EC Photo of the Day – Carrying On the Family Tradition
March 23, 2024 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Carrying On the Family Tradition
This is four-year-old Leadline champion Avery Hanninen and 11-year-old Pitter Pat Rhythm. “Avery has a love of animals, especially horses! ‘Pat’ feels the same about her and they share a special bond,” explains her grandmother, Maureen Henningsen. “We can’t wait for these two to get back in the show pen again!” In fact, Avery represents the […]
Continue reading …EC Foal Photo of the Day – The Beginning of All Things
March 22, 2024 Comments Off on EC Foal Photo of the Day – The Beginning of All Things
“A new baby is like the beginning of all things — wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.” —Eda J. LeShan. This beautiful new filly by Lazy Loper out of The Rock/Invitation Only mare was by Bree Dewing at Tuxedo Ranch in Bismarck, North Dakota! Thank you to Jay Dollinger for the wonderful foal photo! If […]
Continue reading …EC Foal Photo of the Day – Tongue Out Thursday
March 21, 2024 Comments Off on EC Foal Photo of the Day – Tongue Out Thursday
Congratulations to Stacey Colgan-Kleikamp of Stacey Colgan-Kleikamp Quarter Horses on the arrival of “Oscar,” by VS Flatline! Oscar is helping us celebrate Tongue Out Thursday! Thank you to Stacey for the adorable image. If you have a great photo of the day, please send it to us by email: Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – The Definition of Friendship
March 20, 2024 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – The Definition of Friendship
“If you live to be a 100, I want to live to be 100 minus one day so I never have to live without you.” — Winnie the Pooh. Thank you to Tara Taggart Miller for another adorable friendship photo! If you have a great photo of the day, please send it by email: Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …EC Foal Photo of the Day – The First Day of Spring
March 19, 2024 Comments Off on EC Foal Photo of the Day – The First Day of Spring
“Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love.” —Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota leader. It’s truly fitting on the first day of spring to celebrate the recent arrival of this beautiful filly by Machine Made and out of […]
Continue reading …Top 5 Tips For Dealing With Horse Show Jitters
March 18, 2024 Comments Off on Top 5 Tips For Dealing With Horse Show Jitters
By Taylor Fabus, Michigan State University Extension, and Kelley Arsenault, MSU, 2017 How many times has it happened to you? You enter the show ring to perform a Horsemanship or Equitation pattern and you freeze up. Questions start to buzz through your head. “Which side of the cone are you supposed to start on again?” […]
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From NRHA: Ann first found success as an all-around competitor in AQHA and NSBA events. She moved to the sport of reining in 2009. Ann achieved the milestone of more than $50,000 NRHA earnings in 2021. She was a member of the Reining Horse Foundation Board of Directors from 2014–2019. Read her formal obituary here. Ann […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day- Be Ready at Cone A
March 18, 2024 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day- Be Ready at Cone A
In our article entitled, Top 10 Horse Show Judges’ Pet Peeves, #2 was: Be ready at the cone/gate. Emily LaBelle and Picassos Victorian Lace, aka “Tori,” are making sure they are extra-ready at Cone A! Thank you to Emily for the fun photo! If you’d like to read this article from our archives, click here: Top 10 Horse […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day – Taking His Showgirl Name Seriously
March 17, 2024 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day – Taking His Showgirl Name Seriously
“My horse, Leaving Vegas, decided he wanted to live up to his showgirl name by turning his fly sheet into a garter belt!” says Jae Pietila. Thank you to Jae for the hysterical photo! If you have a great photo of the day, please send it to us by email: Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.
Continue reading …Join Sandy Jirkovsky and HorseIQ Live in Homedale, Idaho, March 23rd
March 16, 2024 Comments Off on Join Sandy Jirkovsky and HorseIQ Live in Homedale, Idaho, March 23rd
What happens when a youth who has shown APHA her whole life organizes her high school senior project? She benefits her local show community, of course! Now APHA’s HorseIQ Live is coming to Homedale, Idaho, with none other than APHA Director of Judges & Professional Horsemen Sandy Jirkovsky to reveal what top judges are looking […]
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