Good luck to everyone at the 2017 Paint Horse Congress… …and look for the G-Man tomorrow!!
Continue reading …Are you ready to become a force for change? Help shape the future of APHA by submitting rule book change recommendations; all current APHA members are encouraged to participate in this important aspect of association governance.
Continue reading …Non-Pro Cutting Challenge, All Ages – $3,500 added
3-Year-Old Cutting Challenge – $3,500 added
4-Year-Old Cutting Challenge – $3,500 added
5- & 6-Year-Old Cutting Challenge – $3,500 added
More than $40,000 has been added to the reining challenge classes at the 2017 APHA Open/Amateur World Championship Show, taking place September 20–October 1 in Fort Worth, Texas—now, there are more reasons than ever to saddle up and slide your Paint to a big payday. This year, the challenge classes will be leveled using NRHA’s edibility criteria with three levels taking place concurrently.
Continue reading …This year’s gathering will feature Olympic, Pan American, World Equestrian Games, and World Champion greats including Greg Best, Phillip Dutton, Craig Johnson, Steffen Peters and Suzy Stafford as well as outstanding overall horsemen such as Ken McNabb, Julie Goodnight, Van Hargis, Chris Irwin, Steve Lantvit, and Wendy Murdoch. Clinic topics will cover the gamut from the English disciplines of dressage, jumping, eventing, driving, and English pleasure through the western sports of cutting, reining, western pleasure, ranch riding, cowboy dressage, and trail. Sessions will also be presented on liberty horse training, mounted games, the training of easy gaited horses, vaulting, and more.
Continue reading …“The Appaloosa Horse Club is enthused about this year’s sale and the quality of its consignments.” ApHC Sale Committee Chair, Sean Schembri stated. “Prospective buyers should take advantage of this opportunity to select from among the very best pedigrees in the business. The Sale Committee has placed an emphasis on providing a diverse offering of outstanding horses. Don’t miss the 2017 World Sale!”
Continue reading …Special thanks to Beth Foster-Hattan for some fantastic candids from the Illinois Paint Horse Association Show and Illinois State Fair that took place July 14-15. If you’re a photog and would like to share your candid photos with us, email B.Bevis@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …The event provided nine sets of AQHA points and three sets of NSBA points to competitors who flocked to the Buckeye State for FREE entries, incredible prizes, and lots of fun! In all, the shows gave away over $100,000 in free entries and prizes
Continue reading …What does the devastating history of natural disasters and poverty in Haiti have to do with horses?
Continue reading …Four men and one woman were inducted in March during the 2017 AQHA Convention: AQHA Past President Peter J. Cofrancesco III of Sparta, New Jersey; AQHA Executive Committee member, the late Dick Monahan from Walla Walla, Washington; Bobby D. Cox of Fort Worth, Texas; the late Marvin Barnes of Ada, Oklahoma; and trainer and horsewoman Sandra Vaughn of Hernando, Florida. Five horses were also inducted: 1987 racing stallion Strawfly Special, 1985 western pleasure stallion Zips Chocolate Chip, 1994 show gelding Majestic Scotch, 1961 barrel racing mare Casey’s Ladylove and 1983 racing mare Dashing Phoebe.
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