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Kingman Alberta was the place to be for horse enthusiasts, this past weekend, Sept. 28-30/2007. Brenda Winder and Terri and Chuck McKinney of Wild Deuce Retreats & Outfitting Hosted Canada’s Only, 3rd Annual Working Mountain Horse Competition and Sale.

Saturday saw 21 Competitors, ranging in age from 12 to 83 vie for the 1st place prize of $1000. 5 Wild Deuce horses also completed the course, judged by Brian Burrington, Will Pattison and Kam MacGregor for a score only. Champion of the Open Competition was 12 year old Pam Didier, Reserve Champion went to last years winner, Ken McKinney of Iron River Alberta. Clay Braithwaite of Locorey, Alberta won 3rd place, while Wild Deuce’s entry of Echo scored 199 of 200 possible points. Places were paid out to 6th. Continue Reading »

Perhaps the reason there are no horse haulers using the Northernhorse.com Classifieds is that they are all so busy they just don’t think they can take on any more work. It can’t be the $30/with a photo that the ad would cost to run for 3 months, renewable at 1/2 price after that. I suppose that explains why no haulers have their website linked on the front of Northernhorse.com either.

Too bad, because we are getting quite a few people emailing & calling us asking about horse haulers and we don’t have a single outfit to recommend for them. There are a lot of horses selling. If you are a horse hauler who is looking for more business you might want to give either our classifieds or a link on Northernhorse.com a try.

Barb Sisson sent us the following results of their sale.

The sale went good, the highest selling baby was a Black and White filly (Comet) who sold for $1350.00

The sale average was $700.00

One was sold for a show filly, all comments we had were very positive. We have people from all. We are very happy, and would be very happy to hear from the poeple who purchased that we don’t know. Our goal is to raise good quality Black & White foals for all to take to whatever event they choose.

We are continually improving our Northernhorse.com Classifieds to make them a better experience for all of you. This past week has been particularly exciting with a few changes that will change your life… ok well maybe not quite THAT exciting, but they are pretty darn cool.

Here is an overview of what we changed and added:

1. A better Login system.
2. Search page improvements to save you time.
3. New listing summary on the home page.

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For the first time, the Fall Classic Breeders Sale broke the 1/2 million dollar mark in total sales. The 2007 gross of $582,450 was $200,000 higher than in 2006.  For the first time, a sale horse is being exported to Europe. Continue Reading »

Well, when Doug still wasn’t much calmer yesterday morning and he was still beating up on anybody his size, I decided that Danny, the kid’s pony would make a good roommate. Danny was living with Doug and his mom in the pasture so they do know each other. Doug’s mom had helped Doug put the run on Danny whenever he wanted but I thought things might be different with mom not being there. And I was right. It did help a lot. Danny really likes his feed and after Doug made a couple of trips through the hay pile, Danny started greeting him with pinned ears. Got him to stop running around.

So I left him and Danny together for the nite. Well, Doug didn’t think too much of the idea that the other foals went in the barn and got all worked up again.

Poor Doug is not looking as flashy as he used to. He actually has amazing endurance and persistence. I hope I have as much.

I have to go to town for the day. I hope he finds time for a nap.

Positive Cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) detected in Alberta horses in 2007

Aug 8 – Innisfail
Aug 10 – Frog Lake
Aug 17 – Round Hill
Aug 17 – Dapp Continue Reading »

Elaine Speight does a thorough job of running this sale. Not only does she get the sale listed on the Northernhorse.com Sales Section well in advance, she gets the consignor’s horses listed as soon as she gets them, to make sure they get as much advertising as they can get. Elaine even provides tips on how to better prepare your horses for horse sales right on her sale website.

We have included not only the 2007 Sale results but also the 2006 results for you to compare. Interesting? Continue Reading »

Weaning the foals. Been going exceptionally well. Heck most of them seemed almost happy to be rid of the old girl and hanging around with us humans.

And then there is Doug. He was a pretty friendly fellow all summer. A bit arrogant but his mama is boss and is more than willing to make sure any and all the other horses respect the wants of her darling son. Continue Reading »

Kingman Alberta was the place to be for horse enthusiasts, this past weekend, Sept. 28-30/2007. Brenda Winder and Terri and Chuck McKinney of Wild Deuce Retreats & Outfitting Hosted Canada’s Only, 3rd Annual Working Mountain Horse Competition and Sale. Continue Reading »