Checks have been mailed to participating owners, nominators and subscribers for their horses’ 2021 Breeders’ Trust payout earnings—payouts were issued and mailed March 18, with a per-point value of $8.36. That’s the highest per-point value since 2013, with the exception of the 2020 anomaly due to COVID cancellations. More than $394,000 in total payouts were realized in 2021.
Continue reading …Isabella Buckley was recently named the Youth Equitation winner in the National Championship competition at the Arizona Sun Circuit, which was sponsored by none other than The Equine Chronicle! Congratulations to Isabella on a great performance! Click here to watch Isabella’s interview on EC TV.
Continue reading …In the January/February edition of The Equine Chronicle, we published an article, “Top Ten Things Judges Hate in Showmanship,” that received a huge response. One of our readers, APHA competitor, Emily Tuma, found it so helpful that she decided to make her own video outlining a few of the errors and fixes with her horse, The Perfect Machine, aka “Bentley.”
Continue reading …That rare moment in Showmanship when your legs and your horse’s legs are in perfect unison! Thanks to Miranda Taylor Photography for sharing this exceptional photo. If you have a great photo or video to share, email B.Bevis@EquineChronicle.com and you might see it featured right here.
Continue reading …Twelve-year-old Alexandra (Allie) Rippeon has had quite a year. The daughter of Deanna and Michael Rippeon is a well-spoken, home-schooled youngster who, like most horse girls, loves snuggling her horse and riding with friends. She also enjoys hanging out in the barn and helping care for horses at the family’s Sunset Ridge Farm in Mt. Airy, Maryland. But this young horsewoman is also a gifted competitor who capped a successful 2021 show season with a record-setting Congress. Competing on four-year old, Itzonly Make Believe, aka “Molly,” a horse she had purchased only two months before, Allie had a spectacular showing at the event, winning four AQHA, four NSBA, and four Championship titles, as well as four All-Around titles in different divisions.
Continue reading …AQHYA members, ages 13 and older, are matched with an American Quarter Horse from an AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeder and record their monthly progress; participate in webinars; complete monthly management assignments; track goals; engage in mentoring sessions with local AQHA Professional Horsemen; and create videos of themselves with their horse completing various assignments. Following completion of the program, a select number of scholarships and prizes are awarded.
Continue reading …Always remember to pat your horse for a job well done! Thanks to Miranda Taylor Photography for this great photo. If you have a photo or video of the day to share, email B.Bevis@EquineChronicle.com and you might see it featured right here.
Continue reading …Thanks to Jessica O’Connor Equine Imagery for more great images from the Palmetto Paint Horse Club March Madness-March 12-13, 2022 at SC Equine Park in Camden, SC. If you’d like to share your show’s photos with us, email B.Bevis@EquineChronicle.com.
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