Photo, Washington International Horse Show WELLINGTON, (EAF) – September marked a huge milestone for the Equestrian Aid Foundation (EAF). The 16-year-old nonprofit has now distributed more than $2 million in aid for medical, healthcare, rehabilitation and essential expenses – such as housing and food – to its recipients throughout their time of need. EAF...
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Horse owners can collect UPC codes from many types of Manna Pro horse treats and redeem them for great prizes. CHESTERFIELD, MO, (Manna Pro) – Trusted animal nutrition manufacturer Manna Pro is celebrating the special moments horse-lovers spend with their horses during the holiday season with a new promotion called Holiday Moments. During the...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (National Cowboy Museum) — The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum announced the call for entries for the 52nd Annual Western Heritage Awards (WHA) to be held on April 20, 2013. The competition recognizes the best in Western literature, music, television and film. Creators are invited to compete in 16 different...
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EL DORADO HILLS, CA (Grace Foundation) – Tomorrow seals the fate! Big business has now cost the lives of over a hundred animals and the outcome of mediation tomorrow will either secure the lives of thousands of others or be the beginning of the end for thousands of animals that will otherwise perish without...
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Photo, Phelps Media Group LEXINGTON, (Phelps) – The 2012 Alltech National Horse Show, 129th Edition, greeted the Open Jumper riders with an inviting $50,000 Triumph Project Welcome Stake, sponsored by The Davis McCullough Foundation, for their first day of competition. Speed was the name of the game and Belgium’s Nicola Philippaerts was right on...
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Outrage over advisory board proposing to sterilize wild mustangs Call for Congressional investigation into conflict of interest on anti-wild horse advisory board catering to livestock and extractive industries Photo by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine WASHINGTON (Protect Mustangs)–Protect Mustangs strongly opposes the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board’s proposal to spay wild mustangs due to...
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Dangerous mutilation procedure endorsed for American icons of the West results in 10 percent kill rate Photo by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine SALT LAKE CITY (Cloud Foundation) – The Cloud Foundation opposes the recommendation of spaying wild horse mares in their native western rangelands. During its meeting in Salt Lake City today, the Bureau...
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LEXINGTON, (Phelps) – The historic Alltech National Horse Show got underway today at the Alltech Arena, part of the beautiful Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Today, the professional hunter divisions took center stage as they began competing for top honors during their over fences and handy classes. Elizabeth Boyd had winning rounds aboard...
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TWO CARRIAGE HORSES RESCUED BY THE MONTREAL SPCA MONTREAL, (SPCA) – Last Sunday evening, October 28, Montreal’s SPCA received a call from the police requesting assistance with a case of alleged cruelty towards a carriage horse in Griffintown, in the South West area of Montreal. According to witnesses, the horse collapsed on the way...
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FORT WORTH, (APHA) – At the 2012 American Paint Horse Association Convention, held October 4–6 in Fort Worth, Texas, Grace Harris of Vancouver, Washington, was named the association’s Distinguished Service Award recipient. Created in 1983 to honor the association’s 20th anniversary, the Distinguished Service Award annually recognizes an outstanding contributor to the breed and...
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