but mighty horse breeding operation that was built by the persistence and ingenuity of a single mother. Now in her 47th year of receiving the AQHA Breeder Award, Anneene Miller has come quite a long way since raising her first foal back in 1962.
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