
Congratulations to the following horse and rider teams that will return for the Horsemanship finals next week at the 2016 AQHYA World Show! This will also be your working order. Judges will be Jackie Krshka, Terry Cross, Will Knabenshue, Kim Myers, and Buddy Fisher. Livvie Van Lanen/All But Sudden Abbi Lynn Demel/There Goes My Zipper […]
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Returning World Champion Deanna Green rode her trusty Palomino mare, Blazinmytroublesaway, to score a 231.5 securing another World Champion title in Western Riding. But, it wasn’t smooth sailing the whole way. After a slight misstep in the preliminaries yesterday, Deanna and “Buttercup” received a second chance at redemption in the shootout round.
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“Every time a judge came by, her ears went forward, her head went up, and she showed like a champ.”
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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.
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This pair competes under the guidance of Ted Turner, which was evident from the bright orange tie that peeked out from Cooper’s show jacket. “You have to represent!” Cooper says. “You’ve got to wear some orange, somewhere.”
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The three men joining the WCHA Hall of Fame include Jack Brizendine, Larry Sullivant and in the Legends category, J.T. Walters. Horses being honored are MR CONCLUSION, a 1982 AQHA stallion; SHEZA PERFECT CLU, a 1984 AQHA mare; and, SR MAGIC MAN, a 1989 AQHA gelding.
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Zippos Sheik, a red sorrel stallion, foaled on April 3, 1992, was sired by Zippo Pine Bar and out of Sheik’s Cover. He sired 436 foals among which were a number of outstanding pleasure horses such as My Body’s Sheik, Genuine Sheik, Step Out With Sheik, Jet Set Sheik, Sheiks Miss Jazmitaz, Mr Smooth Sheik, Hanks A Skip N Zippo, and Taylor Made Sheik. Upon his death, his foals had lifetime earnings of $370,000.
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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.
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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.
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