To reconize the contributions made by working ranch horses to the heritage of the American Quarter Horse breed, the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) annually presents the Best Remuda Award.

Best Remudas features photography and descriptive text about each of the ranches and their horses, on which they rely in their daily work. The book ends with the Tule Ranch, the 2006 honoree, which raises horses and cattle in the Texas panhandle's Palo Duro Canyon. Preceding them was the famous Babbitt Ranches which operates more than a half million acres near the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Readers will hear from varied ranching operations, learning their histories and the details of their breeding and training programs. American Quarter Horses of the Van Norman Ranch's remuda in Nevada, as well as New Mexico's own CS Cattle Co. and Bogle Ranches are featured. Other Texas ranches include the Pitchfork, the R.A. Brown, the Waggoner and the Four Sixes, and those in Oklahoma vary from the Stuart Ranch to the Barby Ranch. Author and photograper Jim Jennings is the Executive Director of Publications for the AQHA. Living in Amarillo, TX, he has been writing about and photographing Quarter Horses for more than 35 years.