Western Horse Annual

Western Horse Annual An annual magazine that is dedicated to the Western horse breeds. An annual publication that covers all western horse disciplines.

Dedicated to Appaloosas, Quarter Horses & Paints. Australian related news, stallions, showteams and articles, you will find it all here.

20/09/2025

Are we having fun yet? ๐Ÿคฃ

What a great opportunity for someone wanting to gain experience from a super professional and well run team!
02/09/2025

What a great opportunity for someone wanting to gain experience from a super professional and well run team!

Show Season Barn Assistant Wanted โ€“ Mudgee, NSW

Weโ€™re on the lookout for a Barn Assistant to join our team for the upcoming 2025/26 Show Season (November 2025 โ€“ July 2026).

If you're passionate about western performance horses, eager to learn, and want to be a part of a competitive show team travelling to and competing at all of the major shows on the East Coast โ€“ this could be the perfect role for you!

Responsibilities Will Include (but are not limited to):
* Cleaning stalls and paddocks
* Feeding and watering horses
* Saddling
* Lunging
* Grooming and washing
* General barn upkeep and organisation

Weโ€™re Looking for Someone Who:
* Has previous horse experience (Western performance horse experience is highly preferred)
* Is self-motivated and takes pride in their work
* Can follow instructions and also work independently
* Performs well under pressure, especially on busy show days
* Maintains a positive and professional attitude

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career in the western performance industry or build the skills to train their own horses.
If youโ€™re reliable, hard-working, and passionate about horses, weโ€™d love to hear from you!

Accommodation available for the right candidate.

PM us for further info or to apply.

20/08/2025
And a teeny tiny bit of HotRodders Jet Set in the mix, we have a new Run for the Millions Championโ€ฆ all the way from Eur...
17/08/2025

And a teeny tiny bit of HotRodders Jet Set in the mix, we have a new Run for the Millions Championโ€ฆ all the way from Europe!

๐€ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐–๐žโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ

Some moments in our sport take your breath away, and at Taylor Sheridanโ€™s crown jewel event, The Run For A Million, we witnessed one of those moments.

European-based trainer Arnaud Girinon flew in with European sensation Flexing Guns N Townโ€”a 2019 stallion by the late great Hollywoodstinseltown and out of Shesa Fashion Gun (by Gunner), proudly owned by Anna Maria Scheiflinger. The duo left the reining world absolutely speechless.

Earlier in the week, a few clips were sent to us of Arnaud schooling his horse. The chatter grew quicklyโ€”this was a horse with foot speed, brokeness, and an overall disposition that looked like magic in the making. The kind of partnership where it was clear horse and rider knew each other inside and out, perfectly prepared for the stage that awaited them.

While many had their eyes on the U.S. superstarsโ€”Andrea Fappani with Casey Hintonโ€™s Magnum Custom Dreams, Casey Deary on Customize My Dream for Deven Warren, or Kole Price with Golden Coins for Coin Toss LLC and the rest of the star studded field overflowing with million dollar riders like Matt Mills, Cade McCutcheon, Nathan Piper, Jason Vanlandingham, Craig Schmersal and more โ€”few had Arnaud and Flexing Guns N Town on their radar. But those who knew him, or watched them prep in the pens, understood something special was coming.

Heading into Vegas, this team wasnโ€™t an unknown. Theyโ€™d already marked a 230.5 at the NRHA European Derby. But could they stand up against the U.S. giants of the sport?

Andreaโ€™s run set the tone with a brilliant 230โ€”so precise, so difficult, it was hard to imagine anyone challenging it. And then came Arnaud and Flexing Guns N Town.

๐‘ญ๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’• ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’‘โ€”๐’‘๐’๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’†๐’‡๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’•๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’†โ€”๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’… ๐’Œ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’•๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’Š๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’•. ๐‘ฏ๐’–๐’ˆ๐’†, ๐’„๐’๐’“๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’๐’”. ๐‘จ ๐’•๐’†๐’๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’† ๐’”๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’”๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’‚๐’„๐’“๐’๐’”๐’” ๐‘จ๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’–๐’…โ€™๐’” ๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’„๐’Š๐’“๐’„๐’๐’†๐’”, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’”๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’”๐’‚๐’Š๐’…: ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’Ž๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•.

The slow circle was breathtaking. The kind of soft, cadenced lope that left the entire arena holding its breath. Then came two fast circlesโ€”perfectly locked in like they were riding railsโ€”followed by another flawless set. To close, three absolutely mesmerizing stops.

When it was done, Arnaud tipped his hat to his partner. A gesture of gratitude to the horse that had just given him everything. The commentators were speechless. The crowd knew they had witnessed history.

