We would like to congratulate our good friend, Brittany Lofton (now Morgan) who wed her sweetheart, Wheeler Morgan, recently in a stunning April ceremony at La Quinta Resort and Club and PGA West in California. Mallory Beinborn of Impulse Photography was kind enough to share a few of her stunning images from the event. Enjoy!

Lindsay and Dirty D have won many prestigious awards in their time together. The pair is excited to return to the Pinto World Championship for their second year where they will compete in the Zone Invitational.

Everyone here at EquineChronicle.com is very excited about a secret, new project we have coming down the pipeline. We won’t be making the official announcement for a few weeks, however, here’s a hint… The big surprise will make it even easier to “put The Equine Chronicle in the palm of your hand.”

“Our research brings home the fact that no matter how annoying our work life can be, it doesn’t compare with the hardship suffered by working animals around the world today. While we complain that our offices are too cold, there are horses and donkeys slaving away in [the] heat without the luxury of medical insurance or hourly tea breaks.”

“With the precipitous fall-off in the number of registered horses over the last ten years, we thought it would be important to get the perspectives of various organizations, breeds, disciplines, and stakeholders on why this is happening and what the ramifications will be,” said AHC president Jay Hickey. “It may affect various parts of the horse industry differently, but it will affect us all.”

“Horse trainers have little time to step back, take a breath and really analyze their business and collaborate with their peers. By bringing a variety of trainers together with financial planning, law, insurance, and equine health care professionals, we can create synergy that ultimately is good for the equine community, including the trainers, their clients and the horses in their care.”

No stranger to setting new records Topsail Whiz officially became the National Reining Horse Association’s (NRHA) first Ten Million Dollar Sire. The late Topsail Whiz soared to uncharted territory when he became NRHA’s first Six Million Dollar Sire in 2009 and continued to surpass others by achieving the first Seven Million Dollar Sire status in 2010, Eight Million Dollar Sire status in 2011, and Nine Million Dollar Sire status in 2012.

“This sale set several new records for the online auctions we have done since December 2012. Our new high seller brought $30,100. We registered 276 bidders and had 71,855 page views for the online catalog by the end of bidding.”

Twenty-nine adult trainers spent the weekend showcasing their assigned Mustang’s skills in the arena and down the horse trails of Norco. The horses were virtually untouched before the training period began in April.

“She was an incredible character — she loved to drink beer, eat cherry pie, and sleep in the tents of her comrades. She was a true marine!”