Quarter Horse Congress Concert to be Headlined by Randy Houser, Casey Donahew, Carter Winter!
August 26, 2016 Comments Off on Quarter Horse Congress Concert to be Headlined by Randy Houser, Casey Donahew, Carter Winter!
Tickets for the Quarter Horse Congress Country Concert go on sale TODAY, Friday, August 26th at 12 pm EST. The Congress Country Concert will take place Friday, October 7th at the Ohio Expo Center at the new Cardinal Hall located at 717 E 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211.
Continue reading …How I Prepare For Trail With 2015 AQHYA World Champion Emily Maul
August 10, 2016 Comments Off on How I Prepare For Trail With 2015 AQHYA World Champion Emily Maul
“Having a plan before executing the pattern was important. I would go through each section of the pattern making sure I had a great plan for both Lefty and I.”
Continue reading …How I Prepare For Working Hunter and Eq Over Fences With 2015 AQHYA World Champions Emma Graf and Madison Eichstadt
August 9, 2016 Comments Off on How I Prepare For Working Hunter and Eq Over Fences With 2015 AQHYA World Champions Emma Graf and Madison Eichstadt
“Equitation Over Fences is one of my favorite classes because it’s all about the decisions you make, and it’s a class that awards the poised and effective riders. Riders should remember that they need to ride a route that’s best suited for their horse.”
Continue reading …Pokemon Trail Takeover at AQHYA World Show!
August 8, 2016 Comments Off on Pokemon Trail Takeover at AQHYA World Show!
Evidence of the takeover was discovered yesterday during the Trail preliminaries here in Oklahoma City. Tim “The Trail Man” Kimura’s course was overrun with a number of Pokemon creatures, including a bright, yellow Picachu that made a few appearances at the top half of the course by the trot poles and at the entrance to the box.
Continue reading …Hillary and Trump Make Appearance on Tim Kimura Trail Course at AQHYA World Show
August 8, 2016 Comments Off on Hillary and Trump Make Appearance on Tim Kimura Trail Course at AQHYA World Show
On our The Equine Chronicle Facebook page we asked readers to give us their best photo captions. Here are the best we’ve received so far! Feel free to add to the list… but keep it clean and Youth World Show appropriate 🙂
Continue reading …Australian Youth Will Compete at First and Final AQHA Youth World Thanks to Ackerman Family Generosity
August 8, 2016 Comments Off on Australian Youth Will Compete at First and Final AQHA Youth World Thanks to Ackerman Family Generosity
Due to the huge expense of importing Taylah’s horse to the United States to compete, Jesse was trying to locate a Quarter Horse in the USA under an International Lease so Taylah would be able to attend her first and final AQHYA Show in Oklahoma City. Amanda Specht immediately thought of Dolly and approached Brenda and John Ackerman about the possibility of lending her to Taylah.
Continue reading …Congratulations 2016 AQHYA Western Riding Finalists! High Score 227.5
August 5, 2016 Comments Off on Congratulations 2016 AQHYA Western Riding Finalists! High Score 227.5
Both Emma Edwards with This Is Why I’m Here and Kaylee Mellott with Only In Showbiz each scored a 227.5 and were the highest scoring teams during the Western Riding preliminaries.
Continue reading …Breyer Releases Reining Horse Model to Commemorate NRHA 50th Anniversary
August 4, 2016 Comments Off on Breyer Releases Reining Horse Model to Commemorate NRHA 50th Anniversary
Horse and rider pairs that compete in NRHA reining events run a pattern that is designed to show off the athletic ability of a ranch-type horse within a show arena. These patterns include both slow and fast circles, roll backs, spins, flying lead changes, and the crowd-favorite: sliding stops! Breyer’s NRHA 50th Anniversary model is appropriately shown executing this hallmark maneuver.
Continue reading …Touchdown! First Set of Olympic Horses Arrive in Rio
August 4, 2016 Comments Off on Touchdown! First Set of Olympic Horses Arrive in Rio
The first Olympic horses are settling into their athletes’ village – the newly built stables at the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Deodoro – with Team New Zealand’s Ringwood Skyboy winning the opening heat of the Rio 2016 Games as the first to set foot on Brazilian soil.
Continue reading …Reserve Ad Space Now For Our Biggest Issue of the Year! QH Congress Edition 2016
August 4, 2016 Comments Off on Reserve Ad Space Now For Our Biggest Issue of the Year! QH Congress Edition 2016
The 50th anniversary of the All American Quarter Horse Congress is fast approaching and is expected to be bigger than ever. The Equine Chronicle is proud to be a corporate partner and sponsor of the Congress.
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