“Show me a successful individual and I’ll show you someone who had real positive influences in his or her life. I don’t care what you do for a living—if you do it well, I’m sure there was someone cheering you on or showing the way. A mentor.” Denzel Washington The news of the passing of Gayle […]
Yesterday, the ApHC had their first general membership meeting via zoom. The meeting, for the past few years, has been held at the World Show in October/November. The meeting started with a data report comparing information from 2019, 2020 and 2021. As of November 30th, 1925 horses had been registered in 2021. This is slightly […]
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 […]