Around the Rings: 2026 Martinganza AQHA Show & Futurity
The 2026 Martinganza AQHA Show & Futurity is an AQHA Horse Show managed by District IV NCQHA each year at the Senator Bob Martin Eastern Agricultural Center, located at 2900 NC Hwy 125 South, Williamston, NC. Martinganza is a not-for-profit organization supporting the Eastern North Carolina horse industry through events, education, competitions, and philanthropy. This year’s Martinganza AQHA Show […]
All-Around Events Find $114,500 Added to the 2026 APHA World Show
April 3, 2026 Comments Off on All-Around Events Find $114,500 Added to the 2026 APHA World Show
By Jessica Hein, PHJ News: Hop around the 2026 APHA World Championship Show schedule, and you’ll find Easter eggs totaling $114,500 in added money for all-around events like Western pleasure, hunter under saddle, longe line and trail. With perks like that, there’s no better time to plan your trip to the premier Paint Horse show, […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings: 2026 Oklahoma QHA Spring Show
April 3, 2026 Comments Off on Around the Rings: 2026 Oklahoma QHA Spring Show
The Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association kicked off their annual spring show at Tulsa Expo Square on April 1, and it runs through Saturday, April 4, 2026, with AQHA, OQHA, KQHA and NSBA approval. The show offers five sets of points and a special event roping at Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex with judges Glenn Wells, Kendra […]
Continue reading …Easter Weekend Trail Practice: Carrot Grids from Judge Jennifer Sawyer
April 3, 2026 Comments Off on Easter Weekend Trail Practice: Carrot Grids from Judge Jennifer Sawyer
Multi-carded judge and clinician Jennifer Sawyer of Silver Springs, Florida, brings us another fun way to practice trail in our extra holiday weekend time: Carrot grids, just in time for Easter weekend trail practice! Using the Equi-Pole The Polework App to create carrot grids, the judge and clinician says the carrot grid is a […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day: The Simple Gift of Friendship
April 3, 2026 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day: The Simple Gift of Friendship
“When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.” – Maria Shriver. This incredible photo shows two friends training at the same barn sharing the final two spots at Congress last year. “For one of them, it was their final year in walk trot,” explains Michilah Grimes. “They have […]
Continue reading …2026 APHA World Championship Show Premium Book and Forms Now Available
April 2, 2026 Comments Off on 2026 APHA World Championship Show Premium Book and Forms Now Available
The 2026 APHA World Championship Show Premium Book and forms are now available, and entries, stalls and RV reservations are open for submission for June 19–July 4, 2026, at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Start mapping out your classes, secure your spot on the grounds, and get ready for Fort Worth […]
Continue reading …AQHYA Announces Dr. Temple Grandin as 2026 Youth Excellence Seminar Keynote Speaker
April 2, 2026 Comments Off on AQHYA Announces Dr. Temple Grandin as 2026 Youth Excellence Seminar Keynote Speaker
Influential animal behavior expert and advocate for neurodiversity to keynote AQHA’s premier youth leadership event. From AQHA: Dr. Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University and one of the most influential voices in animal behavior and livestock handling. Grandin is also a leading advocate for autism awareness. Diagnosed with autism […]
Continue reading …Your Annual Trail Guide to Equine Affaire
April 2, 2026 Comments Off on Your Annual Trail Guide to Equine Affaire
YOUR ANNUAL TRAIL GUIDE TO EQUINE AFFAIRE IS HERE! COLUMBUS, OH, April 1, 2026 – Have you heard the news? Tens of thousands of equestrians are coming to the Ohio Expo Center next week for the best four-day horse expo ever: Equine Affaire! With just a handful of days to go until the gates open for […]
Continue reading …Stalls Charts for Orange Blossom & A Sudden Impulse 2026
April 2, 2026 Comments Off on Stalls Charts for Orange Blossom & A Sudden Impulse 2026
Stall charts are available online at An Equine Production for the Orange Blossom & A Sudden Impulse circuits. The link for feed & bedding is also available on both of the pages as well. A Sudden Impulse — An Equine Production Safe travels to Ocala!
Continue reading …EC Foal Photo of the Day: Bold & Sassy
April 2, 2026 Comments Off on EC Foal Photo of the Day: Bold & Sassy
C. Barsema says her March 23, 2026 foal, pictured here at four days old, is bold and sassy! This filly is by VS Goodride and out of ThisDotIsBlazingHot. We love it! Thank you for the adorable share. If you have a great photo of the day, please email it to: Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.
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