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Inaugural Yearling Maiden Open Limited Halter Stakes A Resounding Success At The 2025 Congress

The first ever Yearling Maiden Open Limited Halter Stakes was a great success at the 2025 All American Quarter Horse Congress. The stakes boasted $30,000 guaranteed money added to the purse, and offered divisions for mares, geldings, and stallions who were making their show pen debuts. The stakes, which paid out $32,625, were met with enthusiasm, especially by the fourteen participating yearlings and their teams.

January 11, 2026 / Read More

Big Gains: Two Colts Earn John Shepard A Whopping 90K Payday At Just Two Shows

January 8, 2026 Comments Off

For John Shepard, the 2025 season brought unprecedented success. As a lifelong trainer, breeder, and judge, John has raised, conditioned, and shown numerous champion Halter horses over the past 35 years. He has Quarter Horse Congress Grand and Reserve Champions to his credit in the Open, Amateur, and Youth divisions. He’s trained APHA World Champions, AQHA World Champions, and ApHC, PHBA, and ABRA World Champions. But what he was able to achieve this year with two special horses is unprecedented.

Linda And Jeff Sargent – A Pair Of Select Dynamos

January 5, 2026 Comments Off

It has been an incredible ride for Linda Ball Sargent. She has morphed from a scrappy five-year-old learning to manage a feisty Shetland pony to a polished multiple World Champion and well-respected breeder.

Dewey Smith: A Legacy of Form to Function

January 2, 2026 Comments Off

Dewey Smith fit his first Halter champion when he was just 14 years old. That early taste of success in the winner’s circle of the South Texas Paint Horse Club Futurity provided a glimpse of what was to come.

From The Publisher – A Christmas Gift For Mom

December 30, 2025 Comments Off

Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his back yard in the snow. Bobby didn’t wear boots; he didn’t like them–and anyway he didn’t own any. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in them, and they did a poor job of keeping out the cold. Bobby had been in his back yard for about an hour already and, try as he might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother’s Christmas gift.

On The Cover – TB Mr Hollywood

December 26, 2025 Comments Off

You do not become a star, you are born a star,” Sophia Loren once said. The presence of stardom was so apparent in 2022 at Terry Bradshaw Quarter Horses when a striking red roan colt with chrome was born, Tammy Bradshaw immediately named him “Hollywood.”

Fresh Start: Retraining The “Problem Horse”

December 22, 2025 Comments Off

There’s an old saying that there are no problem horses, only problem riders. Nevertheless, having a mount that rears, bites, and kicks isn’t ideal, regardless of how it came to have those behavioral issues.

The Complete, Common-Sense Guide To Safe Horse Hauling

December 2, 2025 Comments Off

Keeping your horses safe and healthy during travel can be tricky. Not only must you provide for their basic needs, like food and water. You also have to consider the logistical challenges associated with transporting a 1,200 lb. animal inside a metal box, attached to a vehicle, traveling at high speed down the road.

Rethinking Deworming Practices

November 30, 2025 Comments Off

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) released updated deworming guidelines last year that upends the popular practice of deworming whole herds of horses on a fixed interval each year, and also responds to the growing concern of widespread anthelmintic resistance.

Ten Common Health Concerns For Senior Horses

November 28, 2025 Comments Off

With the advances in equine veterinary care and technology, horses are living longer than ever. Today, older horses can live well into their twenties and very often, their thirties. A very small percentage (between 2 and 5 percent) will live into their forties.