Honoring a long legacy of ranching, Miller Land & Livestock is the 2021 AQHA Best Remuda winner. Since 1992, the American Quarter Horse Association has honored the contributions ranch horses have made to the heritage of the American Quarter Horse by presenting each year the AQHA Best Remuda Award to a ranch that raises outstanding ranch horses.
Based in Big Piney, Wyoming, the ranch is managed by Mike Miller, along with his wife, Tara, and their sons, Will and Wes.
The Millers manage an operation of about 2,400 cow-calf pairs and 1,800 yearlings on land some of which was first ranched in the late 1870s and that has been in their family for more than 125 years. The Millers brand their cattle – Irish Black, Hereford and Angus crosses – with the historic “67” brand. Their operation is spread out and requires many miles of riding. Cattle are moved around, worked and doctored regularly all year long.
On April 27, the American Quarter Horse Association announced that AQHA Executive Vice President Craig Huffhines is leaving the Association to pursue an opportunity in the equine and livestock industry.
“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the American Quarter Horse Association as executive vice president,” said Huffhines. “I am proud of my staff, the AQHA Past Presidents, AQHA Executive Committee and AQHA Board of Directors, whom I served over the past six years. What we have accomplished together during my tenure is quite remarkable. Some of these accomplishments include navigating business during a worldwide pandemic, instituting welfare reform standards for the horse, stewarding a major information technology challenge, providing remote service capabilities for membership services, assembling a talented and passionate leadership team, and creating financial stability and sustainability, all which position AQHA as a modern service provider for the equine industry.
The State of Oklahoma, joined by the U.S. Trotting Association, Hanover Shoe Farms, the State of West Virginia and others, filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern Division of Kentucky U.S. District Court challenging the constitutionality of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act on Monday (April 26).
Other plaintiffs in the complaint filed for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief are the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, West Virginia Racing Commission, Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association and three Oklahoma racetracks – Remington Park, Will Rogers Downs and Fair Meadows.
“The U.S. Trotting Association has been pressing these unconstitutionality objections for more than four years and we have been ignored,” said USTA President and Hanover Shoe Farms President & CEO Russell Williams. “Instead, Senator McConnell sneaked HISA through at the last minute, without any hearing or debate, in the middle of a 5,500-page, must-pass omnibus funding measure.
Sunday, April 25, 2021
James Alton Garrison, Jr., age 84, of Kyle, Texas passed away on Friday, April 16, 2021. He was born in Houston, Texas on November 20, 1936 to James Alton Garrison, Sr. and Pearl Aurelia Runnels Garrison.
During his childhood the family moved to the Rio Grande Valley where his father owned a hotel in Port Isabel, long before South Padre Island was developed. Rather than head to the beach, James headed to the Brush Country. He was a Cowboy, a Horseman, a S. Texas Quail Hunter and so much more. Family and friends recall his stories of “gathering” cattle from the brush country, where a cowboy worked through three horses in a day spanning over 14 hours, or more.
2020 AQHA Annual Report View the 2020 AQHA Annual Report or download the executive summary at www.aqha.com/annualreport. text size April 22, 2021 | News and Publications , About AQHA | AQHA annual report , AQHA Executive Committee , American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA)
The American Quarter Horse Association has released the 2020 AQHA Annual Report, which is available to download at
www.aqha.com/annualreport. The annual report contains complete statistics for AQHA membership, horse registrations and transfers, show and race statistics, and more.
“AQHA’s annual report dives into the Association’s functions, goals and how we operate as a business dedicated to serving our members in the best way possible,