J J The AMERICAN ≤UARTER HORSE J OURNAL MARCH 2013 • $4.25 WWW.AQHAJOURNAL.COM ≤U R N NEW BEGINNINGS THE JOURNAL’S “BARN BABIES” PICTURE PAGE IS BACK! A INTERESTED IN COWBOY MOUNTED SHOOTING? WE’VE GOT ADVICE FROM A LEADING SHOOTER COLLEGE PREP: TIPS L FOR LAUNCHING YOUR COLLEGIATE RIDING CAREER CONTENTS features FEATURES 18 Leverage Your Horsepower 58 Colt Picking on By Larri Jo Starkey the Waggoner Leasing gives owners and exhibitors By Larri Jo Starkey opportunities in the show ring. A long tradition of choosing 2-year-olds puts geldings in cowboys’ remudas on the historic 24 Hall of Fame AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeder ranch. Part Five horses and five men are being inducted into 2 of a two-part series the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame at the 2013 AQHA Convention this month in Houston. 64 Shoot! By Andrea Caudill Thinking about getting started in cowboy 36 Structure in Detail mounted shooting? Here is some advice from By Christine Hamilton leading shooter Chad Little. The hind limb, starting with the croup 68 Challenge Accepted 40 Borrow a Trainer By Larri Jo Starkey By AQHA Professional Horsemen Lynn Palm with More horses and riders try their hands at the Christine Hamilton AQHA Ranching Heritage Challenge in Fort Working on balance at the lope and canter Worth, Texas. March 2013 44 Down a Gravel Road 70 Horse Healthy By Tara Christiansen By Tom Moates The official publication American Quarter Horse breeder Richard “Dick” Horses helped Glen Francis of the American Quarter Gall is enjoying the fruits of his labors. recover from a stroke. Horse Association. About the Cover 48 Aged Champion 74 College Prep Ruby Red Jazz, owned by By Andrea Caudill By Tara Christiansen Debra Anderson of Amarillo Snippers Heirogance becomes an AQHA Tips and how-to’s for launching Photograph by Andrea Caudill Champion at age 24. your collegiate riding career. Leverage your horsepower 50 Barn Babies 78 One Dashing 18 with leasing. Breeders shared their 2013 arrivals. World Champion By Andrea Caudill Freshman colt One Dashing Eagle is 52 ≤uarter Chat: the 2012 racing world champion. Sandy Vaughn By Christine Hamilton She’s “finding a lid for every pot” in her 80 Making Runners horse-training and amateur-coaching career. By Richard Chamberlain Follow along with 2-year-olds on the track. Part of a continuing series larri jo starkey 92 A≤HA Announces 2013 ≤ualifying Points 2 march 2013 the Americ An Qu Arter horse Journ Al LARRI JO STARKEY After the cowboys pick COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS horses for their remudas, 58 the horses all get ridden. COLUMNS REFERENCE SECTION 4 Your First Look at the Journal 88 2012 Leading Halter Sires 90 2012 Leading Performance Sires 6 A≤HA Database Gets a Tuneup 94 AQHA Champions Inside Look By AQHA Executive Vice President Don Treadway Jr. 98 All-Around Leaders 98 Justin Rookie Leaders 8 Fescue Toxicosis 100 Justin State and Provincial Leaders Horse Health By Dr. Thomas R. Lenz 100 International Leaders 102 Show and Contest Leaders 10 Eagle Flight 115 Trading Post Quarter Paths By Richard Chamberlain 116 Calendar of Events 12 Explaining the Ground Rules Up and Over By Pamela Britton-Baer 14 Equine Breeding 101 Breeding Shed By Dr. Patrick M. McCue 82 Fast Look – A≤HA and ≤uarter Horse industry news 141 Your Last Look at the Journal THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL MARCH 2013 3 Your FIRST LOOK at the We received this tweet to @AQHAJournal: Thanks to @AQHAJournal I have my JAN issue!! :) – @CourtneyKing07 Editor’s Note: Courtney tweeted @AQHAJournal to see if there was a way to purchase a copy of our current issue, and we got her hooked up with the January issue in no time. Keep Your Balance “When I bought this horse, I bought him as a breeding horse. I thought, ‘He’ll be the perfect horse: I can breed him, sell the offspring and they’ll all come back for me to train.’ But of course, they were all so quiet, most of them didn’t come back … the owners just rode them themselves!” – David Deptford of the United Kingdom on his stallion Snippers Heirogance, whom he imported in 1993. “Snipper” became an AQHA Champion in fall 2012 at age 24; turn to Page 48 for his story. Qualification Periods Here are the qualification periods for this year’s AQHA Novice championship and world championship shows. You can find the AQHA world show qualifying points on Page 92. AQHA Novice Championship Show qualification guidelines are available at www.aqha.com/novicequalifying. • 2013 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show May 1, 2012 - April 30, 2013 • 2013 Adequan Select World Championship Show June 1, 2012 - May 31, 2013 When you bounce at the canter/lope, your weight isn’t centered • 2012 AQHA World Championship Show and in sync with your horse’s center of gravity as he moves. Do August 1, 2012 - July 31, 2013 you lose balance at the canter or lope? See what AQHA Professional Horseman Lynn Palm has to say about correcting • 2013 AQHA Novice Championships this problem in this month’s Borrow a Trainer on Page 40. May 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 4 MARCH 2013 THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL MARCH 2013 5 INSIDE LOOK J≤URVOL. 