The enormous, 18 hand tall Hank epitomizes the phrase “a gentle giant,” so much so that Farley hopes her now six-year-old daughter might like to show him in a few years.
Continue reading …“She’s really easy, really smooth, really broke, and she loves her job,” Angie says. “I was wanting to be able to present her in a way that showed the judges that, and I think it worked out.”
Continue reading …“I recently got to start showing again with Geno, and it’s been super great. We’ve been super successful. He’s been the best.”
Continue reading …A relative newcomer to the discipline of Western Riding was named the Congress Champion this morning in a very competitive Green Western Riding class. Cody Parrish rode Invest With The Best to score a 224.5 for owner Debbie Hill.
Continue reading …“Overall, he is really eye-catching. You want to watch him. For how big he is, he’s really slow and soft. It takes a really special horse to be that big and stay correct and also be slow.”
Continue reading …13-year-old Abbey Rawlings had a very busy day here at the Quarter Horse Congress. First, she showed her 3-year-old gelding, A Lazy Holiday, to a win in the 12-14 Western Pleasure. Abbey and “JD” had only a moment’s rest before they had to go back into the pen for the next class, the 3-Year-Old Non-Pro Open Western Pleasure finals.
Continue reading …“I really like math, and it helps me in Trail because I have to know how to count, to know where my steps are going to be,” she says.
Continue reading …“I decided I was going to live, and I’ve been showing him ever since.”
Continue reading …Last year, Harper was supposed to be Deanna’s mount for the Equine Chronicle Two-Year-Old Masters Hunter Under Saddle class. However, when her daughter, Taylor, was sent to the hospital back home with appendicitis, she made the decision to leave the Congress early.
Continue reading …This afternoon at the All American Quarter Horse Congress celebrated limited exhibitors as they competed in both Hunter Under Saddle and Western Pleasure aboard their two-year-old equine counterparts. First up, Troy Lehn rode Pretty Assets to win his first ever Congress Championship title in the NSBA 2-Year-Old Open Hunter Under Saddle Stakes Limited division finals. Lehn was in the irons for owner Alexandra Chavez.
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