For the second year in a row, Taft Dickerson was named the Hylton Maiden Champion in 3-Year-Old Western Pleasure at the 2016 Virginia Quarter Horse Classic. Dickerson piloted Extremely Hot Diva to a big payday of $30,200 this evening in Lexington, Virginia!
Continue reading …A big congratulations goes to Bret Parrish with This Girlz On Fire for winning the Coughlin Maiden Western Pleasure at the 2016 SOQHA MADNESS currently underway in Wilmington, Ohio. Judges Scott Neuman, Karen Graham, Jonathan Meilleur, and Dean Bogart determined Parrish and This Girlz On Fire to be the winner in a class of 21 entries. Parrish was in the saddle for owners K&L Quarter Horses/Bamford B, who received a $15,000 check for the win.
Continue reading …The Reserve Champion was Cody Parrish and For Your Eyez Only for owners Brent and Kate Bamford. Parrish was also named the Limited Champion and Intermediate Champion. There was a tie broken for second and third; both received $6,250. Placing third was Cleve Wells with Colman for Gerald Kimmel. Fourth place was Gil Galyean aboard Show Gurl for Bill and Susan Blackburn-Baskin. There was a tie broken for fourth and fifth; both received $3,250. Fifth place was Brian Cox with Loping Radical for Allen and Marilyn Wade.
Continue reading …We’re roughly two hours away from the main event at the 2016 Southern Ohio Quarter Horse Association Madness. The best part is that iEquine.com is streaming live coverage of the show online. Be sure to tune in to watch the class.
Continue reading …“The fire in the Yarloop and surrounding areas was on a scale that the region had never experienced. Our team went out to properties in the morning following the fires to assess the damage to horses. We treated them onsite or transferred them back to the clinic if further treatment was required.”
Continue reading …“A lot of the public don’t know anything about equestrian sport. There are tons of new sports trying to knock on the Olympic door. Skateboarding, surfing, and rock climbing are almost guaranteed to be on the Olympic program for Tokyo because they are perceived as cool and sexy sports. You know you’ve got a great sport. You have that core audience; what you need are more and younger fans.”
Continue reading …You haven’t missed out… yet! The May/June edition of The Equine Chronicle is the one you want to be in if you’re World Show bound this summer. Due to so much interest in this edition, we have decided to extend the deadline to April 12th. There’s still time to get your ad in! Call Gordon today at 352-804-3474 to be included!
Continue reading …Known for their immaculate breeding program that has infused quality bloodlines into both the AQHA and APHA Halter horse industries for many years, both Jim and Georgia Snow are looking forward to providing the public with the opportunity to own a piece of their legacy.
Continue reading …One thing that the MMVS demonstrated is that clenbuterol misuse is a serious problem in the racing industry. Of all the drug violations reported to AQHA by the racetracks and jurisdictions, almost 40 percent involved clenbuterol.
Continue reading …The horses chosen are: Casey’s Ladylove, Dashing Phoebe, Majestic Scotch, Strawfly Special and Zips Chocolate Chip. The four men and one woman who will join the Hall of Fame are: Marvin Barnes of Ada, Oklahoma; AQHA Past President Peter J. Cofrancesco III of Sparta, New Jersey; Bobby D. Cox of Fort Worth, Texas; Past AQHA Executive Committee member Dick Monahan of Walla Walla, Washington; and Sandra Vaughn of Hernando, Florida.
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