65N NO.6 • MARCHA 2013L ≤ Executive Director of Association Communications Kim McKinney Editor-In-Chief Becky Newell Editorial JOURNAL EDITOR Christine Hamilton JOURNAL EDITOR Larri Jo Starkey JOURNAL EDITOR Andrea Caudill SENIOR WRITER Richard Chamberlain INTERNET EDITOR Tara Christiansen EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Dana Turk MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS SECRETARIES Alice Wilborn, Lee Stribling, Priscilla Ramirez DATABASE Advertising DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Doug Hayes ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Jim Persinger ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Kelly Hess GETS A TUNEUP ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Kristen Jacobson INDEPENDENT ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Cherylee Sargent SECRETARY TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Geneva Madrid Hoyne Art/Production DIRECTOR OF ART, PRODUCTION AND DESIGN Tim Archer SENIOR MANAGER OF PRODUCTION Eula Utsey SENIOR MANAGER OF CREATIVE AND DESIGN Justin Foster MANAGER OF CREATIVE AND DESIGN Diana McClung We’re working to make AQHA better for you. GRAPHICS SYSTEM MANAGER Rushe Hudson GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Cathy Wheeler, Clint Swearingen, A message from A≤HA Executive Vice President Don Treadway Jr. Jay Banbury, David Brown The American Quarter Horse Journal AS TIMES CHANGE, TECHNOLOGY REQUIRES UPDATES, TOO, AND 1600 Quarter Horse Drive, Amarillo TX 79104 the AQHA Information Technology Department wants to P. O. Box 32470, Amarillo, TX 79120 (806) 376-4888 Fax (806) 349-6400 make sure we stay on the cutting edge. Here in the AQHA E-mail: [email protected] offices, we’ve been undergoing a three-year overhaul of our Circulation (806) 372-1192 • (800) 291-7323 Journal Advertising Bookkeeping (806) 376-4888, Ext. 4539 database and its associated systems to not only continue pro- Office Hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (CST) viding the best customer service in the business but to also American Quarter Horse Association improve member services. P. O. Box 200, Amarillo TX 79168 Customer Service (806) 376-4811 Records Research (806) 376-7415 What does this mean for you? Spanish Line (806) 373-2281 Everything we do at AQHA, we do with you, the member, in mind. The update to Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (CST) the database is no exception. When the transition to the new database is complete, AQHA Web Site: www.aqha.com you should experience customer service representatives who are able to better assist The American Quarter Horse Journal (ISSN 0164-6656) is the official publication of the American Quarter Horse Association. Published monthly with an addi- you with questions and paperwork; more streamlined mail services; and much more. tional issue in November at 1600 Quarter Horse Dr., Amarillo, TX. Address all correspondence to The American Quarter Horse Journal, P. O. Box 32470, It also means we’ll need your patience as we launch this new system. Like any new Amarillo, TX 79120. Periodicals postage paid at Amarillo, Texas, and at addi- tional mailing offices. The editors welcome manuscripts and pictures, but accept technology, there may be bumps in the road along the way to a faster and better no responsibility for such material while in their hands. It is the policy of The American Quarter Horse Journal not to accept for editorial purposes any photo- AQHA. As we begin the transition to convert the old system to the new, you will find graph which depicts a horse not in compliance with the rules of the American certain services on www.aqha.com are unavailable. You may also experience an increased Quarter Horse Association, as stated in the “Official Handbook of AQHA.” The American Quarter Horse Journal does not condone the alteration of horses in hold time when calling the office, and it might take a bit longer for a representative photographs that appear in advertisements within the magazine, and accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of photographs supplied by other than its own to answer your questions. We anticipate that any delays you may experience during staff. It is the reader’s responsibility to satisfy himself concerning the appearance the upgrade will subside as the transition is completed. and conformation of a horse before making a business decision. “The American Quarter Horse Journal is an official publication of the American We hope you’ll agree that these small inconveniences are worth it to ensure that we Quarter Horse Association that promotes breeding, raising and training American Quarter Horses for racing, show, performance and ranching activities. are maintaining records, supporting business transactions and communicating with Its mission is also to chronicle AQHA-sponsored activities and convey to readers the Association’s policies and standards for both the breed and the industry.” customers more efficiently when the new database is launched.