Guest Blog provided by the Granite State Appaloosa Association In the summer of 2006 , at the age of 18 , Nicholas G Xiarhos raised his hand to enlist into the United States Marine Corps. Nick had an enduring passion to Serve Our Country , and to protect Family, Faith and Flag ! Though Nick […]
As trends change in the horse industry, clubs, both national and regional, continue to look for ways to increase participation in club events, including horse shows. One common complaint heard about horse showing is the cost. Showing horses is too expensive. People say that if it could be less expensive, more people would show. Not […]
We took a ride down to the Dream Park on Friday to watch the GSAA Spring Fling Ranch classes! It was great to see the show back after missing 2020 due to COVID.
For Eliza Simpkins, Appaloosas are a family affair. Eliza’s mother became involved with Appaloosas when she was a teenager and has stayed part of the family. Naturally, she introduced Eliza to Appaloosa horses at an early age. Eliza was riding with her mom as early as she can possibly remember. Eliza entered the show pen […]
This focus of this edition of Meet Your Neighbor is Megan Kiser. If you show appaloosas in Territory VI, you have likely met or talked to Megan and her mom, Val, who often accompanies her to horse shows. Megan and her mom epitomize the best traits of our appaloosa family. They are kind, warm and […]
Each year the Appaloosa Reining Horse Association holds the Buy Breed Win 3 year old Reining Futurity at the Appaloosa World Show. It is a winner take all event with a $10,000 prize at stake. In order to be eligible, horses must be from breedings from the annual stallion auction. The 2020 event was super […]
We purchased the rights to the 2020 Appaloosa Ranch Horse Association three year old ranch riding futurity from this year’s Appaloosa World Show. If you have a coming three year old ranch prospect, we suggest you consider putting the 2021 futurity on your calendar.
This is a video of the livestream we did of the 2002 Appaloosa Horse Club General Membership meeting held on November 3, 2020 in Forth Worth, Texas. The sound quality is poor. We apologize for that but had no control.