View Schedules For 2015 AQHA Level 1 Championships- VA and Vegas
June 19, 2015 Comments Off on View Schedules For 2015 AQHA Level 1 Championships- VA and Vegas
June 30 is the last day exhibitors can qualify in Level 1 classes for the 2015 Nutrena East and SmartPak West Level 1 Championships. Learn more about how to qualify at www.aqha.com/level1qualifying.
Continue reading …APHA Paint Horse Championships Expanding Into Canada
June 19, 2015 Comments Off on APHA Paint Horse Championships Expanding Into Canada
The Western Canadian Paint Horse Championships will debut in alliance with the Zone 10 Show July 30-August 2 in Ponoka, Alberta, Canada. Classes will take place concurrently with the corresponding classes at the show.
Continue reading …AQHA Region Five Championship Set For June 24th in New Jersey
June 19, 2015 Comments Off on AQHA Region Five Championship Set For June 24th in New Jersey
This regional championship features a one-day event packed with a variety of classes, starting with Level 1 amateur showmanship at 8 a.m. on June 24 at Gloucester County Dream Park. AQHA judge Bonnie Miller will judge the event.
Continue reading …4 Steps to Check Your APHA Novice Eligibility
June 18, 2015 Comments Off on 4 Steps to Check Your APHA Novice Eligibility
Want to see if you’re eligible for the Novice program? Check out these four requirements to find out; if you meet all three requirements for a particular class category (see Rule AM-250 and YP-215 in the Official APHA Rule Book for details), you can apply for a Novice card:
Continue reading …Pattern Book For 2015 AjPHA Youth World Show and Color of Money Now Online
June 17, 2015 Comments Off on Pattern Book For 2015 AjPHA Youth World Show and Color of Money Now Online
More than 50 classes at the Youth World Show and the Color of Money require exhibitors to individually perform a pattern for judges. Patterns are created and made available for free in partnership with horseshowpatterns.com.
Continue reading …Barrel Full of Laughs at 2015 Mid Summer Fling!
June 17, 2015 Comments Off on Barrel Full of Laughs at 2015 Mid Summer Fling!
Musical Buckets, Dizzy Stick Races, and Twister aren’t the typical classes you’d expect to see on a horse show schedule, but then again, the Mid Summer Fling is far from typical…
Continue reading …2015 Little Futurity Concludes Crowning Big Winners in Green, Reams, Chown, Roberts, Puthoff, Willis and Many More
June 17, 2015 Comments Off on 2015 Little Futurity Concludes Crowning Big Winners in Green, Reams, Chown, Roberts, Puthoff, Willis and Many More
Last night’s main event was the Non-Pro 3 and Over $7,500 slot class, which was won by Courtney Chown aboard Chum Machine. The pair earned $9,248. Coming in Reserve was Jessica Olsen Groome with She Sure is Hot, winning $7,344.
Continue reading …68th App Nationals and Youth World Highlights: ApHC Breed of Choice Incentive, TEM Sweepstakes, Challenged Horseman’s Competition and More
June 16, 2015 Comments Off on 68th App Nationals and Youth World Highlights: ApHC Breed of Choice Incentive, TEM Sweepstakes, Challenged Horseman’s Competition and More
Click here to view the pattern book for the 68th National Appaloosa Show and World Championship Appaloosa Youth Show.
Continue reading …AQHA Youth Leaders Visit DC to See How Politics Affect the Horse Industry
June 16, 2015 Comments Off on AQHA Youth Leaders Visit DC to See How Politics Affect the Horse Industry
Youth representing AQHYA at the National Issues Forum are President Kalee McCann, Vice President Mary Claire Cornett, Secretary Ashley Anderson, Treasurer Ann Elizabeth Tebow, Sentinel Paige Wacker, Region 3 Director Brock Murphy, Region 5 Director Maura Hynes, Region 8 Director Wyatt Marshall and Region 10 Director Katelyn Womack.
Continue reading …NQHL Will Debut New Working Hunter Under Saddle Class at Big A
June 15, 2015 Comments Off on NQHL Will Debut New Working Hunter Under Saddle Class at Big A
Light contact with the horse’s mouth is required, and quality of movement is the emphasis. Only extremely high or below level head carriage to be penalized. Judges may ask horses to hand gallop collectively one way of the ring. Horses should move with long, low strides reaching forward with ease and smoothness, be able to lengthen stride and cover ground with relaxed, free-flowing movement, while exhibiting correct gaits that are of the proper cadence as seen in a working hunter over-fence class.
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