See this saddle and many more on display at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum.
Enjoy a celebration of the design, style and grace of the western saddle at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum.
The western saddle is one of the great executions of form and function merging into a third greater thing — art. Its design is built around use, lightness, durability and fit to give the rider the ability to stay on board while at the same time not getting in the way of the horse, all the while being able to hold an 800-pound steer by only a rope wound around the saddle horn.
But more than a tool, western saddles are iconic representations of the work of an indigenous culture in America. As much a part of the cowboy way as a hat and a pair of boots, saddles spoke of work in a unique vocation. Work performed by man and animal together, a task that remains remarkably unchanged due to the nature of the work itself — the moving and caring of livestock.
Like any tool, the saddle became an extension of those who used it and because of that became subject to personalization. That unique personalization and embellishment — call it character — is the basis for a new exhibition opening at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum this month. The Art of the Western Saddle will feature 16 glorious examples of the saddlemaker’s art. Curated by western historian and author William C. Reynolds, the exhibit will feature silver-mounted saddles from important private collections and museums across the country. The collection will display the saddles’ unique design, craftsmanship and graceful merging of silver, gold and leather.
Many of the saddles have never been exhibited in public, and the exhibition will be a unique opportunity to see the pinnacle of craftsmanship, embellishing the primary tool of the American cowboy. The exhibit opens January 22, 2010, and will continue through July 31, 2010, at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum in Amarillo, Texas. Get more information, or call (806) 376-5181.
The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum is open daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Sundays.
American Quarter Horse Association
1600 Quarter Horse Drive
Amarillo, TX 79104
Applications of Intent Are Now Available on www.usef.org
The 2010 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions will return to Gladstone, New Jersey, August 6 – 8 and August 13 – 15. This Festival of Champions will once again feature the National Championships for the Grand Prix, Intermediaire I, Young Adult “Brentina Cup”, Young Rider, and Junior divisions, in addition to the USEF Selection Trials for the U.S. Dressage Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG).
Junior, Young Rider, and “Brentina Cup” applications and selection procedures are available at this link: http://www.usef.org/_IFrames/breedsDisciplines/discipline/allDressage/natdressage.aspx. Please note USEF/NAJYRC-qualifying competition lists have been updated for each region and are posted at the above link, in addition to national ranking lists for the Junior, Young Rider, and “Brentina Cup” divisions (now updated weekly).
The USEF National Developing Horse Dressage Championship (sponsored by the Dutta Corporation & Performance Sales International) and the Markel/USEF National Young Horse Dressage Championships will be held July 22 – 25, 2010 at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois. Applications, selection procedures, ranking lists, and updated qualifying competition lists are now available at this link: http://www.usef.org/_IFrames/breedsDisciplines/discipline/allDressage/natdressage.aspx.
For more information, contact Jennifer Keeler, National Director of Dressage, at jkeeler@usef.org.
Chris Kappler won his third Budweiser American Invitational title in 2009 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL with VDL Oranta. Photo by: Kenneth Kraus/PhelpsSports.com.
Tampa, FL – January 26, 2010 – Stadium Jumping, Inc., one of the nation’s leading horse show production companies, is pleased to announce the official dates of the 2010 Tampa Equestrian Festival and 38th Annual $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational. The world’s top equestrians will come together for three weeks of competition, held from March 24 – April 10, 2010 at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, FL.
The Tampa Equestrian Festival will kick off its three weeks of competition with the Suncoast Internationale that is scheduled for March 24-28, 2010. It will be followed by the Tampa Bay Classic CSI 2*-W, which begins on March 31 and runs thru April 4. The final week of the festival is the Tournament of Champions CSI, which will be held March 31 thru April 4.
The 38th Annual $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational will be the highlight event on the final day of competition, April 10, at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Thirty of the world’s top horses and riders will gather to compete under the lights during one of the premier show jumping events in the United States. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=9982
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