2015 Big Country/Texas Amateur State Championship Expecting HUGE Crowd This Week
April 23, 2015 Comments Off on 2015 Big Country/Texas Amateur State Championship Expecting HUGE Crowd This Week
With over 500 stalls rented at the Extraco Center in Waco, TX, the Texas Amateur State Championship and Big Country Quarter Horse Association Show is expecting competitors from all over Texas, California, New Mexico, and several northern states like North Carolina.
Continue reading …Arizona Paint Horse Club Summer Celebration, May 9-10, 2015
April 23, 2015 Comments Off on Arizona Paint Horse Club Summer Celebration, May 9-10, 2015
Don’t forget about the new classes that began in March of this year: APHA All Ages Ranch Horse Pleasure, Anyone Can Ride Ranch Horse Pleasure, APHA 2-Year-Old Longeline (Open and Solid Paint Bred), and APHA Amateur Solid Paint Bred In-Hand Trail. Another new class starting in April is Amateur Solid Paint-Bred Yearling Longeline.
Continue reading …68th Nationals and 2015 World Championship Appaloosa Youth Show Premium Book Now Online
April 21, 2015 Comments Off on 68th Nationals and 2015 World Championship Appaloosa Youth Show Premium Book Now Online
The ApHC Nationals and Youth World is scheduled to take place at the Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, TX. June 22-July 4, 2015. Although the show is still a few months away, certain deadlines are fast approaching.
Continue reading …2015 NSBA Hall of Fame Inductees Include Harley D Zip, Leeman Family, and Investment Asset
April 21, 2015 Comments Off on 2015 NSBA Hall of Fame Inductees Include Harley D Zip, Leeman Family, and Investment Asset
In the show horse category, NSBA will induct Harley D Zip. The bay gelding earned more points, World Championship titles, and AQHA Incentive Fund money than any other horse in the history of Western Riding including Open, Amateur, Amateur Select and Youth titles for his owners, the Papendick family of Highview Ranch Quarter Horses of Rapid City, SD.
Continue reading …Six APHA Competitors Named to NCEA All-America Teams
April 21, 2015 Comments Off on Six APHA Competitors Named to NCEA All-America Teams
Six former AjPHA competitors were recently recognized as top student-athletes by the National Collegiate Equestrian Association, named to the NCEA 2015 All-America Teams. APHA congratulates the athletes with ties to the Paint Horse breed; they include:
Continue reading …The Equine Chronicle High Point Ad WINNERS Are…
April 20, 2015 Comments Off on The Equine Chronicle High Point Ad WINNERS Are…
The all-around races for the Open, Amateur, Select, Novice Amateur, Novice Youth, 13 and Under, and 14-18 Youth High Points were stiff with many competitors entering additional classes to squeeze out the maximum number of points possible.
Continue reading …APHA-NSBA Color of Money Show Returning to Fort Worth, June 23-25
April 18, 2015 Comments Off on APHA-NSBA Color of Money Show Returning to Fort Worth, June 23-25
Youth, Amateur and Open exhibitors, take note: APHA’s popular NSBA Color of Money Show is returning to Fort Worth, Texas, June 23–25. Approved by the National Snaffle Bit Association, this competition is exclusively for exhibitors aboard color-breed horses, so make plans to saddle up for this fun, competitive show that features jackpotted entry fees with 90 percent payback.
Continue reading …Iowa Mayflower Show Adds Memorial Western Pleasure in Honor of Late Jim Cooper
April 17, 2015 Comments Off on Iowa Mayflower Show Adds Memorial Western Pleasure in Honor of Late Jim Cooper
“Western pleasure was one of Coop’s favorite classes,” says Show Committee Chair Barb Delf. “It seems fitting to hold a special class where many of his horse show friends can gather and share a memory or two. This western pleasure class also fits into our desire to include a charitable aspect to our show.”
Continue reading …2016 AQHA Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
April 17, 2015 Comments Off on 2016 AQHA Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
The horses to be inducted are the stallions Mr Gun Smoke, Parker’s Trouble and Zantanon; the geldings Van Decka and Vandy’s Flash, and the Thoroughbred mare Woven Web. The men are AQHA Past President Johannes Orgeldinger of Germany; the late Paul Curtner of Jacksboro, Texas; Sunny Jim Orr of Pueblo, Colorado; and Ben Hudson of Morgan Mill, Texas.
Continue reading …2015 World Wide Paint Horse Congress Show Update
April 17, 2015 Comments Off on 2015 World Wide Paint Horse Congress Show Update
“Bar H Photography returns as the Official Photographer and will provide coffee and donuts for exhibitors, and Elite Stall Mat Rentals is offering their services again. As a Top 20 APHA show, we will again award a Paint Horse Journal ad. Tioga Territory will be giving t-shirts to all participants in Leadline and Tim Weaver from ShowLidz is providing $3,000 in gift cards of various amounts for class random draws.”
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