Around the Rings – 2025 Breeders Halter Futurity – the 15th Anniversary
September 10, 2025 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2025 Breeders Halter Futurity – the 15th Anniversary
The Breeders Halter Futurity is in full swing in Des Moines, Iowa, held on the dates of September 9-13, 2025, and everyone is celebrating the 15th anniversary of this spectacular show. All the excitement of added money and futurity classes are once again highlights of the show, as well as the 2025 addition of the Intermediate Division […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – Ohio Foundation QHA August 2025 Ranch Show
September 10, 2025 Comments Off on Around the Rings – Ohio Foundation QHA August 2025 Ranch Show
“Rain or Shine – we show!” states the Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association (OFQHA), and that harkens back to what we fondly remember as the basis for our beginnings in the horse show world. The OFQHA is definitely an answer to the call for a return to that feeling of camaraderie at shows. The grass roots […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings with the G-Man- The Championship 2025
September 9, 2025 Comments Off on Around the Rings with the G-Man- The Championship 2025
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Q & A with Sandy Jirkovsky — The International Ranch Horse Association (IRHA)
September 8, 2025 Comments Off on Q & A with Sandy Jirkovsky — The International Ranch Horse Association (IRHA)
By Delores Kuhlwein Imagine a national association that can offer to the ranch horse industry what NRHA offers to reining. Such an association would have renowned ranch horse experts such as Pete Kyle, Bud Lyon, Steve Meadows, Shannon Quinlan Hill, Dana Hokana, John Irish, and Rhonda Replogle on its advisory panel, just to name […]
Continue reading …UC Davis VGL Launches Comprehensive Coat Color DNA Panel for APHA Paint Horse Registration
September 8, 2025 Comments Off on UC Davis VGL Launches Comprehensive Coat Color DNA Panel for APHA Paint Horse Registration
By Liza Crissiuma Gershony, UC Davis VGL: The UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) is excited to announce the release of the APHA White Pattern Registration Eligibility Panel, a new DNA testing panel designed to support registration of Paint Horses with the American Paint Horse Association (APHA). This specialized panel includes all currently recognized white patterning […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – NW Emerald AQHA & APHA 40th Anniversary
September 7, 2025 Comments Off on Around the Rings – NW Emerald AQHA & APHA 40th Anniversary
The Northwest Emerald’s 40th Anniversary and the Southwest Washington Paint Horse Club’s 50th Anniversary Celebration wraps up today, Sunday, September 7, 2025, at Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA. The AQHA/APHA Show offers four judges total, with Clint Fullerton and Charlie Cole for show one, and all four judges including Kevin Hood and Sandy Curl for […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2025 Iowa PtHA & Nebraska PHC Combining Colors Show
September 7, 2025 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2025 Iowa PtHA & Nebraska PHC Combining Colors Show
The Nebraska Paint Horse Club & Iowa Pinto Horse Association Combining Colors Show, August 29-31, 2025, was a big hit at the Sandhills Global Event Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Judges for the event: Jill Paxton, Don Beard, Trisha Shorten-Armstrong, and Dawn Taylor. The show is also the home of the Midwest Cash Incentive Challenge, a futurity program aimed at […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2025 National Open Horse Show Association World Show
September 6, 2025 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2025 National Open Horse Show Association World Show
The National Open Horse Show Association has kicked off its fifth annual World Championship Show at C Bar C Expo Center, September 5-7,2025, in Cloverdale, IN, “complete with clinics, swag, and classes designed to promote the open horse show community.” The family-oriented and NSBA-created National Open Horse Show Association (NOHSA) has a mission is to grow the open […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – 2025 NCQHA Tarheel Fall Classic
September 5, 2025 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2025 NCQHA Tarheel Fall Classic
The North Carolina Quarter Horse Association Tarheel Fall Classic is underway September 5-7, 2025, at the James B Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, NC. The show offers AQHA, NSBA, ApHC and Open classes, and added money classes, and judges are Melissa Dukes, Buddy Fisher, Terry Thompson, and Randy Wilson. We have a double-trouble treat for you with candid photos […]
Continue reading …It’s about to get RANCHY in Des Moines, Iowa!
September 5, 2025 Comments Off on It’s about to get RANCHY in Des Moines, Iowa!
The Iowa Quarter Horse Association Ranch Horse Futurity returns to the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, for the 7th annual futurity scheduled for September 17-21, 2025. This exciting horse event draws horse and riders from 13 states across the Midwest from as far away as Colorado and South Dakota. In 2024, ranch futurity […]
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