Halter headlines for Ted Turner, Jr.
Halter horses are their own "special breed" in the show world of the American Quarter Horse Association, American Paint Horse Association, and Appaloosa Horse Association. Few have been as consistently successful in this specialized discipline as Ted Turner, Jr., of Turner Ranch in Aubrey, Texas, who knows exactly what it takes to bring home the blues with horses that aren't ridden at the shows. Rather, they are judged ...

Tom Powers
Tom Powers' Triple Challenge 2002 experienced a tremendous change of scenery from last year. Exhibitors remember mud puddles, gray skies and long sleeves to accompany the 40-degree temperatures. This year horses and riders were basking in sunny, 80-degree weather.

What's Your Pleasure
The cold and icy weather in Dallas did not stop the great turn out at the AQHA convention. It may have slowed many cowboys down, but they were there in numbers for the awards banquet. Congratulations to the two new inductees into the Professional Horseman ...

It's just fittin'
Showing halter horses used to be a pretty simple affair. A guy would pull his stud from the gelding pasture, do a little washing and clip around the edges. About the most ...

Western Pleasure talk with Steve Heckaman
Steve Heckaman is at the top of the game of Western Pleasure. At his Pilot Point, Texas, ranch, he keeps up to 30 training horses year round. He's won the Western Pleasure championship at the Congress eight times, including the Futurity, the Derby, the Maturity and Junior and Senior Pleasure titles.

Fourth and goal ... touchdown
With a name that makes any football fan take notice - and a body to rival any player's - Touchdown Kid demanded attention from the time of his birth. Bred by Jim Dunn, ...

Ending 2000 in a blaze of glory
When Liz Hay first purchased Shes Blazin Trails at the Reichert Pleasure Stakes Sale in 1999, she may have had a small, hidden hope that the ...