2025 | Equine Chronicle

Around the Rings – 2025 WAQHA Paper Valley Festival

June 2, 2025 Comments Off

The 2025 Wisconsin Amateur Quarter Horse Association Paper Valley Festival, co-hosted with the Palomino Exhibitors Association of Wisconsin, kicked off May 29th and wrapped up June 1st at Sunnyview Expo Center in Oshkosh. The show offered four AQHA shows, four PHBA shows and all breed classes, with Thursday – Friday judges Stephanie McConnell, Brendan Brown, and Dan Grunewald, […]

Entries Are Open for the 2025 AQHYA World Championship Show!

June 2, 2025 Comments Off

Entries are open for the 2025 AQHYA World Championship Show! Join AQHA at the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City August 1-10! aqha.com/youthworld 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿: aqha.com/youth-affiliate-advisers 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀: aqha.com/youth-world/resources 𝗡𝗲𝘄! 𝗞𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱: Level 3 World Champions: $5,000 Level 3 […]

“Warming Up” A “Cold-Backed” Horse

June 2, 2025 Comments Off

Sometimes saddling a horse can become an ordeal.

Around the Rings – 2025 SCQHA Palmetto Classic

June 2, 2025 Comments Off

The South Carolina Quarter Horse Association Palmetto Classic, May 24 – 26, 2025, at South Carolina Equine Park in Camden offered something for everyone! In addition to all around competition at its finest, the ranch horse, the cutting horse, and the rope horse were all recognized with classes and high point awards. In fact, circuit awards […]

AQHA Hosted Successful AQHA Level 1 Championship Shows

June 2, 2025 Comments Off

AQHA exhibitors competed for championship titles in April at the AQHA East Level 1 Championships in Wilmington, Ohio, and in May at the AQHA West Level 1 Championships in Las Vegas. Photo credit: Shane Rux Photography. That’s a wrap on two of the three 2025 AQHA Level 1 Championships! AQHA exhibitors competed for championship titles in […]

EC Photo of the Day – The Power of His Presence

June 2, 2025 Comments Off

“Whether you regard the horse with awe or love, it is impossible to escape the sheer power of his presence.”– Mary Wanless. If you have a great photo or video of the day, please email it to us: Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.

Around the Rings – 2025 All American Youth Horse Show

June 1, 2025 Comments Off

The 56th Annual All American Youth Horse Show, a nonprofit all-breed show run by a volunteer staff, wrapped up on May 18, 2025, at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus. The annual event is open to exhibitors 18 years of age and under as of January 1st each year. The show began as a way to […]

EC Photo of the Day – The Whole Family

June 1, 2025 Comments Off

These lovely ladies and their horses are, in order left to right, Sharla Tetzlaff with AQHA Forever My Hero (owned by Suzi Hogenson-Boon), Shayla Tetzlaff with APHA One Obvious Asset (Owned by Shannon Fugere), and Shawnna Burns with APHA My Kinda Assets (Owned by Kari Field). “While Shayla, our aunt Shannon, and myself (Shawnna) have […]

EC Photo of the Day – Not Tickled Pink

May 31, 2025 Comments Off

From the Icebreaker AQHA/APHA/ All breed 2025 Horse Show in British Columbia, Canada, produced by BC Paint Horse Club and Lower Mainland Quarter Horse Club, this is The King Of Bling ( Elvis APHA ) and Colleen Ebner being presented a flamingo pink ribbon by Mike Farbridge. As one can see, Elvis wasn’t thrilled with […]

Halter Horse Nutrition

May 31, 2025 Comments Off

In halter classes, it is a commonly known fact that the horse’s appearance is a primary factor in determining placement.