Zane Bates Show Horses LLC

Zane Bates Show Horses LLC Small training, showing, and breeding facility owned and operated by Zane Bates and Taylor Thayer.

After 18 days of living in the hot, humid Fort Worth bubble that is the APHA World Show… we’re officially Sweet Home Ala...
07/04/2026

After 18 days of living in the hot, humid Fort Worth bubble that is the APHA World Show… we’re officially Sweet Home Alabama bound! 🤍

This year’s World Show was incredibly good to us, and we’re heading home more grateful than ever.

🔹 SCENE AS LAZY 🔹
🏆 World Champion Masters Senior Pleasure with Leah Carpenter Hassell
🏆 World Champion Intermediate Masters Senior Pleasure with Leah
🏆 World Champion Intermediate Senior Pleasure with Zane Bates

🔹 THE WILD WILD WEST 🔹
🏆 World Champion EWD Pleasure with Sara Waltrip
🏆 Reserve World Champion Bridleless Pleasure with Taylor Bates
🏅 Top 5 Masters Junior Pleasure with Lisa Waltrip

🔹 FOR BETTER OR WORSE 🔹
🏆 World Champion Intermediate Junior HUS with Taylor Bates

🔹 SST BISCUIT AT NITE 🔹
🥉 Third Super Sires Novice Horse Pleasure - Limited with Zane Bates

Our 2yos are riding around with total confidence, too. We can’t wait to show off all of their hard work and talent soon.

We were also fortunate enough to sell multiple horses while in Fort Worth—more on that soon! We’re so excited for everyone involved.

And, we found amazing homes for all of our corgi babies! ❤️

Thank you to Kollin & Miranda for being incredible hosts and even better friends.

Thank you to Kenny for not only shoeing our horses to perfection with 110% effort every single time, but also for being one of our biggest supporters.

Thank you to Arthur for everything you do to keep everyone prepped and at the top of their game. Truly the unsung hero of the whole camp… or battlefield, if you will. (iykyk 😜)

Thank you to Giana and Jeremiah for keeping everything running smoothly back at the barn while we were gone. We literally couldn’t have done it without you both!

One of the best parts of the trip was getting to spend it surrounded by so many of our favorite people in Fort Worth. That certainly wasn’t lost on us. Thank you to everyone who stopped by the stalls for wine slushies, laughs, and good conversation. 🍹

I’m not sure how we’ll ever top this year… but I guess we start trying for 2027 today. 💪🏻

More photos to come as we get them back…

06/24/2026

Starting off our 2026 APHA World Show with a bang!

🏆World Champions🏆
Sara Waltrip & The Wild Wild West
EWD Independent Western Pleasure

06/15/2026

APHA World Show Bound!

🔹Summer Internship Opportunity🔹We have a busy and exciting summer ahead, and we’re looking to add an intern to join our ...
04/29/2026

🔹Summer Internship Opportunity🔹

We have a busy and exciting summer ahead, and we’re looking to add an intern to join our team on the road!

This internship would run leading up to and include traveling with us to the APHA World Championship Show in Fort Worth, Texas in June. Exact dates can be flexible to work around school schedules.

We’re excited to offer an internship experience with real world/on the road exposure in the equine industry. We are happy to sign off on internship hours that may be required through school programs, and we’d be glad to provide letters of recommendation and serve as references for future equine industry

If you’re interested or would like more information, send us a message, we’d love to hear from you! Please message our business page directly for more information at the link below.

Getting started with the first round of pictures from the Level 1 East Championship!!🔹Batta Gurl & Niki Wehunt🔹🏅4th Am 3...
04/26/2026

Getting started with the first round of pictures from the Level 1 East Championship!!

🔹Batta Gurl & Niki Wehunt🔹
🏅4th Am 3YO Mares

🔹SST Biscuit At Nite🔹
🏆Champion Rookie Western Pleasure
🏆Champion 14-18 Western Pleasure

Zane Bates
Taylor Thayer Bates
Arianna Matthews
Niki Wehunt
Roslyn Matthews

04/26/2026

Full recap to come with all the photos but in the meantime,
We could not be prouder of this kid or this mare!
We didn't know a, "Hey, jump on this mare," in the Denny Hales Arena could lead to something so amazing!
Thrilled for this mare and kid to get some hard earned recognition like they deserve!! Arianna Matthews Roslyn Matthews Zane Bates Taylor Thayer Bates

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200 Co Road 3719
Addison, AL
35540

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