Evening Hunter Under Saddle Winners at APHA World Show Include Schexnayder, Dixon, and Bull
November 8, 2015 Comments Off on Evening Hunter Under Saddle Winners at APHA World Show Include Schexnayder, Dixon, and Bull
“Spyder” has quite the track record in Hunter Under Saddle classes in both amateur and open divisions here at the APHA World Show. Every year he’s competed, he’s won a World Champion title. This year, he broke into the big leagues with his debut in the amateur senior division. “Now we’re onto senior, so he has to put his big boy pants on!” Jennifer jokes.
Continue reading …Tim Gillespie and Sheza Special Machine Win APHA World Show Open Yearling Longe Line
November 7, 2015 Comments Off on Tim Gillespie and Sheza Special Machine Win APHA World Show Open Yearling Longe Line
“I think this class is such a neat avenue to show what a person would pick when you look out in the pasture. It should be the horse you want to take home, and this is the horse I would want to take home out of a pasture of 100 babies.”
Continue reading …Coleen Bull and Timeless Assets Win Third Title of APHA World Show, in Amateur Pleasure Driving
November 7, 2015 Comments Off on Coleen Bull and Timeless Assets Win Third Title of APHA World Show, in Amateur Pleasure Driving
Following this morning’s win, Tucson now has racked up 17 career World Champion titles and 10 Reserve World Champion titles. He has also been named the Masters All-Around Champion here at the World Show four times.
Continue reading …Big $10,103 Payday For RJ King/Someone Like You in APHA World Farnam 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure Stakes
November 7, 2015 Comments Off on Big $10,103 Payday For RJ King/Someone Like You in APHA World Farnam 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure Stakes
“She is big, strong, and one of the few 2-year-olds that can show in both Western Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle. I was so impressed with how well she showed off the rail. I can only attribute this to the dedication RJ and Sara have put into her.”
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Jim Chafin and Heather Graft have horses in their blood. Jim started out under the watchful eye of his parents, Jim and Sandy Chafin, owners of C Bar C Quarter Horses in Ohio. His success as a youth competitor included Top Five placings at the AQHA Youth World Show and national standings that gave him a solid foundation, responsibility, and work ethic that he parlayed into big wins as an adult at all of the major breed venues.
Continue reading …Evening Winners at APHA World Show Include Kegley, Juette, Hull, Umberger, and King
November 7, 2015 Comments Off on Evening Winners at APHA World Show Include Kegley, Juette, Hull, Umberger, and King
22-year-old Betsy Juette and her horse “Frankie” have been a team for one year this October. He was purchased as a three-year-old last year at the All American Quarter Horse Congress. This year at the Congress, Betsy and Frankie placed eighth in Amateur Hunter Under Saddle. This is her first World Championship title in either breed.
Continue reading …Best Friends, Laura Alloway and Nicole Dalton, Go World and Reserve in APHA Amateur Yearling Longe Line
November 6, 2015 Comments Off on Best Friends, Laura Alloway and Nicole Dalton, Go World and Reserve in APHA Amateur Yearling Longe Line
Neither of these ladies rely on the guidance of horse trainers; they practice, compete, and travel together as friends and fellow competitors. “We live in the same town, Phoenix, Arizona,” Laura says. “We always work our babies together, which makes it that much better it ended up this way.”
Continue reading …Afternoon Winners at APHA World Include Ford, Cassata, Leggett, Roden, Lyon
November 6, 2015 Comments Off on Afternoon Winners at APHA World Include Ford, Cassata, Leggett, Roden, Lyon
“He’s right at 16.3 hands, so he’s a big boy, but he’s a big baby.” Huey is by the stallion Kid Coolsified. Just yesterday, his little sister [Oh So Intriguing] was named the World Champion in Amateur Solid Paint Bred Weanling Fillies with owner Andrea Olsen at the lead.
Continue reading …“Never Give Up” is the Motto of 66-Year-Old APHA World Show Competitor Polly Plant
November 6, 2015 Comments Off on “Never Give Up” is the Motto of 66-Year-Old APHA World Show Competitor Polly Plant
“I told them, by the grace of God, I would. It might not be pretty, but I would walk again, and the good Lord has brought me back.”
Continue reading …The Passing of a Legend – Zips Chocolate Chip
November 6, 2015 Comments Off on The Passing of a Legend – Zips Chocolate Chip
How many horses come with their own brand of cookie? Zips Chocolate Chip was a legend, not only for the indelible mark he left on the equine industry, but for the delicious, chocolate chip cookies baked and distributed at shows by his loving owners, Ann and Phil Myers of Myers Horse Farms in Ashland, Ohio.
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