What made it even sweeter was the horseโ€™s backstory. Flexing Guns N Town bred by Peter Morgan of Morgan Reiners in Florida with earnings of $115,000 going into TRFAM is one of the first performers out of Shesa Fashion Gun by Gunner, a mare with $0 LTE herself. In an industry where marketing is largely based on dam's record and produce these two among others in the field proved the industry "norm" isn't a "must". On paper, his dam line wasnโ€™t stacked with huge-dollar earnersโ€”but dig deeper, and youโ€™ll find a fascinating thread. His second dam, Shesa Fashion Chic by Smart Chic Olena, was out of Miss Fashion Feet a great show mare herself, sired by none other than Hotrodders Jet Setโ€”a name that rarely shows up in modern reining pedigrees, but one that transformed the western pleasure world. Hotrodders Jet Set sired Blazing Hot, a stallion with over $4 million in winners. Sometimes greatness hides in unexpected places. And perhaps that's where that breathtaking ability to pitter patter lope those small slows surfaced from.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’–๐’. ๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’–๐’”: ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’”๐’†, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’“๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’“, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’Ž๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•. ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘, ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’•, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’†๐’‡ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’๐’‘.

We can breed, plan, invest, and analyze all we want. But in the end God always has a plan better than any of us can pay, predict, or prepare for. It's the intangibles that create special moments like these. The relentless belief in your team, the hours of meticulous preparation, the ability to think outside the box, and the willingness to put yourself out there failing forward a thousand times before reaching the top.

Congratulations to Arnaud, Anna Maria, and the entire team behind Flexing Guns N Town. You gave us a Run for a Million story weโ€™ll never forget.

๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฒโ€™๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐งโ€”๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž.

-WhoaZone
"Where unicorns live"
John 13:7

Edited to add complete NRHA Produce Record to Shesa Fashion Gun NRHA:

1. 2019; Flexing Guns N Town LTE $614,720 (with TRFAM)
2. 2021: Mr Bring The Money (Lil Joe Cash) $337.01
3. 2018: HollywoodFashionChic (Full Sibling) $27.07
4. 2022: Miss Fashionista Mare by Platinum Vintage
5. 2023: LilemupWithSparks Stallion by Spooks Gotta Spark
6. 2024: Mr Whizzo Stallion by Spooks Gotta Whiz

Total PE: $615,084.39 INCLUDING TRFAM $500k Win

We are sad to pass on the news that Chris Baumann has passed.Chris supported the annual for many years and her Dee Bar p...
10/06/2025

We are sad to pass on the news that Chris Baumann has passed.
Chris supported the annual for many years and her Dee Bar prefexed horses were iconic in the paint and cutting horse industries. Our heartfelt condolences for her husband Link and her friends and family.

Information regarding the Funeral Arrangements for the late
Christine Debbie Baumann
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๐Ÿคฃ
01/04/2025

๐Ÿคฃ

We are pleased to announce the introduction of the Miniature Horse Class to our lineup of approved weekend show classes.

This new class aims to provide a competitive platform for miniature horses and their riders, promoting inclusivity and diversity within the sport of cutting.

This addition reflects NCHA's commitment to evolving the sport and providing opportunities for all equine athletes and enthusiasts.

For comprehensive details, including specific rules and regulations pertaining to the Miniature Horse Class, please visit bit.ly/New_Weekend_Class

We look forward to welcoming competitors to this exciting new class at upcoming weekend shows.โ€‹

He graced the pages of the Annual from time to time. Very sad to hear he has gone. Thoughts are with all who loved him.
19/03/2025

He graced the pages of the Annual from time to time. Very sad to hear he has gone. Thoughts are with all who loved him.

In all good newsagents now ๐Ÿ“š
01/11/2024

In all good newsagents now ๐Ÿ“š

Well, it took 21 years for me to make this mistake. Just when you think everything that could go wrong has gone wrong - ...
25/10/2024

Well, it took 21 years for me to make this mistake. Just when you think everything that could go wrong has gone wrong - think again!

Somehow while changing out pages and updating files before going to print I have doubled up on one ad (congrats KND Show Horses PL!) and in doing so I missed the Australian Appaloosa Association Ltd ad in this year's edition.

Here is it below, and please accept my most humblest apologies to the AAA and its membership.

Out on Stan now; a must watch doco about a phenomenal mare and the people who love and care for her. Make sure you have ...
21/10/2024

Out on Stan now; a must watch doco about a phenomenal mare and the people who love and care for her. Make sure you have the tissues handy!

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Western Horse Annual

Catering exclusively to the Western scene in Australia, this publication covers a broad range of events and provides a year in review of the show season.