Archive for October, 2008

How to Breed for a Filly

Oct 30, 2008 No Comments by

A New Zealand study on wild horses has revealed that breeding specifically for a filly or a colt may be more than just a 50-50 chance for horse breeders. In a six-year long study funded by the Department of Conservation, researchers Elissa Cameron and Wayne Linklater found that it was the change in condition of [...]

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Another Scam?

Oct 29, 2008 No Comments by

One of our clients emailed us about this scam a few days ago. You might also want to warn breeders and sellers of horses that there may be a new scam out there. I was contacted a few weeks ago from someone in Mexico looking to purchase horses in Canada. They kept changing the dates [...]

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We are Happy That You are Happy

Oct 24, 2008 1 Comment by

  We are so pleased that Northernhorse.com is working so well for our clients and our visitors. It has truly become the place where horsepeople meet. It says a lot about the quality of the horses and products in our stable of Websites and in our Classifieds that so many people are coming back again and again [...]

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Livestock Transport Conference

Oct 24, 2008 No Comments by

After last week’s accident in Calgary, perhaps a conference on Livestock Transport will help us find better ways to prevent future tragedies like that one. Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) are putting on a conference on January 29, in Calgary, AB for truckers, producers, representatives from transport & food companies, enforcement and government.

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12 Horses Killed on Deerfoot

Oct 18, 2008 4 Comments

I read the news article in the Calgary Herald about the tragic accident and am having trouble understanding how Mr. desBarres can say he has no issue with how the animals were being transported when, in the same article, it says the driver, Gordon Trach has been charged with careless driving, failing to produce insurance, [...]

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Our Biggest Horse Sale Ever

Oct 16, 2008 No Comments

I was just checking the horse sales and noticed that the Western Breeders Sale has over 250 horses entered for the weekend. From babies to broke horses, broodmares to prospects, there are horses from a wide variety of breeders. This sale has attracted horses from some long established programs with bloodlines that are familiar names [...]

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2008 Western Horse Sale Results

Oct 12, 2008 1 Comment

We have received the results of the Western Horse Sale. Once again this year it was a very interesting sale with a nice variety of started and finished horses. The Western Horse Sale, now in it’s thirteenth year, was held during the 2008 Canadian Supreme Show and Trade Fair at the Westerner Agriplex, Friday, Oct. [...]

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4H Young Horse Incentive Program

Oct 12, 2008 No Comments

Alberta Ag & Rural Development let us know about a young horse project incentive opportunity for Alberta 4-H horse members. The project involves a two-year commitment beginning with the 4-H member’s choosing of a weanling for a project. Members raise and train their project horse with the objective of presenting the horse as a yearling [...]

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Horse Breeders & Owners Conference

Oct 08, 2008 No Comments

The folks from the Horse Breeders & Owners Conference have sent us the following info: Once again, we’re gearing up for the annual Horse Breeders & Owners Conference in Red Deer. The current list of speakers is now up on the web site, as well as registration information. MORE DETAILS Register by December 1 to [...]

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Working Mountain Horse Competition & Sale

Oct 08, 2008 No Comments

Wild Deuce hosted their 4th Annual Working Mountain Horse Competition & Select Sale this past weekend (September 26-28).  This is a weekend you will mark on your calendar year after year. The owners Chuck & Terri McKinney and Brenda Winder have gone out of their way to bring the best of the mountains to you [...]

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Free Draw – Signed Ben Crane Print

Oct 06, 2008 35 Comments

This draw is over. Please don’t enter now as we have already drawn for this one. Best that you find the most current draw (click on Free Draw in the categories listed on the right). ————————————————– The more you look at this great example of Ben Crane’s wild imagination, the more the details become apparent. [...]

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