From: AQHA Pleasure Versatility Challenge Pleasure Versatility Challenge enthusiasts, As we await Pleasure Versatility Challenge 2023 entry information coming in the next few days, I wanted to provide you the attached results for all 5 years (2018-2022). They include winner photographs and scoring results for all horses that have competed. Truly some of the best all around […]
The American Paint Horse Association Judge Emeritus Award recognizes outstanding judges who have dedicated their careers to judging APHA-approved events, according to the APHA. APHA honored nine judges for 2022, and the press release with all honorees can be accessed below: APHA Honors 9 with Prestigious Judge Emeritus Award One of the judges honored: beloved […]
Continue reading …Throwback Thursday fans, last week we shared this photo and asked: What show, what year, and who are those gentlemen? Bonus: What horse is this? Dale Livingston had this to say: “This was Jack Benson and me; I was showing a good mare named Only Pretending. It was in the Kansas City Royal Coliseum back […]
Continue reading …And you all thought this moment was lost to history! Yesterday, we asked readers to name as many as they could from this photo of a journey down memory lane. Here’s the lineup from the 2001 Sun Circuit Exhibitors’ Party! L to R: Standing: Mike Wood, John Dean, Jason Grimshaw, Randy Paul, Troy […]
Continue reading …Throwback Thursday fans, we asked last week if you recognized these two based on the title! Did you get it right? Pictured is Laurel Walker and Pokeys Serenade at the Prescott Quarter Horse Show in 1962! If you have a great Throwback Thursday photo, please email it to Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …Throwback Thursday fans: Here’s an oldie for you. It was 1979 at Sun Country Circuit! This is War Machine, who finished his Supreme Championship with David Perkins, the ’79 AQHA President. Thank you to Gayle Drennan and Kristin Spinning for the photo! If you have a great Throwback Thursday photo, please email it with details […]
Continue reading …On Thursday, we asked our readers: What year do you think this was taken at the Reno Spectacular? Of course, we also wanted to know if they could guess the horse and rider. Here are your answers! Crimsons Magnum and Kimberly Handy at Reno Spectacular in 1986!
Continue reading …In honor of #Throwback Thursday, we share the question we recently asked readers: If you could bring back a horse show that is no longer in existence, what show would it be? This was a popular topic, with plenty of great answers, such as Sun & Surf Circuit, The Reichert Celebration, Quarterama and Western Paint […]
Continue reading …Did you guess right? Since the Congress Queen Contest is fast approaching, we asked our readers to name the beautiful lady holding the bouquet, as she was the 1978 Indiana Quarter Horse Queen. This is Nancy Foster, and the photo was sent by Taylor Foster, her daughter! If you have a great Throwback Thursday photo, […]
Continue reading …Yesterday, we posted this photo and asked: Who is everyone pictured, and who is the horse? Pictured in this backdrop photo from the 1996 APHA World Show is Rosemary Royce (now Rosemary Dvorak) on High Country Jess, along with Andrea Simons, Mike Staples and Vicky Holt. Rosemary says there were 46 horses in her Novice Hunter […]
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