Laura Gilmer

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GoHorseShow Asks Halter Exhibitors: Your Thoughts on the New Lip Cord Rule?

GoHorseShow - December 14, 2015

The recent modification of the lip chain rule by the AQHA Executive Committee (EC) has caused mixed emotions within the horse industry. In an...

Chase Parrish Wins Back-to-Back State Football Titles in Storybook Ending

GoHorseShow - December 14, 2015

It is very rare in any sport to go undefeated in a season, let alone two seasons in a row. This past Saturday in...

Equine Connection Counseling: Horses Offering A Helping Hand

Samantha Armbruster/GoHorseShow - December 12, 2015

Equine Connection Counseling, also known as, ECC is an on-site facility in Cleburne, Texas, that provides therapeutic horseback riding lessons for people with disabilities....

Left Brain, Right Brain: Knowing How Horses Operate Help Training Efforts

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Danielle Long - December 11, 2015

Horses are very one-sided because they have a very underdeveloped corpus callosum, which is the connective tissue between the two hemispheres of the brain...

Famous Actors Make Guest Appearance for Kimes Ranch Apparel

Woods' Western - December 10, 2015

Actors, Luke Perry and Stephen Baldwin, recently made a guest appearance during the National Finals Rodeo at the Woods' Western booth at Mandalay Bay...

AQHA Executive Committee Modifies Lip Chain Rule

AQHA - December 9, 2015

The AQHA Executive Committee recently approved a modification to Rule SHW355, allowing lip cords in amateur and open halter classes for stallions, ages 1-year-old...

2017 Level 1 Championship Qualification Guidelines Announced

AQHA - December 9, 2015

The American Quarter Horse Association has released the qualification guidelines for the 2017 AQHA Level 1 Championships. To earn an invitation to the 2017...

Let Go of Your 2015 Mistakes with Kirsten Farris

Kirsten Farris/GoHorseShow - December 9, 2015

We’ve all done it sometime. And we've probably all done it sometime this past year. You are in the middle of a pattern, or...

Go Fund Me Set Up for Uhlit

GoHorseShow - December 8, 2015

12/17 There has been a GoFundMe set up to help raise funds for Lise's funeral and Celebration of life, and to help with all...

December Online Auction Closes Wed

ProHorse Services - December 8, 2015

“Bidding will close on 2 different days for the December Online auctions,” according to Mike Jennings of Professional Horse Services, LLC. “The Bushy Park...

Suzanne Norton Jones Dies

AQHA - December 8, 2015

American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame member Suzanne Norton Jones, 91, died December 5, 2015. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. December 14 at the...

Should Exhibitors Be Allowed to Show Multiple Horses in Pattern Classes?

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Delores Kuhlwein - December 8, 2015

GoHorseShow asked several exhibitors and trainers whether they believe amateurs and youth should be able to show more than one horse in individual pattern...