NC State 4-H Horse Show Alumni Showmanship Class
July 13, 2022 Comments Off on NC State 4-H Horse Show Alumni Showmanship Class
The North Carolina State 4-H Horse Show took place July 6-10, 2022, at the Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina, and one of the big hits of the show is the Alumni Showmanship Class. The class benefits the North Carolina 4-H Horse Program, it’s open to any 4-H Alumni of any state or program, and the […]
Continue reading …The Perfect Match: Courtney Stephens & Pistol Packin Mann
July 13, 2022 Comments Off on The Perfect Match: Courtney Stephens & Pistol Packin Mann
Courtney Stephens’s life is all about horses. The Alabama native discovered horses early in life and immediately knew she had found her lifelong love. Her family did not have a horse show background. However, her uncles owned horses. When she was young, she started learning to ride under the guidance of Martha Ann and Max Eisenberg of Triple E Farms.
Continue reading …Around the Rings Photos and Results – GQHA Stars & Stripes and The Big A
July 12, 2022 Comments Off on Around the Rings Photos and Results – GQHA Stars & Stripes and The Big A
Georgia Quarter Horse Association’s Stars and Stripes and The Big A took place July 1-10, 2022, always a huge hit for exhibitors because it’s more than a horse show – it’s a celebration of Quarter Horses, Freedom, and Country, with a daily breakfast, a daily party, and more. With events like Show For Dough Senior […]
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Ina Ginsberg was nine years old when she first sat in a saddle at a summer camp. Prior to that, the only animal experience she had growing up in Massachusetts was caring for the two goldfish she kept outside as pets. “I never did figure out what happened to them during the winter,” she jokes. The self-described tall, gangly kid had no luck with any of the other camp activities. “I found the only thing I could do was ride a horse!”
Continue reading …Around the Rings Photos and Results – EMO Celebration
July 11, 2022 Comments Off on Around the Rings Photos and Results – EMO Celebration
The EMO Celebration took place June 30th – July 10th, 2022, at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas. The six-judge EMO Celebration offered AQHA open, amateur, select, youth and novice (level 1), NSBA Futurity classes plus cattle, ranch and reining classes. The 2022 Judges: John Kunkle, Dolly Chayer, Jennifer Leckey, Nancy Sue Ryan, Leonard […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings Photos and Results – Mid-South Liberty Circuit
July 11, 2022 Comments Off on Around the Rings Photos and Results – Mid-South Liberty Circuit
The Mid-South QHA Liberty Circuit/ArQHA 20th Stanford Happening Memorial took place July 1-3, 2022 at Agricenter Showplace Arena in Cordova, Tennessee, and was managed by Topline Event Management. Judges for the 4-Judge AQHA circuit were: Richard Spinks, Amy Watkins, Bob Johnson, Ron Stratton. Scribe sheets can be found here: https://www.toplineeventmgt.com/mid-south-july-show Thank you to Renew Creative by Shelby Layne […]
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A sponsorship is more than a donation of product or money. A sponsor, who gives something of themselves, is a partner. Within the horse show industry, we rely on these partnerships to maintain and grow our events. Sponsors are vital to event success for many reasons. They open location options that may have not previously been available. Sponsors add and provide value to exhibitor experiences. They generate bigger audiences and exhibitor bases for events. Sponsors can take an ordinary horse show and turn it into an extraordinary event!
Continue reading …Around the Rings Photos – Back To Berrien Futurity
July 10, 2022 Comments Off on Around the Rings Photos – Back To Berrien Futurity
From June 22-25, 2022, Berrien County Fairgrounds in Berrien Springs, Michigan, was once again the site of an AQHA Specialty Show and an NSBA Futurity, thanks to the inventiveness of Gil Galyean, Jon Barry, and Charles Cannizzaro. Berrien County Fairgrounds was former site for the Tom Powers Futurity before it was moved in 2020, making it […]
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If you were to ask Bill Baskin what brought him and his wife Susan together, his answer might just be cows. The co-owners of Baskin Livestock, one of the largest agricultural businesses in Genesee County, New York, first met shortly after Susan Blackburn, a veterinarian, spent a large portion of her job traveling to farms to administer tuberculosis tests. The frequency of these tests brought her to visit Baskin’s farm several times a week. Inevitably, working so close together on numerous separate occasions developed a friendship between the two which eventually developed into something more. “We were friends way before we were married, and we still are; that’s the amazing part,” Blackburn notes.
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Sweating isn’t fun. It stinks. It stains clothing. It requires a bath after a hard workout. But, sweat is imperative to the health of you, your horse, and all animals that have sweat glands. For horses that cannot sweat, it can make life absolutely miserable, or worse.
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