2018 NSBA World Show Recap
Following the conclusion of the show over the weekend, NSBA reports a boost in entries of 18% over last year’s show with more than 5,400 total entries. That’s 800 more entries than last year!
The Cook Family – Passing the Reins to the Next Generation
August 20, 2018 Comments Off on The Cook Family – Passing the Reins to the Next Generation
Click here to read the complete article 34 – Aug/Sept, 2018 BY ERICA GREATHOUSE Life is all about different seasons and reinventing ourselves as we go through each new chapter. Although horse showing, for many of us, is a season that we hope goes on eternally, realistically, there comes a time when most of us […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings- 2018 NSBA World- 8/17
August 17, 2018 Comments Off on Around the Rings- 2018 NSBA World- 8/17
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Continue reading …Friday Champions at NSBA World Include Augsburger, Arrington, Petersak, Weiss, and More
August 17, 2018 Comments Off on Friday Champions at NSBA World Include Augsburger, Arrington, Petersak, Weiss, and More
“She was in the barn and Peppy said, ‘This is the one you need.’ It’s kind of funny, because we did it over the phone. I never saw her. I came to the barn and asked, ‘Which one is mine?'”
Continue reading …There’s a New Class Coming to AQHA – Working HUS
August 17, 2018 Comments Off on There’s a New Class Coming to AQHA – Working HUS
There is an exciting addition on the horizon for competitors in the English Division of AQHA competition. At the 2018 AQHA Convention, held in Jacksonville, Florida, the Show Committee announced the addition of a new class, Working Hunter Under Saddle, scheduled to debut in the 2019 show season.
Continue reading …Around the Rings- NSBA World- 8/16
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Continue reading …BIG Changes In Store For Western Pleasure Super Sires Program
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Moving forward, there will be two divisions- Western and English. “To be honest, I don’t think there is an actual English program like this out there,” says Stephen Stephens. “Like Joan said, we will start out in 2019 and for any sire that signs up in the English division, yearlings by that stallion will get a deal with nomination right into the Longe Line class that year with a $5,000 guaranteed purse to the winner.”
Continue reading …Thursday Afternoon NSBA World Champions Include Case, Tobin, Anderman, Huls, Morgan, Stanhope, and More
August 16, 2018 Comments Off on Thursday Afternoon NSBA World Champions Include Case, Tobin, Anderman, Huls, Morgan, Stanhope, and More
Kathy Tobin and VS Game Changer won both the BCF 4-6 YO Non Non Pro Trail and Select Trail. Kathy has owned 6-year-old “TJ” since he was three. This pretty roan won Junior Western Riding at the Congress last year and Non Pro 4-6 Western Riding here at the NSBA World in 2017. Kathy feels his best event is Trail.
Continue reading …Thursday Morning Champions at NSBA World Include Nimigan, Swanigan, Simons, Moses, and More!
August 16, 2018 Comments Off on Thursday Morning Champions at NSBA World Include Nimigan, Swanigan, Simons, Moses, and More!
Sara Simons was in the saddle of the 5-year-old Appaloosa/Buckskin named Stylist Chocolate for the Dryden family. “Douglas” is by Chocolatey and has been a part of the family for one year. Earlier this year, he won five trophies at the Appaloosa Nationals in Trail and Western Pleasure.
Continue reading …Whitney Lagace – Unexpected Career Change Leads to a Life in Horses
August 16, 2018 Comments Off on Whitney Lagace – Unexpected Career Change Leads to a Life in Horses
Some horse trainers dream about working with horses from the first moment they sit in a saddle. For others, a career as a horse trainersneaks up on them – subtly and organically weaving its way into their life until they can’t imagine doing anything else. Trainer Whitney Lagace, of Whitney Ridge Stables, belongs to the second group. In many ways, the training lifestyle chose her rather than the other way around, and Whitney is forever grateful that it did.
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