Archive for July, 2009

Advertising Opportunity

Jul 29, 2009 No Comments by

I’m not quite sure why some folks who would like to get some extra exposure for their sale, event or whatever don’t grab up those premium ad spots on the left side of Northernhorse.com just under the “What’s New” section. With well over 25,000 different computers visiting Northernhorse.com every week, and almost all those visitors interested [...]

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Most Valuable Horse Awards

Jul 29, 2009 No Comments by

Most Valuable Horse Awards Return to AQHA World Show in 2009 The American Quarter Horse Journal, July 28, 2009 – At this year’s American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show in Oklahoma City, horses in six of the FedEx open categories will reward their owners with a $5,000 bonus after being named Most Valuable Horse. [...]

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TV Coverage for Reining

Jul 29, 2009 No Comments by

AQHA Partners with Reining Horse Sports Foundation on Expanded World Equestrian Games Television Coverage The American Quarter Horse Journal, July 24, 2009 – The American Quarter Horse Association, the official Breed Sponsor of Reining at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, announces its partnership with the Reining Horse Sports Foundation to expand television coverage [...]

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Twitter – Something to Consider?

Jul 27, 2009 No Comments by

In our constant search of ways to give our clients an edge on the competition, Twitter has come to our attention. On a previous blog I offered to do a tutorial about Twitter. Well, it seems that I don’t need to as I have found an excellent tutorial is already available. Just check out http://business.twitter.com/twitter101 [...]

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AQHA Hall of Fame Inductees

Jul 24, 2009 No Comments

AQHA ANNOUNCES 2010 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES America’s Horse, July 22, 2009 – Three individuals and three horses will be inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame during the 2010 American Quarter Horse Association Convention, March 5-8 in Kissimmee, Florida. The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame was established in 1975 to honor [...]

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Very Athletic Horse

Jul 23, 2009 No Comments

I’m not a big fan of bull fighting but the horse in this video is quite an athlete. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgG_Gwy7Ysg

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State of US Horse Industry

Jul 23, 2009 No Comments

I came upon an interesting article with some statistics about the State of the Horse Industry in the U.S. from Steve Day’s (the president of Dover Saddlery) presentation at the 2008 International Kentucky Equine Summit. The writer goes on to make suggestions on how we could help potential horse owners overcome some of their misconceptions [...]

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Advertising on Northernhorse.com

Jul 22, 2009 No Comments

Looking for a way to get more advertising on Northernhorse.com? We like the uncluttered look and really limit the graphic ads to keep the focus on our clients’ listings so extra advertising opportunities on the site are likely to stand out and get you great value for the cost.

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2009 Summer Photo Contest

Jul 22, 2009 67 Comments

Our 2009 Summertime Photo Contest is Over. We have picked a winner. Please don’t enter or vote on this one. Check for a current one. Winner is Number 677 Shy Rider by Nola Shannon. Summertime & the living is easy. Old song, most of you have probably never heard it. And, although we are all [...]

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Skinning Pets for Fur?

Jul 21, 2009 No Comments

This story sounds too horrible to be true. If you are the sort who has trouble getting horror stories out of their minds you might want to pass this one up. On the other hand if no one is made aware of this no one can help encourage them to incorporate some animal  and human [...]

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Twitter or Twit?

Jul 21, 2009 3 Comments

Have you noticed the “Follow us on Twitter” link on the right side of Northernhorse.com? Are you thinking that you just don’t have time for that “social networking” stuff? I wouldn’t want to say that I think Twitter is an essential tool for marketing your business or horse but it is free, it is being [...]

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