EC Blog – To All the Students We’ve Loved Before
February 13, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog – To All the Students We’ve Loved Before
EC Blog by Cecily Clark and Matt Brown of East West Training Stables in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania To all the students we’ve loved before (past and present), There’s a lot we’ve worked on together over the years, and many lessons we hope you’ve learned as our students. Many technical, many philosophical, and many that […]
Continue reading …Crysta Brown: Fostering the Stock Horse Community in the UK and Ireland
February 11, 2024 Comments Off on Crysta Brown: Fostering the Stock Horse Community in the UK and Ireland
By Delores Kuhlwein Growing up in California, Crysta Brown was bitten by the horse bug at an early age. Like many who find their families can’t support their horse habit, she began cleaning stalls to pay for her lessons as a teen, and that eventually led to her first assistant trainer gig. “My mom was […]
Continue reading …What Every Judge Wants You to Know About Back Numbers
February 8, 2024 Comments Off on What Every Judge Wants You to Know About Back Numbers
When judges must spend a considerable amount of their time trying to find and decipher an exhibitor’s back number, it directly takes away from time and energy that should be spent evaluating a class of horses and exhibitors.
Continue reading …EC Blog: Understanding Why Sharing Screenshotted Images Equals Theft
February 7, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog: Understanding Why Sharing Screenshotted Images Equals Theft
From Kelsey Keathly of Norfleet Marketing & Photography Hey y’all! Let’s talk about something near & dear to my heart: sharing screenshot images from a horse show. If you’ve never worked as a horse show photographer, you may not truly understand everything that goes into the job, and why we say that you cannot […]
Continue reading …How To Properly Tie a Hackamore For Perfect Fit and Function
February 7, 2024 Comments Off on How To Properly Tie a Hackamore For Perfect Fit and Function
Whether using a hackamore as a training tool at home, or getting a young Western Pleasure horse ready for the show pen, having it tied correctly and adjusted to your horse will either make or break your success with this piece of tack.
Continue reading …The Cook Family Ups the Ante for the All American Novice Horse Futurity
February 4, 2024 Comments Off on The Cook Family Ups the Ante for the All American Novice Horse Futurity
By Delores Kuhlwein and JR Cook: In July 2023, the Cook family made history with a one-of-a-kind novice horse futurity showcasing the 3-Year-Old & Over Novice horse: The inaugural 2023 All American Novice Horse Western Pleasure Futurity! Last year, the open class had $10,000 added with a $250 entry fee, with 90% of the entry […]
Continue reading …Where Are They Today: Taylor Dixon Borst
February 4, 2024 Comments Off on Where Are They Today: Taylor Dixon Borst
Taylor Dixon and My Sensational Cookie were household names for many years due to their youth and amateur APHA accomplishments. Their diverse and breathtaking performances in events like Western Riding, Horsemanship, and all around events sealed their spot in horse show history. Now a successful attorney in Dallas who has recently added equine transactional matters […]
Continue reading …Top Ten Things Judges Hate in Showmanship
January 31, 2024 Comments Off on Top Ten Things Judges Hate in Showmanship
When it comes to Showmanship, there are some horse and handler pairs that make the discipline look effortless. They are precise, efficient, correct, and have a special flair that sets them apart from the rest.
Continue reading …The King is Gone – Hagans Sugarman 1997-2024
January 28, 2024 Comments Off on The King is Gone – Hagans Sugarman 1997-2024
Considered to be Andrea Fappani’s breakthrough horse, Hagans Sugarman was the first horse Fappani won the NHRA futurity with in 2000 in the Intermediate Open Division. After that, he became an all around show horse, a rodeo queen horse, and above all, a family horse. Thank you to Sarah Mapp Cullins for his tribute. By Sarah Mapp […]
Continue reading …The Horse Show Tracker Handicap System Simplified
January 25, 2024 Comments Off on The Horse Show Tracker Handicap System Simplified
“Win money sooner. Keep winning longer.” By Delores Kuhlwein Even though the word handicap has been used in various ways throughout history, in golf, a handicap or index is a numerical score that represents or measures the player’s ability. “A golf handicap represents the number of strokes a player is expected to take above or […]
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