Don’t you just love it when people purchase new horses? We certainly do and we love to tell their stories: This time, it’s once again about a horse who made the far journey from the United States to Germany. Dr. Vanessa Ruck, a client of Jagfeld Quarter Horses, told us all about her new mare.
Change is just around the corner: After having organized AQHA and double-pointed AQHA shows for years now, the board of the Netherlands Quarter Horse Association (NQHA) is planning a new show that will be judged by four AQHA judged. The event is to take place from Mai 4th until 8th. And it’s supposed to be a highlight in everyone’s show schedule, the team is convinced.
Nachdem euch unsere Amateur-Porträts so gut gefallen, gibt es dieses Mal eine Folge auf Deutsch mit Sophia Reinfelder.
Just like in the years before, we will list everyone who offers banding and braiding at European Western shows in 2022.
The horse show industry – while being a fun and exciting world on the one hand, it can turn into a quite intimidating field as well. Especially if you don’t know of those unwritten rules.
Im 15. Türchen gibt es mal wieder eine Übung zu einem Thema, das vor allem für Jungpferde-Besitzer interessant ist – aber natürlich auch für eine ältere Pferde eine schöne Abwechslung sein kann: die Arbeit an der Doppellonge. Lena Wolff erklärt euch die Basics rund um das Verschnallen der Longe und die ersten Schritte.
Summer break is over and we are back with another episode of „No Life Like Showlife“. This time our guest was one of the most decorated Amateur riders in Europe: Lea Henzgen. She told us all about her mares Under The Influence and Definately A Hottie, her former heart horse Doc Laptop and her hobbies and interests aside from horses. Lea also shared what it’s like to show alongside her brother Aaron, the highs and lows in her show career and her future goals and plans.
How do I get my horse do trot or lope while being collected? That is one of the most asked questions on The Showlife – and since we cannot answer it, we asked multiple European and Int. DQHA Champion Mark Shaffer a few questions. He explained his philosophy and even included some exercises.
In this part of our series #stallionsunday, we can introduce another young, up-and-coming AQHA stallion bred in Europe: The Great Chief. We talked to his breeders Stefanie and Benjamin Höhn about this stallion whose paper definitely stands out in Europe.
AQHA and AQHA, their similarities and differences — those are the topics of our latest podcast episode. Former APHA exhibitor and #1 in the world ranking SPB Youth Laura Pfeifer shared her insights from transferring from the APHA to the AQHA circuit. But other than that, this episode contains a lot of nostalgia, fun stories and memories as well as the answer to the question: What would you tell your teenage self?
