2014 Sun Circuit Highlights: Jan. 25 – February 2
December 20, 2013 Comments Off on 2014 Sun Circuit Highlights: Jan. 25 – February 2
Sun Circuit has the winning combination for youth with big numbers, high point-earning classes, and a schedule designed for youth competitors. A full compliment of classes will be offered Thursday through Sunday in the second half of the Sun Circuit Schedule.
Continue reading …Elf on the Shelf: Equestrian Edition…
December 19, 2013 Comments Off on Elf on the Shelf: Equestrian Edition…
In case you might be needing a few last minute ideas to entertain the little equestrians in your household, scroll below to see what our Equine Chronicle elf has been up to…
Continue reading …Holiday Craft Turns Into Thriving Side Business For Full-Time Farrier’s Family
December 17, 2013 Comments Off on Holiday Craft Turns Into Thriving Side Business For Full-Time Farrier’s Family
For the past few weeks, Wilber and her helper elves have been hard at work in what her husband fondly calls “Santa’s Workshop” filling orders and shipping out Holiday Horse Wreaths across the country. It turns out that what first began as a fun holiday craft project has quickly turned into a thriving little side business.
Continue reading …What’s Your Opinion on AQHA Competition Rules That Go Into Effect Jan. 1, 2014?
December 17, 2013 Comments Off on What’s Your Opinion on AQHA Competition Rules That Go Into Effect Jan. 1, 2014?
Hunter Under Saddle: The hand gallop will be a required gait for finalists in hunter under saddle at AQHA world championship shows.
Continue reading …#PRAYFORCLAIRE: Prayers Requested Round the Equestrian Nation For 17-Year-Old CO. Rider Critically Injured in School Shooting on Friday
December 16, 2013 Comments Off on #PRAYFORCLAIRE: Prayers Requested Round the Equestrian Nation For 17-Year-Old CO. Rider Critically Injured in School Shooting on Friday
Multi-breed judge and trainer, Karen Banister, of Brighton, CO. describes Davis as a great kid who also competes in Interscholastic Equestrian Association events. Speaking of Davis and Davis’s horse trainer, Banister says, “They are great people, and they love their horses.”
Continue reading …When the Horse Show World and Rodeo Scene Collide: Lange’s Bulls Score Big at NFR
December 13, 2013 Comments Off on When the Horse Show World and Rodeo Scene Collide: Lange’s Bulls Score Big at NFR
Although finding a horse that bucks hard is pretty much exactly the opposite of what Lange looks for in her normal day-to day operations at T&L Quarter Horses, she and her husband Tom have found a way to merge these disparate disciplines seamlessly, staying at the top of their game in both.
Continue reading …Throwback Thursday: Feathered Hat Bands and the “Tom Mix” Crease
December 12, 2013 Comments Off on Throwback Thursday: Feathered Hat Bands and the “Tom Mix” Crease
“Back then, we used to get a seven inch crown, and that had your ‘Tom Mix’ crease,” Stallings says. “A lot of people wore them back in the 50s and 60s. Tom Mix was a big cowboy Hollywood star and that’s what we wrote back in the 30s and 40s.
Continue reading …The Most Outrageous Christmas Barn Decorations!
December 11, 2013 Comments Off on The Most Outrageous Christmas Barn Decorations!
“We ride with all of it up,” she says. “It kind of has an inadvertent benefit in that our horses are pretty much broke to anything they can throw at us in the show arena!”
Continue reading …Home For The Holidays: Why One Horse Family Has a lot to be Thankful For This Season
December 10, 2013 Comments Off on Home For The Holidays: Why One Horse Family Has a lot to be Thankful For This Season
“They showed us pictures of what his heart looks like now, and you think, ‘how is that even possible?’ To get past that, you have to believe in miracles, and you have to believe that this was God’s plan.”
Continue reading …Football Teams Aren’t the Only Ones Headed to the 100th Rose Bowl/125th Rose Parade…
December 9, 2013 Comments Off on Football Teams Aren’t the Only Ones Headed to the 100th Rose Bowl/125th Rose Parade…
“It’s unlike anything most horses are accustomed to,” she says. “As you turn the corner of Orange Grove and start down Colorado Boulevard, it’s like a gauntlet of bleachers on the sides, the sounds of the bands echoing off the buildings, the fly-overs from the jets, and the nonstop noise from the crowds.”
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