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One of our journalists/photographers and her husband is in need of a place to park their truck & camper that would be close to the grounds  at the Kentucky Horse Park for the World Equestrian Games. Their camper unit is self contained – they don’t need any hookups or power. They will be attending the WEG event during the day and sleeping in the camper at night. Nice quiet folks. They won’t be partying or making a lot of noise. Willing to pay a reasonable fee.

They would really like to be able to bicycle to and from the event so within a few miles of the Kentucky Horse Park would be nice.  They would like to be there the first week of October. We can supply references.

Please let us know if you know of any campgrounds with spaces available or if you know of a little spot that someone would rent for the week. You can email lynn@northernhorse.com if you have a spot that could work.

The performance horse industry is set for yet another offering of outstanding cutting horses. Stan Thomas, owner of Three Trees Ranch Inc., Newnan, Ga., is dispersing of his horses in a sale on Friday, Oct. 15. The auction is managed by Troy Stewart and it’s being held at EE Ranches in Whitesboro, Texas, starting at 9:30 a.m.

Thomas, a real estate developer, was a regular at the National Cutting Horse Association sales a few years back. He purchased a number of high-profile horses, including the high-selling yearlings in 2004 (Catalaney, $300,000), 2006 (Imirage and Ruby Reyn, $285,000 each) and 2007 (Curlys Cowgirl, $500,000). According to Stewart, Thomas is selling approximately 50 horses in the October sale, and EE Ranches also has some consigned. There will be 65-70 horses sold in all.

“This is the best set of horses, pedigree wise, that I’ve ever seen at a sale,” Stewart said.

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Jack Waggoner & Susan Waggoner are having a court-ordered dispersal sale of their horses on October 29 & 30. The two stallions – High Brow Cat who is the industry’s leading stallion with offspring who have earned over $40 million and Smart Aristocrat will NOT be selling in the sale.

Western Bloodstock is handling the sale and advise there are 213 consignments – all to be sold on the Saturday. All horses will be sold to the highest bidders. Viewing and demos will be held on Friday.

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Three-time stakes winner Platinum N Pearls in the Bank of America Evergreen Park Championship Challenge and fastest-qualifier Howdoyalikemesofar in the John Deere Evergreen Park Juvenile Challenge highlight Saturday’s card in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

The winners of those Bank of America Challenge stakes qualify for their respective races in the Bank of America Challenge Championships at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans on November 19.
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There seems to be more and more interest in more all around type horses and horse events. I really enjoyed the Cowboy-Up Challenge at the Calgary Stampede – that was a pretty demanding test for the all around horse. Some of them could spin well enough to be good reining horses. I’m sure many of them could hold their own in various individual events.  But the thing that was most interesting was the trust that some of the riders had developed with their horses to enable them to overcome their instinctive need to keep themselves safe and to just do what the rider asked, trusting that this was a better decision than it appeared to be from the horse’s perspective in most cases.

We received the following information about the Farnam All-around Amateur Award from the AQHA:

The Farnam All-Around Amateur Award goes to the top Select amateur exhibitor-and-horse team earning the most points in three or more events in two categories during the Adequan Select World Show. The winner of this award receives $10,000 cash, plus $1,000 of Farnam product and a WeatherBeeta blanket; the reserve all-around amateur receives $2,500 cash, plus $500 of Farnam product; and the third- through fifth-place finishers each receive $1,000 cash and $250 of Farnam product. Continue Reading »

The Calgary Stampede Cowboy Up Challenge is a multi-faceted equestrian sporting event that showcases both horse and rider as they maneuver through a series of obstacles demonstrating both their amazing horsemanship skills and incredible speed. That was printed on the paper we were given as an introduction to the participants in this, the first challenge of it’s kind in Canada.

From a 59 year old woman to a stunt rider, from Pennsylvania and California to just outside Calgary, from Andulsian to Mustang it was a mixed group of people and horses all with the goal of showing the most skill and being the fastest through an array of obstacles. Continue Reading »

There have been lots of folks talking about the ad by the Vancouver Humane Society that was run in the Calgary Herald last week. What do you think about it?

http://www.marketingmag.ca/english/news/media/article.jsp?content=20100705_150945_984

http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/Calgary+Stampede+draws+criticism/3255038/story.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/in-about-face-calgary-herald-accepts-anti-stampede-ad/article1627990/

http://vancouverhumanesociety.bc.ca/stampede.html

http://www.am770chqr.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?id=1249632

Live video coverage will be available for spectators wanting to watch this year’s American Quarter Horse Youth World Cup July 3-11 in Oklahoma City.

With teams made up of American Quarter Horse Youth Association members from 16 countries, spectators from all over the world can enjoy the exciting leadership and educational clinics, and Olympic-style competition thanks to America’s Horse TV.

To watch the Youth World Cup, visit www.americashorse.tv/youthworldcup.html for free live-streaming videos starting Saturday, July 3, through Sunday, July 11. To view the schedule of events, including clinics and competition times, visit www.aqha.com/youth/activities/ywc/2010/YWC_schedule.pdf. Please note trail will be judged “at-will” on Thursday, July 8, and Saturday, July 10. Video coverage of all trail competitors will be replayed 30 minutes following the last class each day. Continue Reading »

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 show schedule and details about the special events and activities at this year’s event.

Programs must be ordered before August 15 by visiting https://www.aqha.com/magazines/wsprogram.html or calling (800) 291-7323. The program is equally available to nonsubscribers of the Journal for $5.

AQHA news and information is a service of AQHA publications. For more information on The American Quarter Horse Journal or America’s Horse, visit www.aqha.com/magazines.

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 with that, the ride into Camrose (or “Campink” as Jackie Rae called it during our meeting) ought to be interesting. Jackie Rae plans to meet with the Campink Chamber of Commerce this week coming up. (From what I’ve been told, Campink has already done their “Welcome to Camrose” flower bed as a huge pink breast cancer ribbon! Very cool.) Continue Reading »