Around the Rings — 2025 Florida Gold Coast
December 28, 2025 Comments Off on Around the Rings — 2025 Florida Gold Coast
Day One of the 2025 Florida Gold Coast is underway! Check out our first set of candid photos, and stay tuned for more from World Equestrian Center-Ocala!
Continue reading …Up Close and Personal with Julie Harnish
December 27, 2025 Comments Off on Up Close and Personal with Julie Harnish
Trainer, Breeder, and Equestrian Extraordinaire Julie Harnish shocked the industry this fall by announcing she had been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). As her sister, Joan Ames, states, the diagnosis was a shocker and a gut punch as she has been pretty healthy all her life. “She does not know the “why” or “how” […]
Continue reading …2026 Arizona Sun Circuit NSBA Futurity Class Offerings
December 26, 2025 Comments Off on 2026 Arizona Sun Circuit NSBA Futurity Class Offerings
$10,000 Novice Horse – 3 yr old Western Pleasure – $1,000 Added Entry fee $200 Sponsored by Gil Galyean Quarter Horses 3 and 4 Year Old Non-Pro Western Pleasure $500 Added Entry Fee $100 3 and 4 Year Old Ltd. Non-Pro Western Pleasure- $500 Added Entry fee $100 Sponsored by Gil Galyean Quarter […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Your Next 2YO Prospect
December 26, 2025 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Your Next 2YO Prospect
Now that Santa’s work is done, we have your next prospect offered for your consideration from Binkerd Performance Horses: 2022 Gelding Looking for your next 2 y.o. prospect? He jingles, he jangles, and gosh darn, this guy has what it takes to lead. Earning his red nose certification. Started in flight school. Runs on holiday cheer, […]
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You do not become a star, you are born a star,” Sophia Loren once said. The presence of stardom was so apparent in 2022 at Terry Bradshaw Quarter Horses when a striking red roan colt with chrome was born, Tammy Bradshaw immediately named him “Hollywood.”
Continue reading …EC Christmas Photo of the Day – A Decade of Holiday Cheer
December 25, 2025 Comments Off on EC Christmas Photo of the Day – A Decade of Holiday Cheer
Starting back as a 2 yo, Illini Saige (POAC/NSBA/IQPA mare) has donned her Christmas best each year for a yearly photo. “Some years are more ‘formal’, some more on the quirky side,” says her person, Chesna Wertz. “But it’s so fun try and create something new for her picture each year. Her 2025 photo, will […]
Continue reading …Merry Christmas from The Equine Chronicle and uh – The Grinch!
December 25, 2025 Comments Off on Merry Christmas from The Equine Chronicle and uh – The Grinch!
What do you do when it’s Christmas but there are two year olds to ride? Hire The Grinch to put the first ride on those 2Yos like Limelite Show Horses did! Thank you to John Zeldenthuis and Brian Henry of Limelite for allowing us to share this video of the Grinch with this unflappable filly […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – The Most Beautiful Things
December 24, 2025 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – The Most Beautiful Things
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller. Today, we wish you a Happy Christmas Eve, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays from The Equine Chronicle!
Continue reading …EC Video of the Day – It’s Always Time for Showmanship Practice
December 23, 2025 Comments Off on EC Video of the Day – It’s Always Time for Showmanship Practice
How do you make the most of your time during your Christmas and Holiday break? If you ask Ava Groh, you practice your showmanship poise while doing barn winter barn chores! Thank you to Kayla Schone for sending us this adorable (and smart) video of Ava Groh! If you have a great video or photo […]
Continue reading …THIS JUST IN: USDA Issues Permit for Santa’s Reindeer to Enter the United States
December 22, 2025 Comments Off on THIS JUST IN: USDA Issues Permit for Santa’s Reindeer to Enter the United States
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 22, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today issued a transit permit to Mr. S. Nicholas Claus of the North Pole, a distributor with Gifts and Good Cheer, Inc. The permit will allow reindeer to enter and exit the United States between the hours […]
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