While you are scheduling shows to attend, we compiled a checklist of key to-do’s to get you and your horse ready for your next AQHA-approved event.
Continue reading …The pattern book for the 2021 APHA World Show is now available online. The show is scheduled to take place June 25th-July 11th in Fort Worth, Texas. Click here to view.
Continue reading …“When I arrived in the Jim Norick Arena, I was stunned. It was beautiful facility and that’s when I had realized that my dream had come true, and it was time to set my next goal. I went and decided to set yet another big goal knowing that I had the potential to reach that goal as well. The goal that I had set was to get a globe! I know that sounds like an insane goal for your first World Show, but I figured that it could still be a goal of mine even if I didn’t accomplish it. I could still set it for next year.”
Continue reading …Like in life, when it comes to showing horses, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. It’s the small, often overlooked, details that add up to create a polished and professional picture in the show pen.
Continue reading …Many horses suffer breathing problems, airway or lung impairments due to dust, allergies, or disease. Just like humans, horses can benefit sometimes from breathing aids like nasal strips, inhalers and nebulizers. Dr. Larry Overly, known to most people as ‘Dr. Ricky’, is a track veterinarian at Los Alamitos. He says nebulizers and chelated silver products are often utilized to deal with lower airway disease and inflammatory issues in the lungs such as IAD—inflammatory airway disease. “There are various ways we combat IAD but first we need to find out what is actually causing the inflammation,” he says. It is important to pinpoint the source rather than just treat the symptoms.
Continue reading …These statistics, powered by the American Quarter Horse Association’s QData, were compiled from January 1 to December 31, 2020. The figures represent offspring earnings, number of money earners, average earnings and each sire’s leading money earner for 2020.
Continue reading …Brody Galyean and Kaitlyn Smith decided to recreate one of G-Man’s photos from the Larry Little Futurity years ago and at the Red Bud Spectacular today! If you’d like to recreate one of G-Man’s fun photos for a Then and Now photo, email B.Bevis@EquineChronicle.com!
Continue reading …Thanks to Sally Blackwell Photography for some great photos from around the rings at the ArQHA Stanford Happening/Memorial Day Circuit. If you’d like to share photos from a show near you, email B.Bevis@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …This is a super fun take on the Then and Now challenge! Check out these photos of Alyvia Dixon. The first was taken on July 30th, 2013 at a 4-H show. The second was taken on July 30th, 2020 at the AQHA Youth World Show when Alyvia was named Reserve Champion in L1 Showmanship! If you […]
Continue reading …Winning Open High Point at the show was Kendra Weis with Snap Krackle Pop for Twylla Brown. The Amateur winner was Nicole Campbell with Remember The Daze. The Select Champion was Pam Olive with Jammz Spittin Polish. The Novice/Level 1 Youth winner was Ellistin Morey with ShowOffYourAssets.
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