Amend rule SHW452 to allow western riding patterns 1-4 to be performed the opposite direction (mirror image) of how they are currently set, creating 4 additional patterns labeled as patterns 6-9.
Continue reading …More Around the Ring Photos- SOQHA Madness
May 14, 2019 Comments Off on More Around the Ring Photos- SOQHA Madness
Thanks to SOQHA for sharing more fun photos from around the rings at the SOQHA Madness that’s currently underway in Wilmington, Ohio. If you’d like to share your club’s photos and results with EquineChronicle.com, email B.Bevis@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day- Chronicle Teaching Tool
May 14, 2019 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day- Chronicle Teaching Tool
“I had my 2019 Equine Photography Clinic this last weekend here in Rapid City, SD. I had 18 students from nine states and Canada here. I’ve held back some issues of the Chronicle to use as teaching tools. We go through them together page by page and then they take them home. Go Chronicle!”
Continue reading …Great Lakes Paint Horse Championship- May 18-19- Indiana
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In 2019, to be eligible to compete in any Paint Horse Championship halter class in any division, an exhibitor cannot have placed in the Top Five in a halter class at an APHA World Championship Show within the last 10 years (2009-2018) or won a Paint Horse Championship halter class the previous year.
Continue reading …Photos and Results From OPHC Warm Up For the World
May 14, 2019 Comments Off on Photos and Results From OPHC Warm Up For the World
The Oklahoma Paint Horse Club recently hosted the Warm Up For the World Show May 10-12 with judges, Cindy Chilton Moore, Jodi Finkenbinder, Bonnie Jo Clay, and Cyndi Robbins. On Saturday evening, there was a barn party with free giveaways, marshmallow dodgeball, corn hole, beer pong, and more! Scroll below to view results and some fun […]
Continue reading …Robin Merrill to Serve as First Appointed Member of AQHA Board of Trustees
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In 2019, Robin Merrill of Poolville, Texas, was elevated to AQHA honorary vice president and also appointed to the American Quarter Horse Foundation Board of Trustees in 2019. Merrill is serving as the first appointed member to the Board of Trustees. She has also served on the Foundation Council, and was the Council’s chairwoman from 2001 to 2004.
Continue reading …Bidding Closes May 15th For Performance and Halter Yearlings
May 14, 2019 Comments Off on Bidding Closes May 15th For Performance and Halter Yearlings
“Bidding for yearlings in the Mid American Technology Center INTERNET Annual Production Auction is OPEN now and will CLOSE on Wednesday, May 15th, beginning at 7:00 PM CENTRAL time,” says Mike Jennings of the Pro Horse Services, LLC., which produces the auction.
Continue reading …No Hoof, No Horse: Laminitis Treatment and Prevention
May 14, 2019 Comments Off on No Hoof, No Horse: Laminitis Treatment and Prevention
Unless the cause of the inflammation is removed and treatment begins immediately at the first signs of laminitis, the dermal laminae will begin to die. Since they are responsible for significant support in the hoof, which bears the horse’s weight, the coffin bone may begin to sink and rotate due to the inability of the damaged laminae to support both the bone and the pull of the digital flexor tendon.
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day- Check Out What I Won!
May 13, 2019 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day- Check Out What I Won!
“Terra is an incredibly hard working youth, who shows without a full time trainer. She has done all the work on this horse herself with occasional coaching from JD Koffel and Ashley Wood. The photo is from the AQHA L1 Championships. She was a finalist in Rookie Youth Horsemanship out of 60+ horses and semifinalist in Youth 14-18 out of 88 horses.”
Continue reading …First Weekend of SOQHA Madness Complete With Huge Numbers!
May 13, 2019 Comments Off on First Weekend of SOQHA Madness Complete With Huge Numbers!
In a 30-entry L1 Amateur Horsemanship class, Tammy Gagliardo rode Cool Lookin Ladysman to be named the winner. In a 45-entry L3 Amateur Horsemanship class, Michelle Forness rode Stretch Machine to a win. The L3 Select Horsemanship winner was Anne Wilson with Give Me The Goods. The L3 14-18 Horsemanship winner was Olivia Tordoff with Lookin Lazy. The L1 Youth Horsemanship winner was Wyatt Humbert with UF My Legs R Leathal.
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