From AQHA: The 2024 AQHA leveling point ranges are now available online. Exhibitors and horse owners can begin to determine their eligibility for the 2024 show season. View the 2024 leveling point ranges. Point ranges identify the levels that exhibitors and horses are eligible for when competing at AQHA shows. Owners and exhibitors can view […]
Continue reading …A New Team on the Horizon – Taylor Bates and Ima Lazy Cowboy
September 25, 2023 Comments Off on A New Team on the Horizon – Taylor Bates and Ima Lazy Cowboy
By Delores Kuhlwein Any time people are eager to talk about a horse, you know that horse is a good one, and that’s exactly the case for Ima Lazy Cowboy, who just gained a new partner, Taylor Bates. “Cowboy,” a 2013 sorrel AQHA gelding by No Doubt Im Lazy and out of Huntin A Cowboy […]
Continue reading …Kaitlyn Bowen and Xtra Fun Surprize win Two Ranch Classes at AZ Fall Championship
September 25, 2023 Comments Off on Kaitlyn Bowen and Xtra Fun Surprize win Two Ranch Classes at AZ Fall Championship
Some of today’s riders are dipping their toes in the water to try ranch events, and we caught up to Dr. Kaitlyn Bowen at Arizona Fall Championship to learn more about what that transition is like, as she’s gone all in for Ranch events! As a former all around rider from the time she was […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – AZ Fall Championship, Sunday, Sept. 24
September 25, 2023 Comments Off on Around the Rings – AZ Fall Championship, Sunday, Sept. 24
On Sunday at WestWorld, every arena was busy with action, from IEA competition to an APHA regional show to several arenas for Arizona Fall Championship exhibitors. See the candid gallery here: The Ranch division at the Arizona Fall Championship is always a huge draw, and exhibitors such as Dr. Kaitlyn Bowen shifted to the discipline […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Horse Show Hangover
September 25, 2023 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Horse Show Hangover
Do you have the Monday-after-the-horse-show blues? We sure do, but we appreciate all the memories you shared with us at the Arizona Fall Championship and the APHA Western National Championship Show this past week! The Equine Chronicle has written about this syndrome we all experience called Horse Show Hangover in the past. Click the […]
Continue reading …Around the Rings – AZ Fall Championship, Saturday, Sept. 23
September 24, 2023 Comments Off on Around the Rings – AZ Fall Championship, Saturday, Sept. 23
Saturday at the Arizona Fall Championship, Rose Amala and Pawn Star won their L1 Youth Western Horsemanship circuit, which is a big deal since Rose moved up to loping just this year! See what Rose has done to improve as she moved up, and how she keeps on top of her skills living a long […]
Continue reading …Rose Amala and Pawn Star win L1 Youth Western Horsemanship
September 24, 2023 Comments Off on Rose Amala and Pawn Star win L1 Youth Western Horsemanship
Saturday at the Arizona Fall Championship, Rose Amala and Pawn Star won their L1 Youth Western Horsemanship circuit, which is a big deal since Rose moved up to loping just this year! See what Rose has done to improve as she moved up, and how she keeps on top of her skills living a long […]
Continue reading …Connie Holtz and If It Aint Dixie win L1 Amateur Western Pleasure
September 24, 2023 Comments Off on Connie Holtz and If It Aint Dixie win L1 Amateur Western Pleasure
On Saturday at the Arizona Fall Championship, Connie Holtz and If It Aint Dixie won their L1 Amateur Western Pleasure circuit, followed by Jeff Burley winning the Senior Western Pleasure with “Frannie!” Western Pleasure is a new discipline for Connie, she explains in our EC TV video, and it involves more than just sitting there! […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Sometimes You Just Have to Boop! the Nose
September 24, 2023 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Sometimes You Just Have to Boop! the Nose
Some horses have noses just waiting to be booped! Thank you to Rachel Griffin Photography for this fun nose boop photo from the OKQHA Spring Show. If you have a great photo of the day, please submit it by email: Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …More Around the Rings – AZ Fall Championship & APHA Western National Championship
September 23, 2023 Comments Off on More Around the Rings – AZ Fall Championship & APHA Western National Championship
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