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Helping Your Vet Help You!

You, of course, take care of your horse’s daily needs including the feeding, grooming, training, and exercising. However, it is your veterinarian that handles the ailments, injuries, and any disease that may infect the horse. This, quite likely, makes your vet the second most important person in your horse’s life in terms of health and welfare.

October 1, 2025 / Read More

Quadruple The Fun

September 29, 2025 Comments Off

“Children do what they live. Then they grow up to live what they’ve learned,” once penned writer Dorothy Nolte. And learning–correctly–is what started four young ladies on a path to the horse show arena. Approximately three years ago, Sherri Johnson McDonald asked Shyanne Smith to teach her grandchildren the proper way to lead, groom, and ride a horse.

First-Ever Maiden Halter Stakes Comes To The Quarter Horse Congress With A $30,000 Payday

September 27, 2025 Comments Off

Maiden stakes classes are nothing new. Over the past decade, they’ve been popping up just about everywhere–in Western Pleasure, Hunter Under Saddle, and even Ranch Riding. The idea of “maiden” being that it’s the first time a horse has competed in the show pen.

A Lasting Legacy: Remembering RL Best Of Sudden

September 25, 2025 Comments Off

Few stallions have left a legacy on the pleasure horse industry like that of RL Best of Sudden.

The Spirit of Collaboration – How Working Together Is Shaping The Future Of Equine Events

September 22, 2025 Comments Off

Across the country, affiliate breed organizations are embracing the spirit of collaboration to host more successful horse shows.

Greg & Dr. Gigi Wood Davis

September 21, 2025 Comments Off

You never know how you’ll end up meeting your other half. For Greg Davis and Dr. GiGi Wood Davis, it seems as if it was always meant to be.
Greg grew up on a horse ranch in Tennessee. He showed his first horse in AQHA competition when he was just seven years old.

From The Publisher – The Congress Is Different… Here’s Why

September 20, 2025 Comments Off

Every October, I try to make the trip to Columbus for the All-American Quarter Horse Congress, (sometimes without success) and no matter how many times I’ve been, the experience never loses its magic.