The challenges are team events pairing amateur and pro riders, often from across barns, in a fun, supportive environment. They are judged following AQHA rules and standards, but have a structure that takes incentive and payback elements from Team Roping and Barrel Racing. There is 100% payback, along with added money, and a guarantee of $1,000 to the winning team.
Continue reading …ABC’s of APHA Breeders’ Trust, Futurity, and Sale
November 22, 2016 Comments Off on ABC’s of APHA Breeders’ Trust, Futurity, and Sale
Whether you’re new to the Breeders’ Trust program or a seasoned veteran using your payouts to fund your show habit, there’s a lot of information to absorb. To help, we’ve concocted this short guide about a trio of programs: the APHA Breeders’ Trust, the Breeders’ Futurity and Farnam Breeders’ Trust Select Sale.
Continue reading …APHA’s “Creating Confident Clinicians” Seminar Coming to Fort Worth, Dec. 15-16
November 21, 2016 Comments Off on APHA’s “Creating Confident Clinicians” Seminar Coming to Fort Worth, Dec. 15-16
“This seminar is one of a kind. It is a custom-tailored seminar from a brilliant teacher of public speaking,” Dave said. “It helps any and all who attend to become better clinicians and communicate more effectively with others.” All APHA-approved judges and Markel APHA Professional Horsemen are invited to attend this free informational seminar. At its conclusion, all graduates will be certified as APHA clinicians.
Continue reading …Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Show Returns to Tampa, Dec. 28-31
November 21, 2016 Comments Off on Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Show Returns to Tampa, Dec. 28-31
The Florida Gold Coast event last year welcomed nearly 6,100 AQHA entries from coast to coast, as well as additional National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) and non-AQHA entries for a grand total of 7,563 entries. That number is up from 4,056 total entries in 2014 – noting that remarkable increase of more than 3,500 entries.
Continue reading …Julie Cole Wins All-Around Amateur; Thomas and Mimsi Coon Win Leading Owner Award at AQHA World
November 21, 2016 Comments Off on Julie Cole Wins All-Around Amateur; Thomas and Mimsi Coon Win Leading Owner Award at AQHA World
Thomas and Mimsi Roe Coon of Pilot Point, Texas, were named the 2016 Oklahoma City Convention &Visitors Bureau Leading Owner. The Coons’ American Quarter Horses earned a total of 117 points by competing in 17 classes. Their top honors include the world championship titles in weanling fillies and amateur 3-year-old geldings, and the reserve championship titles in amateur weanling stallions, amateur 2-year-old mares and amateur weanling fillies.
Continue reading …Saturday Morning AQHA World Halter Recap: BPF Bud Lite, Inexces, I Am Relentless, Best Kept Secrete, and Alluring Intention
November 19, 2016 Comments Off on Saturday Morning AQHA World Halter Recap: BPF Bud Lite, Inexces, I Am Relentless, Best Kept Secrete, and Alluring Intention
Winning Aged Mares was Ross Roark with Alluring Intention for Steve and Kathy Headley. This sorrel mare is by My Intention and out of The Coolsified Girl, by Kid Coolsified. The Reserve Champion was Andy Staton with PF Supreme Surprise. Third was Steve Ferguson with Best Dawn Yet.
Continue reading …Lauren Love and Wearin Only Moonlite Win First AQHA World Championship in Amateur Horsemanship
November 19, 2016 Comments Off on Lauren Love and Wearin Only Moonlite Win First AQHA World Championship in Amateur Horsemanship
“This has been a goal of mine as long as I can remember.”
Continue reading …Courtney Brockmueller and Boys Move Over Win Amateur Hunter Under Saddle in Last Performance Before Retirement
November 18, 2016 Comments Off on Courtney Brockmueller and Boys Move Over Win Amateur Hunter Under Saddle in Last Performance Before Retirement
Today, Courtney Brockmueller shared the saddle with her almost three-year-old son, Brim, aboard Boys Move Over, for the cutest victory lap we’ve ever seen, this afternoon at the AQHA World Championship Show. But this isn’t the first victory lap for Brim. The last time Courtney won Amateur Hunter Under Saddle was in 2013 with a horse named Allocate In Blue. At that time, she was pregnant with Brim and due in only a couple of months.
Continue reading …Friday Morning Halter Recap: Heza Alluring Agent, Grandioso, Bee Jewelled, Equities, and Coolsified Secret
November 18, 2016 Comments Off on Friday Morning Halter Recap: Heza Alluring Agent, Grandioso, Bee Jewelled, Equities, and Coolsified Secret
Tim Finkenbinder was on quite a roll this morning winning Yearling Geldings with the double-registered AQHA/APHA gelding, Grandioso, for Phil and Sue Drawdy. Then, he won 3-Year-Old Mares with Equities and was the Reserve Champion in 2-Year-Old Mares with Shangri La, both for Dave Williams.
Continue reading …Angela Wade Wins AQHA World Amateur Trail with One Hot Drama Mama
November 18, 2016 Comments Off on Angela Wade Wins AQHA World Amateur Trail with One Hot Drama Mama
“Today’s course was really all about patience and taking one thing at a time, as is Trail always, but today especially with the amount of transitions, walking, side passing, and backing. I went in there and tried to be as methodical as I could be and really take things one thing at a time, which seemed to work out well.”
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