Complete Results From 2016 Mayflower IQHA State Show
May 9, 2016 Comments Off on Complete Results From 2016 Mayflower IQHA State Show
Complete Results From 2016 Mayflower IQHA State Show
Continue reading …AQHA 2016 Standing Committee Reports Now Online
May 9, 2016 Comments Off on AQHA 2016 Standing Committee Reports Now Online
The Executive Committee approved a recommendation from the Western Dressage Task Force to adopt western dressage as an AQHA-recognized discipline in 2018. The Executive committee also approved the use of task forces to investigate the health of the hunter division, review of the show leveling system and the viability of a special-event rodeo held in conjunction with the Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show.
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#13- Nyquist Fun Fact: The favorite. This horse is undefeated in seven races and has earned $3,289,000. As a lifelong fan of the NHL Detroit Red Wings, the owner has a habit of naming horses after his favorite hockey players like, Datsyuk, Lindstrom, Zetterberg, Mrazek, Kronwall, Tatar, and now Gustav Nyquist.
Continue reading …Arizona Paint Horse Club Summer Celebration Show- May 14-15
May 6, 2016 Comments Off on Arizona Paint Horse Club Summer Celebration Show- May 14-15
The Arizona Paint Horse Club is proud to present the Summer Celebration Show, May 14-15 at WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona. Judges for the show will be Rick McClain and Tina White.
Continue reading …Cornell Student Wins Business of the Year Award With Device That Weighs How Much Water a Horse Drinks Per Day
May 6, 2016 Comments Off on Cornell Student Wins Business of the Year Award With Device That Weighs How Much Water a Horse Drinks Per Day
A horse-rider for 15 years, the mechanical engineer has created a device that weighs how much water a horse drinks per day.
Continue reading …Best Wedding Wishes to Shane Rux and Julie Thompson!
May 5, 2016 Comments Off on Best Wedding Wishes to Shane Rux and Julie Thompson!
Everyone here at The Equine Chronicle would like to send our best wedding wishes to Shane Rux and Julie Thompson who will be married this weekend in Las Vegas!
Continue reading …Three New WCHA Non-Pro OBE Weanling Classes Scheduled For APHA World Show
May 5, 2016 Comments Off on Three New WCHA Non-Pro OBE Weanling Classes Scheduled For APHA World Show
In special recognition of those Non-Pro (Amateurs) who breed, own and show their Paints, the 2016 World Show will include three new WCHA Amateur Owner-Breeder-Exhibitor weanling halter classes. These are non-world championship classes, and 80 percent of exhibitors’ $500 entry fees will be jackpotted.
Continue reading …Dangers of the Dreaded Red Bag Delivery
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“The oxygen tank couldn’t inflate the foal’s lungs, so I ended up taking deep draws of oxygen from the tank and blowing into the foal to keep it alive. We ended up running out of oxygen about two miles from the hospital, but by that time it was breathing on its own, with occasional help from me.”
Continue reading …AQHA Level 1 Championship EAST is Underway!
May 5, 2016 Comments Off on AQHA Level 1 Championship EAST is Underway!
Exhibitors at the 2016 Nutrena East AQHA Level 1 Championships shined their boots and dusted off their hats for the first day of competition yesterday at the Gov. James B. Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina. The show kicked off at 8 a.m. with Level 1 youth working hunter.
Continue reading …AQHA Accepting Location Bids For Versatility Ranch Horse and Cowboy Mounted Shooting World Shows
May 5, 2016 Comments Off on AQHA Accepting Location Bids For Versatility Ranch Horse and Cowboy Mounted Shooting World Shows
The American Quarter Horse Association is soliciting host-site bids for the 2016 Zoetis AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse and John Deere AQHA Cowboy Mounted Shooting World Championships, to be held in spring 2017. The inaugural Zoetis VRH World was held in 2008 in Denver, during the National Western Stock Show and then relocated in 2011 to Houston, during the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo.
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