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Looking for a unique marketing opportunity for your foals and yearlings?   The Alberta 50/50 Horse Association offers just that.  The association’s purpose is to promote quality light horses that ride well, have the capability to work and will look good when engaged in these activities. As well as to create an incentive to develop and train all horses in a humane manner, protecting at all times their physical and mental potential. Continue Reading »

Ed Byam of RE Quarter Horses sent us this little thought for today. Everywhere you go no matter what discipline or equine event you attend you always hear the comment that US bred horses are far more superior than Canadian bred horses. I was at a sale last weekend and this comment was made by someone standing in the crowd around the sale ring. An elderly rancher was standing close and overheard the comment. He turned to the fellow that made the comment. He asked if they minded  if he gave them his opinion on this matter. Continue Reading »

Cindy Schonholtz of the PRCA sent us this bit of news. Sounds like those horsepeople who enjoy rodeo should be putting their two-cents worth in.

MSNBC has run a story about animal rights activists targetting Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, they have a poll along with this story, at this point the animal rights folks are winning this poll, it seems you can only vote once so please vote NO and forward widely so we can show how much support rodeo has, here is the link:    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25725545/

Thanks,
Cindy Schonholtz
PRCA

Here is another one of those cute Budweiser commercial.

Just wanted to share this comment from one of our real estate classified clients.

I get more inquiries from your site than “For Sale By Owner” or “Com Free”. Thanks!

Need a little laugh? This might do it for you.

The Canadian Equine Business Group is proud to announce the “CEBG Riders Grant Program”. The CEBG would like to award a student or individual rider up to 21 years of age, for their hard work and dedication to their chosen discipline, be it English or Western. Continue Reading »

This contest is now closed. While you are welcome to leave feedback, we have a newer prize draw open for entry.

The winner:
Tara (comment #8)

The prize:

2 Free Photo Ads on the Northernhorse.com Classifieds

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The question:

We are considering adding online payment as an option for some of our paid services. Do you feel comfortable with paying for Northernhorse.com services over the Internet using a secure service, or would you still choose to use telephone or cheque?