AQHA 2025 World Show Award Recognition Recap
November 20, 2025 Comments Off on AQHA 2025 World Show Award Recognition Recap
Below find the first of two recaps of eminent award winners from the 2025 AQHA World Championship Show (arena photos by Shane Rux Photography, courtesy of AQHA): AQHA All-Around Amateur Congratulations to Paige Rogers, who captured the All-Around Amateur Award at the 2025 Markel AQHA World Championship Show. The AQHA All-Around Amateur Award is […]
Continue reading …NSBA Works To Establish Specialty Judges Credentials
November 20, 2025 Comments Off on NSBA Works To Establish Specialty Judges Credentials
National Snaffle Bit Association is finalizing plans to establish a Specialty Judges Card, which would credential judges specifically for Hunter Under Saddle, Western Pleasure and Longe Line disciplines. The measure will be presented to the NSBA Board of Directors at its December board meeting for final approval. The NSBA’s Judges Committee has been developing the […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2025 MQHA Harvest Classic
November 20, 2025 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2025 MQHA Harvest Classic
November 14-16, 2025, marked the dates of the Michigan Quarter Horse Association Harvest Classic at MSU Pavilion in East Lansing, Michigan. The AQHA MQHA NSBA approved show offered four judges, Jeff Allen, Tony Burris, Kathryn Kope, and Kim Myers, in addition to flat fees for unlimited AQHA/MQHA classes. Thank you to KRC Photography for sharing a […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – 2025 APHA Western National Show Youngest Participant?
November 20, 2025 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – 2025 APHA Western National Show Youngest Participant?
Baby Brascher may well have been the youngest participant at the 2025 APHA Western National Championship Show in Las Vegas in October! The Halloween costume class was a huge hit, and the lineup included momma Tarin Brascher, who included her 4-month-old in her plans. “My little western pleasure mare, Pour Me Sum Tequila, got to dress […]
Continue reading …Commissioner Miller Alerts Texas Equine Industry of EHV-1 Outbreak
November 19, 2025 Comments Off on Commissioner Miller Alerts Texas Equine Industry of EHV-1 Outbreak
AUSTIN – Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) today issued an alert to Texas horsemen of an outbreak of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1) reported by Texas veterinarians after the recent World Championship Barrel Racing (WPRA) Finals in the Waco area on November 5-9. Commissioner Miller is urging all horse owners, trainers, […]
Continue reading …EC Video of the Day – Parker Proves His Perfection
November 19, 2025 Comments Off on EC Video of the Day – Parker Proves His Perfection
It seems a fitting time to share this video, after the much-celebrated L3 Senior Western Riding win this week at the 2025 AQHA World Show for the semi-retiring Charlie Cole with Hez Blazin Trouble! After Congress, we had posted the photo of Hez Blazin Trouble, aka Perfect Parker, standing in the lounge of Highpoint Performance […]
Continue reading …Amateur Sarah Lebsock wins Gold in the L2 Senior Trail
November 18, 2025 Comments Off on Amateur Sarah Lebsock wins Gold in the L2 Senior Trail
In her last class of the 2025 AQHA World Championship Show, Amateur Sarah Lebsock won Gold in the L2 Senior Trail with Willys Goodride! Sarah bested a field of 52 for the win – watch her EC TV winner’s interview!
Continue reading …Charlie Cole finishes last World Show with a Flourish
November 18, 2025 Comments Off on Charlie Cole finishes last World Show with a Flourish
As renowned horseman Charlie Cole of Highpoint Performance Horses enters a different phase of his life, still involved with his clients and increasing his judging commitments, but not training full time, the horse industry has been making a concerted to support him and make their appreciation of him known. This was evident at the 2025 […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – The Horse’s Presence
November 18, 2025 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – The Horse’s Presence
“Wherever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization, we will find the hoofprint of the horse beside it.” – John Moore. Thank you to KRC Photography for another wonderful candid for our readers, this time from the ShoMe Championship Show by ShoMe Horse Shows, a Michigan-based Open Horse Show circuit […]
Continue reading …Shane Young wins L2 Junior Western Pleasure with Iressiatable I Candy for Gerri Leigh Pratt
November 17, 2025 Comments Off on Shane Young wins L2 Junior Western Pleasure with Iressiatable I Candy for Gerri Leigh Pratt
Iressiatable I Candy has earned quite a following as he has shown this year, piloted by Shane Young. Today, the pair won the L2 Junior Western Pleasure for owner Gerri Leigh Pratt at the 2025 AQHA World Championship Show – a win for which Shane is extremely grateful. Watch what he has to say about […]
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