Big Money Duke started his journey as a mounted patrol horse, which prepared him for the journey to the reserve 2024 AQHA-PATH Intl. Equine-Assisted Services Horse of the Year Award. By Calli Montague for AQHA Big Money Duke has spent his entire life serving others. “Blaze” was the 2024 reserve AQHA-PATH Intl. Equine-Assisted Services Horse of the Year, determined […]
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James Brownn was bred to be a barrel horse, but when he didn’t want to run, Laurel Anthony and Knabenshue Performance Horses let “Slim” choose where he wanted to be – in the all around pen. By Delores Kuhlwein In 1965 when James Brown sang Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag, which earned him his […]
Continue reading …Notes From The Back Gate by Kristen Spinning
June 4, 2025 Comments Off on Notes From The Back Gate by Kristen Spinning
AQHA L1 West Championships and AzQHA Pinnacle hosted another pair of successful shows in May 2025 at South Point Arena. For the first time, read about the sense of community and camaraderie in the atmosphere at this show from the keyboard of Kristen Spinning, longtime AzQHA Media Coordinator. I am used to horse shows being […]
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Over fence classes and ranch classes may seem like they’re miles apart as disciplines go. For Youth exhibitor Emilee Yost of Nebraska, competing in both seemingly opposite events such as working hunter and ranch trail is just another day in the saddle – a day she’s earned by working her way up. By Delores […]
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Your horse’s overall health depends on his mouth. How well are you taking care of it?
Continue reading …Masterson Farms, LLC Announces the Passing of RL Best of Sudden
June 2, 2025 Comments Off on Masterson Farms, LLC Announces the Passing of RL Best of Sudden
(June 2, 2025) Ken and Marilyn Masterson and everyone at the Farm are sad to announce the euthanasia of RL Best Of Sudden due to complications resulting from surgery for the removal of a strangulating lipoma. “BO” was a brown stallion foaled at Roberts Quarter Horses on January 7, 2002. He was sired by A […]
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In halter classes, it is a commonly known fact that the horse’s appearance is a primary factor in determining placement.
Continue reading …A New Game For Every Horse And Rider
May 29, 2025 Comments Off on A New Game For Every Horse And Rider
Riding your horse along quiet trails, bridle paths, wooded trails, and across open fields is one of life’s pleasures.
Continue reading …Hannah Kate Pipkin – A Young Horsewoman On The Rise
May 27, 2025 Comments Off on Hannah Kate Pipkin – A Young Horsewoman On The Rise
Thirteen-year-old Hannah Kate Pipkin is a seventh grader who has had a meteoric rise in both APHA and AQHA competition in the past few years.
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