2025 APHA National Championships Return to Ohio & Vegas
May 1, 2025 Comments Off on 2025 APHA National Championships Return to Ohio & Vegas
By Jessica Hein, PHJ News: Last year’s APHA National Championships shows were a resounding hit, with growth at both events in total number of horses and exhibitors. The APHA Eastern & Western National Championships are back for 2025—bigger, better and with even more fun! 2025 APHA Eastern National Championship Show August 21–24, 2025 World Equestrian […]
Continue reading …New Ranch Riding Classes at The EMO Celebration Offer Added Money
May 1, 2025 Comments Off on New Ranch Riding Classes at The EMO Celebration Offer Added Money
The EMO Celebration takes over South Point Equestrian Center in Las Vegas June 26 through July 6 with one of the most popular and fun AQHA Circuits on the summer schedule. With $100,000 to give away in Circuit Awards, this show always has plenty to Celebrate. For 2025, they up the ante even further by […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Happy World Laughter Day
May 1, 2025 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Happy World Laughter Day
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 …Emma Edwards Purchases The Town Bluezy from Nettie Olsen
April 30, 2025 Comments Off on Emma Edwards Purchases The Town Bluezy from Nettie Olsen
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 …Around the Rings – 2025 APHA Zone 5 Show
April 30, 2025 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2025 APHA Zone 5 Show
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 …EC Foal Photo of the Day – Meet Junior!
April 30, 2025 Comments Off on EC Foal Photo of the Day – Meet Junior!
“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 Joins Prestigious NSBA Quarter Million Dollar Club
April 29, 2025 Comments Off on Shannon Curl Holbin Joins Prestigious NSBA Quarter Million Dollar Club
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 …The Starting Lineup NSBA Show is Coming to The Midwest
April 29, 2025 Comments Off on The Starting Lineup NSBA Show is Coming to The Midwest
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 Pleasure Versatility Challenge Returns with New Division in 2025
April 29, 2025 Comments Off on AQHA Pleasure Versatility Challenge Returns with New Division in 2025
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 …Around the Rings – 2025 ShoMe Spring ShoCase
April 29, 2025 Comments Off on Around the Rings – 2025 ShoMe Spring ShoCase
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 […]
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