New Old Style Western Pleasure Quarter Horse Returns
Amarillo reports AQHA judge Gail Switzer describes the new old time pleasure Quarter Horse rules that emphasize natural movement and a quiet hardworking temperament. Judges assess gait, stride length, head carriage, and responsive lope while avoiding excessive speed or slowness and aim for relaxed, square stops and ready transitions. An AQHA film on the horse will be released around December 1.
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Gail Switzer
Switzer
AQHA
Mr. Switzer
American Quarter Horse Association
Wisconsin horse events calendar listing multiple 4 H and club activities
January listings show Polk County and Monroe County 4 H meetings at centers and courthouses, a Wisconsin Paint Horse Club banquet with demonstrations and a pet care lecture by Dr. Dean Peterson, a winter horse drawn vehicle rally in Madison with trophies, a station service auction for stallions, a Pierce County horse committee meeting, and an ETN Horse Production Series on care and disease. Contacts include Bob McKillips Robert Bean and Joyce Hensel with area phone numbers.
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Monroe County
Courthouse Annex
Sparta
Wisconsin Paint Horse Club
Dean Peterson
Bob McKillips
Blooming Grove Historical Society
N.W. Dean Farm House
Madison
Robert Bean
Wisconsin
Paint Horse Club
Joyce Hensel
Monroe
Judges control horse industry judge says
A top judge notes that the horse industry is steered by judges shaping future riders trainers and breeders. He cites rising licensing standards tougher exams for Arab Morgans Quarter Horses and Appaloosas and a shift toward horses that handle well with intricate reining patterns and ground work. Kitz Cleary.
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