Archive for June, 2010

Order Your 2010 AQHA World Show Program Now

Jun 24, 2010 No Comments by

Again this year, the 2010 AQHA World Championship Show Souvenir Program will be printed and mailed separately from the magazine at the request of subscribers to The American Quarter Horse Journal for free. The program will be mailed with the November Journal, and it will include all class entries in draw order, a complete world [...]

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Wild Pink Yonder Ride for Cancer

Jun 24, 2010 No Comments by

We thought it time to remind everybody that it’s a scant 55 days away from our start date, so if you’re one of those procrastinators, now’s the time to get that registration in. As you will see on the map (http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?client=firefox-a&hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114259023932745719916.00047723215f689fa2cae&z=7) everything is set. Just the other day CFCW signed on as a sponsor, so [...]

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Slaughter Plants Not Doing Job Properly?

Jun 24, 2010 1 Comment by

I received this bit of news from a friend. I can’t say I have watched the videos as I have been intentionally trying to give myself a wee break from all the bad news lately but she pointed out that just because I am a little fragile right now doesn’t mean I couldn’t put this [...]

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Bought the Wrong Horse

Jun 23, 2010 No Comments by

If you could use a chuckle take a look at this one. Thanks for this fun item to Bobbie Niwa of Muddy Acres

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First Time for Region 1 Championships In Canada

Jun 23, 2010 No Comments

FIRST TIME IN CANADA! REGION ONE AQHA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE COMING TO CANADA! AQHA Region One Championship WHEN?   July 21-25, 2010. WHERE? Thunderbird Equestrian Show Park in Langley, BC WHY? Loads of fun, clinics, socials, entertainment, trade fair, championship competition      and over $130,000 in awards WHO CAN ATTEND? The whole family WHO CAN SHOW? AQHA, [...]

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Battle in the Saddle Estimated Purse $300,000

Jun 22, 2010 No Comments

Battle in the Saddle to feature top horses competing in five western disciplines. The inaugural Battle in the Saddle is just a few weeks away.  As the excitement begins to boil, competitors are closing in to entry deadlines.  Enter the cutting and working cow horse classes by June 20, 5 p.m., to avoid penalties and [...]

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AQHA Launches Full Circle

Jun 21, 2010 No Comments

American Quarter Horse owners love their horses – past, present and future – and many want to keep track of those horses even after they are sold. The American Quarter Horse Association developed the Full Circle program to reunite breeders and previous owners with horses they remember well. Through the free Full Circle program, AQHA [...]

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Sixteen Countries to Attend Youth World Cup

Jun 19, 2010 No Comments

The American Quarter Horse Youth World Cup, an international leadership event that includes educational horsemanship clinics and a friendly Olympic-style competition, is hosting youth from 16 countries July 3-11 in Oklahoma City. Each of the 16 teams consist of five competing American Quarter Horse Youth Association members. Additionally, teams can bring leadership participants. This year’s [...]

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USDA Voluntary CEM Testing Scheme & Update

Jun 19, 2010 No Comments

In February 2010 USDA announced a cost-sharing voluntary CEM testing program for stallions resident in the USA. The intent was primarily to determine if there was an absence of the causative organism Taylorella equigenitalis in the domestic herd, or if it was found to be present to facilitate traceback ability and determine degree of prevalence. [...]

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Battle in the Saddle Competition Heats Up

Jun 19, 2010 No Comments

Step back in time to the days of the Old West at the Battle in the Saddle’s chuck wagon cook-off competition in Oklahoma City. The competition will heat up July 10 as competitors from across the United States will travel to battle it out with their authentic chuck wagons and campfire cooking for a share [...]

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Stettler Ranch Horse Competition and Sale

Jun 15, 2010 No Comments

The competition winner was Maverick – an 8 year old gray grade quarter horse gelding consigned by Terry Andersen and ridden by Ricky Anderson.   Terry went home with $1500 in prize money plus a fancy buckle sponsored by Pheasantback Golf & Country Club – Jim Risler.  Maverick sold for $6500 to Davis Cox who [...]

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