Day: December 18, 2008

AQHA’s World Show special returns for fourth time.   The American Quarter Horse Journal, December 17, 2008 – American Quarter Horses return for the fourth year to nationwide television in another NBC Sports special. The AQHA America’s Horse Championships presented by Bank of America is a special, one-hour broadcast of some of the most exciting action from the FedEx Open competition at the 2008 American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show in Oklahoma City. The show begins at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time/10:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on January 4 on local NBC stations. “We’re changing up the programming

America’s Horse, December 17, 2008 – As the 50th annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo came to a close, rodeo fans awarded their favorite athletes with a little extra Christmas cash by voting them the Fort Dodge Champion American Quarter Horses of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. For the second year, the American Quarter Horse Association and corporate partner Fort Dodge Animal Health teamed up to give fans a unique opportunity to interact online and vote for their favorite American Quarter Horses and the cowboys and cowgirls who rode them at this year’s Wrangler NFR. Fort Dodge contributed $25,000 in prize money,