Troy Compton, a World and Congress Champion in West Pleasure, and Leonard Berryhill, Multi-AQHA and Palomino World Champion professional horseman, trainer and judge who has competed in multi-disciplines from tie-down roping to western pleasure, will appear together for the first time at the Expo demonstrating techniques of building a western pleasure horse that can develop into an all around performance horse.

Beginning with the 2014 breeding season, all stallions breeding 25 or more mares are required to have the five-panel disease test results on file, per Rule REG108.5 in the 2014 AQHA Official Handbook of Rules and Regulations. In 2015, all breeding stallions must be tested.

“Many cases of headshaking are seasonal which could suggest an allergic disorder similar to human hay fever, but it’s clear that it’s a neurologic disease rather than an allergy,” he said.

Tip #3- Minimize your horse(s) having direct contact with unknown horses, especially nose to nose contact.