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AQHA\u2019s World Show special returns for fourth time.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The American Quarter Horse Journal, December 17, 2008 \u2013\u00a0<\/em>American Quarter Horses return for the fourth year to nationwide television in another NBC Sports special. The AQHA America\u2019s 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\u00a0Oklahoma 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.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re changing up the programming a bit to give mainstream viewers a greater appreciation for other events,\u201d said Bill Brewer, AQHA Executive Vice President. \u201cNo doubt they\u2019ll come away with a great appreciation of the American Quarter Horse and all of his abilities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n This year\u2019s episode features exciting working cow horse action, which combines reining agility and the cow sense of the American Quarter Horse, testing a horse\u2019s skills in a way that is similar to ranch work. The event consists of two parts \u2013 reining or \u201cdry work\u201d and cow work or \u201cfence work.\u201d In the reining portion, the horse follows a predetermined pattern consisting of lead changes, spins and sliding stops. Then the action really picks up with the cow work. The horse matches wits with the cow \u2013 holding it at one end of the arena to show control and then driving the cow down the fence, turning it in both directions. Finally, the horse must move the cow to the center of the arena and circle it in each direction.<\/span><\/p>\n Featured competitors include world champions Todd Crawford of\u00a0Blanchard,\u00a0Oklahoma; Robbie Schroeder of\u00a0Gainesville,\u00a0Texas; Jimmie Paul of\u00a0Phoenix,\u00a0Arizona; Ron Emmons of\u00a0Ione,\u00a0California; and AQHA all-time leading breeder Carol Rose of\u00a0Gainesville,\u00a0Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n Highlights from the reining and cutting events also will be featured along with an update about the World Equestrian Games featuring reining, which will be coming toLexington,\u00a0Kentucky, in 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n The program is presented by Bank of America and includes veteran sports announcer Tim Ryan and jockey-turned-reporter Donna Brothers along with AQHA Professional Horseman Robbie Boyce of\u00a0Jacksboro,\u00a0Texas, as analyst. See a special preview of the show on YouTube at\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O5bxauZJ3YU<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n AQHA\u2019s Web site also will have special information for those interested in the American Quarter Horse lifestyle. Be sure to check out\u00a0www.aqha.com<\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0for more information just for NBC viewers, including the history of the American Quarter Horse, and AQHA services and programs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Mark your calendar and set your digital video recorder for 1:30 p.m. EST\/10:30 a.m. PST on January 4 for the AQHA America\u2019s Horse Championships on NBC Sports!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n AQHA news and information is a service of AQHA publications. For more information on\u00a0The American Quarter Horse Journal<\/em>,\u00a0The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0America\u2019s Horse<\/em>, visit\u00a0www.aqha.com\/magazines<\/a><\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AQHA\u2019s World Show special returns for fourth time. \u00a0 The American Quarter Horse Journal, December 17, 2008 \u2013\u00a0American Quarter Horses return for the fourth year to nationwide television in another NBC Sports special. The AQHA America\u2019s Horse Championships presented by Bank of America is a special, one-hour broadcast of some of the most exciting action […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aqha","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1869,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions\/1869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}