We always know we can count on our horses to make us smile, and of course, laugh! When it comes to relieving stress, more giggles and guffaws are just what the doctor ordered, says the Mayo clinic. That’s yet one more reason our horses are an important part of our lives. The first World Laughter Day […]
Continue reading …By Delores Kuhlwein Over 26,000 online viewers tuned in to watch the 2024 AQHA Pleasure Versatility Challenge at the 2024 AQHA World Show in Oklahoma City, and they breathlessly waited to choose their favorite horse to root for as the three-year-olds went through their paces in the pattern, western pleasure, and halter portions of the […]
Continue reading …The APHA Zone 5 show just wrapped up at Iowa Equestrian Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, providing two days of APHA competition on April 26 & 27, 2025. The show also offered dual-approved APHA/NSBA classes and All Breed classes, with judges Mark Baus, Jamieson Gross, Stephanie McConnell, and Eric Peterson (NSBA Judge for Dual Approved Classes). The Zone 5 Show […]
Continue reading …“This stunning buckskin colt looks exactly like his daddy and has earned the barn name Junior!” says Tuxedo Ranch’s Jay Dollinger, who explains Junior is by Sexy N My Carharts and out of Maxaneista (a Maximum Zip/Radical Rodder mare). “His papers are loaded with the who’s who including the likes of Maximum Zip, Radical Rodder, Zippos […]
Continue reading …Shannon Curl Holbin of Vero Beach, Florida, was honored by the National Snaffle Bit Association during A Sudden Impulse 2025 for reaching the milestone of more than $250,000 in lifetime NSBA earnings during the preceding Orange Blossom Circuit. At the recognition in the Grand Arena at World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, Shannon was presented […]
Continue reading …National Snaffle Bit Association is thrilled to be hosting The Starting Line show, an NSBA horse show in the heart of the Midwest. This show will be held July 24–27, 2025 in Gifford, Illinois, and is open to all breeds, and offers two sets of APHA as well as an AQHA Alliance event. From NSBA: […]
Continue reading …AQHA introduces the $5,000 VS Code Blue and VS Goodride limited division to the 2025 AQHA Pleasure Versatility Challenge, brought to you by Super Sires. From AQHA: Back again for prime time, the AQHA Pleasure Versatility Challenge, brought to you by Super Sires, will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 15, during the […]
Continue reading …April 25-27 , 2025, marked the fourth annual ShoMe Horse Shows Spring ShoCase at MSU Pavilion, in Lansing, Michigan. ShoMe Horse Shows in Michigan is an open, all-breed circuit built around doing things differently, and just for fun. “All our shows have a different theme and outside-the-box classes,” says Liz Gear, who owns and operates ShoMe […]
Continue reading …“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart.” — Helen Keller. Pictured are two cuties: Tripp Lane Brown and Zane! Tripp is the son of trainer Brittany Russell Brown and Jason Brown and Zane is an APHA Bay overo colt by Awesome All […]
Continue reading …The effort aims to raise awareness for AAEP-recommended deworming practices and the risk posed by improper deworming. PARSIPPANY, N.J. (April 23, 2025)—Zoetis Inc., the world’s leading animal health company, has launched an awareness campaign encouraging horse owners to rethink their deworming practices and potentially buy less dewormer. The campaign comes after updated 2024 deworming guidelines from […]
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