I had to wait until late in the show to get a few minutes with Keri LeForce the show manager. She’s a staff member of the ApHC and for the show lives here on site for almost a month making sure everything is set up and running smoothly. Keri has been managing the show for 11 years now and from …
European Appaloosa People
I’ve been wanting to speak to some of our international visitors and got my chance finally this morning. I just happened to run into these two members of “Team Austria.” They were enjoying a beautiful morning here on the last day of the show. As you’ll be able to hear in my interview with Anna Marie (right – I hope …
New Appaloosa Horse Club Leadership
The Appaloosa Horse Club has a new president. He’s Eric Beené from Mississippi. I got to visit with Eric in between committee meetings today to find out how he feels about his new position and what his goals are for the coming year. Eric says that marketing is a big focus and that he hopes to see a reversal of …
From Farm Broadcasting to Show Announcing
With his voice I wonder how farm broadcasting lost a guy like Denny Oviatt. Denny used to be a farm broadcaster in South Dakota before getting into show announcing. After listening to him for several days he’s sure good at what he does. Denny is one of the ring announcers here at the National Appaloosa Horse Show. I spoke with …
Hall of Fame Reminscing
Today the committees of the Appaloosa Horse Club are meeting but the show is still going on at the same time. I’m going to try to find out what’s going on in those committees but in the meantime I keep running into some very interesting people like Laura Brest who’s another ApHC Hall of Famer enjoying the show here in …
Marketing Appaloosas Internationally
It’s a small world. I knew I was supposed to interview Michael Phillips and thought his name sounded familiar. We met at a St. Louis Ag Club meeting a couple years ago. Michael was here at the National Appaloosa Horse Show to speak with the International Marketing Committee. He’s President/CEO of U. S. Livestock Genetics, Inc.. He talked about export …
The Arena Atmosphere
I overheard someone say that a horse show isn’t a spectator sport. Well, tell that to the people here in the stands. There usually aren’t a lot. Mainly people interested in the current class or event but they do get loud when they cheer for their family or friends. One of the things that impresses me about a show like …
What A Farrier Does
If you had asked me before today I would have told you that a farrier has something to do with horseshoes but that’s about all I could have told you. Now I know a lot more about it. That’s because I met Kirk today in between jobs where he’s set up as a show farrier in one of the barns. …
Pleasure Horse Clinic Video
I think I’m learning a whole new language here at the National Appaloosa Horse Show. For example, take pleasure horses. There are actually several different classes here in the show for pleasure horses. At first I thought it might have something to do with horses on which riding is a pleasure but no . . . It has something to …
Dogs at the Horse Show
I’ve been joking that maybe we should call this the National Appaloosa Dog Show. There are dogs everywhere. All kinds of dogs. I’m a big dog lover and there are some beautiful animals here. For the most part they seem very well behaved. I guess dogs and horses just go together. I’ve seen a lot of puppies too. Fortunately nothing …