Molly Montag: Writer & Photographer

We at Quarter Horse News heard about AQHA registrations and other paperwork taking forever this spring.

Talked to the association to get some answers.

This is what we found: https://qhne.ws/2JM6gdV

AQHA Backlog: What Happened & When Officials Say It Will End - Quarter Horse News A batch of paperwork delayed by a computer and website upgrade at the American Quarter Horse Association may soon be in the mail.

Another great one has left us. Dual Pep made a lasting mark on the Quarter Horse breed and Western performance horse industry.

Legendary Sire Dual Pep Dies at 33 - Quarter Horse News Acclaimed cutting horse sire Dual Pep has passed away. The stallion was humanely euthanized Sept. 25, just two days after his daughter Tears From Heaven captured the Brazos Bash Futurity Open title less than 10 miles away from his longtime home at Alpha Equine. “That his daughter won and that her ...

Move over, boys! The beautiful Ebony Shines just became the first mare to reach NRHA Million Dollar status, turning what used to be a fraternity into a coed club

Here's how she hit the mark--->https://qhne.ws/2OCBjIj

Ebony Shines Makes History As First NRHA Million Dollar Dam - Quarter Horse News Thirty-Eight stallions have earned the distinction of being an NRHA Million Dollar Sire, but there has never been an NRHA Million Dollar Dam. That changes now. Ebony Shines, already a member of the NRHA Hall of Fame, recently unofficially became the first mare to reach that milestone, the National R...

Laminitis Sufferers Sought For Research Study - Quarter Horse News   Researchers are seeking horses for a clinical study on laminitis treatment. The study by Nouvelle Research, Inc., and Dr. Tom Schell, will focus on three points of care and management: Barefoot trim with radiographic guidance to re-establish proper coffin bone alignment. Dietary evaluation to red...

About the Horse: Wright Thrilled By Shiners Diamond Cat's NRCHA Derby Win - Quarter Horse News Give trainer Justin Wright a chance to talk about Shiners Diamond Cat, and he’ll laud her intelligence, talent and class. And, the mare’s win Saturday in the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Derby Open? He was thrilled – for her. “I don’t know how to explain it other than she....

An American original, legendary cutting sire Dual Rey "lived life on his own terms" until the end.

My story from Quarter Horse News--->https://qhne.ws/2w41J0z

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Legendary Sire Dual Rey "Lived Life On His Own Terms" - Quarter Horse News A legend in the cutting industry has died. Equi-Stat Elite $39 Million Sire Dual Rey (Dual Pep x Nurse Rey x Wyoming Doc) was humanely euthanized on Monday in Colorado at the home of his owner and breeder, Linda Holmes. Jeff Oswood, of Oswood Stallion Station, said the stallion was put down due to i...

Hans Hansma learned about horses on the family farm in Holland. Later, after moving to Alberta, he used to drive all over the province looking at people's horses.

Now, he's going in the American Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame. Story---> https://qhne.ws/2HDAcp3

Hans Hansma Named to AQHA Hall of Fame - Quarter Horse News Hans Hansma was a man who really liked horses. The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Class of 2019 Hall of Fame inductee used to think nothing of driving all across the province of Alberta with a friend, said his son, cutting horse trainer Winston. Those weren’t horse-buying expeditions. T...