UPDATE: Round 1 Complete, Highpoint Performance Horses is NFR Bound With “Dark Horse Pick” For Barrel Racing World Title
December 2, 2013 Comments Off on UPDATE: Round 1 Complete, Highpoint Performance Horses is NFR Bound With “Dark Horse Pick” For Barrel Racing World Title
Dec. 5th UPDATE: Competition at the NFR kicked off last night in Las Vegas, and the results of Round 1 are in. Click here to see where Michele and Slick ended up in the standings.
Continue reading …Happy Thanksgiving From The Equine Chronicle! What Are You Thankful For?
November 28, 2013 Comments Off on Happy Thanksgiving From The Equine Chronicle! What Are You Thankful For?
It’s that time of year again, when the sweet smells of succulent stuffing, juicy turkey, and spiced pumpkin pie waft through kitchens everywhere. For many of our readers, this Thanksgiving weekend will be a welcomed respite that marks the conclusion of a busy, but successful, fall show season.
Continue reading …Broadway Comes to Kentucky This Weekend With Equine Theater Holiday Performance
November 27, 2013 Comments Off on Broadway Comes to Kentucky This Weekend With Equine Theater Holiday Performance
A dazzling new holiday production in Central Kentucky, “The Spirit of the Horse: A Holiday Equine Extravaganza,” out of Maple Park, Ill. is scheduled for the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29-30, 2013, at 7 p.m. both nights.
Continue reading …Mustang Million 2013 Competition to be Featured in Miniseries on Nat Geo WILD TV
November 27, 2013 Comments Off on Mustang Million 2013 Competition to be Featured in Miniseries on Nat Geo WILD TV
The trials, tears and triumphs of five Mustang trainers on their way to Mustang Million will be featured in a new three-part miniseries on Nat Geo WILD. “Mustang Millionaire,” airing December 14, 21 and 28, 2013 at 10 p.m. EST, gives you a backstage pass to all the action from the adoption auctions to the sold-out Legends freestyle finals.
Continue reading …Congratulations on the Birth of Future Equestrian, Carter Whalen Kail!
November 26, 2013 Comments Off on Congratulations on the Birth of Future Equestrian, Carter Whalen Kail!
We would like for our Equine Chronicle readers to join us in congratulating new parents, Ryan and Andrea Kail, on the recent birth of their son, Carter Whalen Kail! Congratulations to the Kail and Whalen families on their newest arrival. We can’t wait to see this tiny cowboy in mini boots and spurs competing in […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day: Trainers Having a Little Too Much Fun!
November 26, 2013 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day: Trainers Having a Little Too Much Fun!
This EC Photo of the Day comes from the last day of the 2013 AQHA World Show that concluded in Oklahoma City on Saturday. What happens after being at the All American Quarter Horse Congress for three weeks and then the AQHA World Show for two weeks? After five weeks on the road, trainers tend […]
Continue reading …EC Photo of the Day: A Horse-Lover’s Husband’s “First Stupid Cowboy Hat”
November 25, 2013 Comments Off on EC Photo of the Day: A Horse-Lover’s Husband’s “First Stupid Cowboy Hat”
Today’s EC Photo of the Day features a unique inscription on a brand new cowboy hat that belongs to Guntard Gutmann of Austria. Guntard is showing support for his lovely equestrian wife, Cathrin, with his “first stupid cowboy hat.”
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In a fun turn of events, Bruce Vickery claimed a World Championship title in Junior Trail just before midnight on Tuesday, November 19th. As a result, he celebrated the first hours of his birthday this morning, Wednesday, November 20th, doing interviews and taking win photos.
Continue reading …Couple Travels to Their First APHA World Show to Watch Daughter Compete, Just One of 100+ Children They Have Fostered Over the Past 27 Years
November 19, 2013 Comments Off on Couple Travels to Their First APHA World Show to Watch Daughter Compete, Just One of 100+ Children They Have Fostered Over the Past 27 Years
“I guess I just felt this was a mission that needed to be,” Carol says.
Continue reading …EC World Show Photo of the Day: Hey…Where’s My Tractor?
November 19, 2013 Comments Off on EC World Show Photo of the Day: Hey…Where’s My Tractor?
EC Photo of the Day: This little cowboy’s toy tractor met an untimely fate when it fell over the rail during performance halter classes yesterday. Thankfully, Ross Roark came to the rescue and recovered the toy from the arena before accepting his World Championship title with Intersection in Performance Halter Stallions. If you haven’t had […]
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