Ready to start practicing? Patterns for classes like Showmanship, Horsemanship, Hunt Seat Equitation, Ranch Riding, Reining, Trail, and Western Riding are now available for the 2019 Quarter Horse Congress. Click here to view and download.
Continue reading …Did you miss the 2019 Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show entry deadline, but still want to enter? Exhibitors have until November 1 to enter the show, but those entries will be subject to late fees.
Continue reading …Breeding fees will be for single doses with the first dose costing $2,000. A dose will consist of eight straws of 800 million sperm with a minimum post thaw motility of 35%. If subsequent doses should be necessary, the second would be priced at $1,750 and any thereafter at $1,250. RL Best Of Sudden has been well known throughout his career for fertility and high levels of successful inseminations.
Continue reading …“All equine entering Ohio from a state where VSV has been diagnosed within the last seven days, or a state that contains a premises quarantined for VSV, shall be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection (health certificate) dated within seven days of entry, containing the following statement, ‘All animals identified on the certificate of veterinary inspection have been inspected and found to be free from clinical signs of vesicular stomatitis.’ “
Continue reading …“Downed power lines, dangerous debris, and contaminated water are just a few of the extensive challenges our team will face. Animal survivors will search for food and water, and will likely be injured, disoriented or confused. They will be scared and more aggressive or self-protective. It is why we are only sending our most experienced rescuers.”
Continue reading …The substance in question was scopolamine, which can be used to treat intestinal problems in humans, but is considered to be a bronchodilator in horses. The amount, 300 nanogram per millimeter, was considered to be excessive and that “suggested the drug was intended to enhance performance,” (NY Times, 2019).
Continue reading …Among the many winners named in the arena, Tom Robertson claimed the title of Yearling Stallions Champion in a class of 26 entries with a horse named, Swole, for Beus Quarter Horses. It was a big win for all of those involved, of course, but it had even bigger meaning than most knew at the time. However, this is something that Georgia Snow had predicted just one month ago…
Continue reading …The Congress is still a long way off and much can happen from now until the first horse enters the Congress grounds. Remember, it is 20 days before reining and cutting horses can enter the grounds and 31 days before the general horse show horses enter the grounds.
Continue reading …In an effort to protect horses and other livestock in Ohio, the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is not allowing the import of horses from counties within states with confirmed and suspected cases of Vesicular Stomatitis (VSV). This restriction includes the All American Quarter Horse Congress, which is scheduled to begin in Columbus on October 1.
Continue reading …Some forecasts indicate the Storm may make landfall in Florida as early as Tuesday, September 3.
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