The Monday before their 2018 Memorial Day Show, the Florida Paint Horse Club learned that the approaching Tropical Storm Alberto was going to hit during their three-day, six-judge show. The club had 200 stalls reserved before the news of the storm hit Facebook. After the Facebook posts, the club quickly lost 100 of the 200 reserved stalls.

The Kentucky Horse Park will host the Man o’ War Run for Big Red 5K/10K on its scenic grounds in Lexington, Ky. July 21 at 8 a.m.

She credits her involvement with the horse industry with helping her develop valuable life skills. “I learned problem-solving, working with others, work ethic and sportsmanship, to name a few,” she said. “Horses have helped shape me to be the person I am today. It takes many hours to build the trust between horse and rider and I have learned that there are no shortcuts—patience is truly a virtue and no matter what agenda you have, ultimately your horse will rewrite your agenda most days.”

Judges: Tony Burris, Dolly Chayer, Tim Finkenbinder, Lisa Moden, Brendan Brown, Sandy Jirkovsky, Teresa Pelton, and Chris Thompson

Ancillary Judges for Hunter Hack, Ranch Riding, Reining, and Speed classes: Leon Borcherding, Pat Burton, Larry Hansch, Rick McLain, Cyndi Brown, Jerry Donahue, Louis Hufnagel, and Casey Orr.

New to the HorseIQ Library are showmanship pattern videos from the 2017 APHA World Championship Show. Use these runs to enhance your understanding of the class judging priorities and scoring system, practice judging and scoring runs, and to understand the nuances that compile to create a winning performance. In addition to the entire slate of class performances from the 2017 Classic Amateur Showmanship preliminaries, find links to a blank scorecard, the pattern description and judges’ official scorecards.

The Tar Heel Triple Classic is excited to announce a new 4-day format with 6 AQHA judges, June 14-17, at the James B. Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, NC. It’s going to be a great weekend of food, fun, and fellowship!

New this year, the American Quarter Horse Association is offering a third way for amateur, Select and open exhibitors to qualify their halter horses for AQHA world championship shows*.

The three qualifying methods include:

Qualify by earning the required number of points.
Compete at a designated number of shows during the respective qualifying period (10 for Select and amateur or 20 for open).
Participate in the new nomination pilot program for halter horses.
The second nomination payment for the AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan), is due May 31, 2018.