Congress Evening Horsemanship and WP Champions Include Gil Galyean, Harley Huff, and Dan Yeager
October 20, 2015 Comments Off on Congress Evening Horsemanship and WP Champions Include Gil Galyean, Harley Huff, and Dan Yeager
“Overall, he is really eye-catching. You want to watch him. For how big he is, he’s really slow and soft. It takes a really special horse to be that big and stay correct and also be slow.”
Continue reading …Evening Congress Western Pleasure Wins Go To Abbey Rawlings and Hillary Roberts
October 19, 2015 Comments Off on Evening Congress Western Pleasure Wins Go To Abbey Rawlings and Hillary Roberts
13-year-old Abbey Rawlings had a very busy day here at the Quarter Horse Congress. First, she showed her 3-year-old gelding, A Lazy Holiday, to a win in the 12-14 Western Pleasure. Abbey and “JD” had only a moment’s rest before they had to go back into the pen for the next class, the 3-Year-Old Non-Pro Open Western Pleasure finals.
Continue reading …Congress Youth Trail Winners Are Elsie Naruszewicz, Deanna Green, and Sidney Dunham
October 19, 2015 Comments Off on Congress Youth Trail Winners Are Elsie Naruszewicz, Deanna Green, and Sidney Dunham
“I really like math, and it helps me in Trail because I have to know how to count, to know where my steps are going to be,” she says.
Continue reading …80-Year-Old, 6-Time Cancer Survivor, Ina Ginsberg, is a Congress Limited Champion
October 19, 2015 Comments Off on 80-Year-Old, 6-Time Cancer Survivor, Ina Ginsberg, is a Congress Limited Champion
“I decided I was going to live, and I’ve been showing him ever since.”
Continue reading …Congratulations 2015 Quarter Horse Congress Queen- Lauren Harrington!
October 19, 2015 Comments Off on Congratulations 2015 Quarter Horse Congress Queen- Lauren Harrington!
“I chose to compete for the title of 2015 All American Quarter Horse Congress Queen because of the positive impact having a role model like the Congress Queen has on the little girls in the equine industry.”
Continue reading …Selecting the Perfect English Saddle
October 19, 2015 Comments Off on Selecting the Perfect English Saddle
Many equestrians are more familiar with what to look for in a Western saddle than with the English variety. So, who better to ask than Master Saddler, Suzie Fletcher-Baker, an internationally-respected English saddle maker whose career spans 40 years. As the daughter of a hard-working English family in Witney, Oxfordshire, England, she was told she would have to manage the care of her own pony, including buying her own tack—which she did.
Continue reading …Deanna Searles and Al Be Your Sweet Art Win Congress Green Hunter Under Saddle Out of 111 Entries
October 18, 2015 Comments Off on Deanna Searles and Al Be Your Sweet Art Win Congress Green Hunter Under Saddle Out of 111 Entries
Last year, Harper was supposed to be Deanna’s mount for the Equine Chronicle Two-Year-Old Masters Hunter Under Saddle class. However, when her daughter, Taylor, was sent to the hospital back home with appendicitis, she made the decision to leave the Congress early.
Continue reading …Two-Year-Old Limited Hunt Seat and Western Pleasure Winners Include Troy Lehn and Angela Fox
October 18, 2015 Comments Off on Two-Year-Old Limited Hunt Seat and Western Pleasure Winners Include Troy Lehn and Angela Fox
This afternoon at the All American Quarter Horse Congress celebrated limited exhibitors as they competed in both Hunter Under Saddle and Western Pleasure aboard their two-year-old equine counterparts. First up, Troy Lehn rode Pretty Assets to win his first ever Congress Championship title in the NSBA 2-Year-Old Open Hunter Under Saddle Stakes Limited division finals. Lehn was in the irons for owner Alexandra Chavez.
Continue reading …Special Paula’s Showmanship Jacket Helps Make-A-Wish Come True For Congress Competitor
October 18, 2015 Comments Off on Special Paula’s Showmanship Jacket Helps Make-A-Wish Come True For Congress Competitor
“They discovered an almost 13 inch tumor in her chest,” Becca’s mother Yvonne says. “They told us she had Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and we were very lucky it was contained.”
Continue reading …2015 Quarter Horse Congress Super Sale Results
October 18, 2015 Comments Off on 2015 Quarter Horse Congress Super Sale Results
The high selling horse for the 2015 Congress Super Sale, at $47,500, was Batt Attitude, a 2014 mare sired by Batt Man. At the 2015 Congress, this filly was the Champion of the NSBA Open Longe Line Stakes and Reserve in the Non Pro.
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