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EC Throwback Thursday – Kansas City Royal Coliseum

Throwback Thursday fans, last week we shared this photo and asked: What show, what year, and who are those gentlemen? Bonus: What horse is this? Dale Livingston had this to say: “This was Jack Benson and me; I was showing a good mare named Only Pretending. It was in the Kansas City Royal Coliseum back […]

December 19, 2022 / Read More

EC Throwback Thursday – 2001 Sun Circuit Follies

December 9, 2022 Comments Off

And you all thought this moment was lost to history! Yesterday, we asked readers to name as many as they could from this photo of a journey down memory lane. Here’s the lineup from the 2001 Sun Circuit Exhibitors’ Party! L to R: Standing: Mike Wood, John Dean, Jason Grimshaw, Randy Paul, Troy […]

EC Throwback Thursday – C’mon, Pokey!

December 5, 2022 Comments Off

Throwback Thursday fans, we asked last week if you recognized these two based on the title! Did you get it right? Pictured is Laurel Walker and Pokeys Serenade at the Prescott Quarter Horse Show in 1962! If you have a great Throwback Thursday photo, please email it to Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.

EC Throwback Thursday – 1979 Arizona Sun Country Circuit

November 21, 2022 Comments Off

Throwback Thursday fans: Here’s an oldie for you. It was 1979 at Sun Country Circuit! This is War Machine, who finished his Supreme Championship with David Perkins, the ’79 AQHA President. Thank you to Gayle Drennan and Kristin Spinning for the photo! If you have a great Throwback Thursday photo, please email it with details […]

EC Throwback Thursday – Reno Spectacular

October 7, 2022 Comments Off

On Thursday, we asked our readers: What year do you think this was taken at the Reno Spectacular? Of course, we also wanted to know if they could guess the horse and rider. Here are your answers! Crimsons Magnum and Kimberly Handy at Reno Spectacular in 1986!

Bring This Horse Show Back

September 29, 2022 Comments Off

In honor of #Throwback Thursday, we share the question we recently asked readers: If you could bring back a horse show that is no longer in existence, what show would it be? This was a popular topic, with plenty of great answers, such as Sun & Surf Circuit, The Reichert Celebration, Quarterama and Western Paint […]

EC Throwback Thursday – Name this Quarter Horse Queen

September 16, 2022 Comments Off

Did you guess right? Since the Congress Queen Contest is fast approaching, we asked our readers to name the beautiful lady holding the bouquet, as she was the 1978 Indiana Quarter Horse Queen. This is Nancy Foster, and the photo was sent by Taylor Foster, her daughter! If you have a great Throwback Thursday photo, […]

EC Throwback Thursday – APHA World Show Memories

July 1, 2022 Comments Off

Yesterday, we posted this photo and asked: Who is everyone pictured, and who is the horse? Pictured in this backdrop photo from the 1996 APHA World Show is Rosemary Royce (now Rosemary Dvorak) on High Country Jess, along with Andrea Simons, Mike Staples and Vicky Holt. Rosemary says there were 46 horses in her Novice Hunter […]

EC Throwback Thursday – In the Lead

June 24, 2022 Comments Off

We posted an oldie but a goodie for you this week! We asked who this stallion was, who was leading him, and who was the owner? The bonus question: What year was it? The Hint: American Royal! Pictured is Brenda Dill Salsbury on the left and MaryAnne Paris on the right leading stallion Hard To […]

EC Throwback Thursday – California Dreamin’

June 17, 2022 Comments Off

Yesterday, we posted this Throwback Thursday photo with the hint of the location of California! This is current APHA Masters Amateur Jill Youngblood Hilber of Aubrey, Texas. She is pictured with her AQHA horse, Miss Shauncey Bars! This was in the year 1989 at the Earl Warren Show Grounds in Santa Barbara, California. If you have a […]