More Than a Dozen EEE Cases Reported in Florida This Year
July 18, 2013 Comments Off on More Than a Dozen EEE Cases Reported in Florida This YearFlorida Department of Health Officials have received reports of more than a dozen Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) cases among horses so far this year, according to the agency’s weekly arbovirus surveillance reports. In total, 16 Florida horses have tested positive for the virus since the first case confirmation in early January in Levy County; all […]
Continue reading …EC Foal Photo of the Day: A Little Black Beauty
July 18, 2013 Comments Off on EC Foal Photo of the Day: A Little Black BeautyThis foal photo of the day comes from Sandy Toole. This precious 2013 filly is named “Bling Time Affair.” She is by A Jet Set Play Boy and out of Miss Buhaving. This is the stallion’s first foal. Send your foal photos to b.bevis@equinechronicle.com to show off your baby today.
Continue reading …The Little Buckeye Begins This Weekend in Ohio, FREE Youth and Novice Youth Entries!
July 18, 2013 Comments Off on The Little Buckeye Begins This Weekend in Ohio, FREE Youth and Novice Youth Entries!The final countdown is on for the first show to ever offer free youth and novice youth entries to all AQHA exhibitors! Come to Sunbury, Ohio this weekend, July 20-21, for the Little Buckeye horse show where not only will your youth entries be FREE courtesy of CoughlinAuto.com, but you could also be one of […]
Continue reading …Wild Horses in Government Care Need Relief From Heat
July 18, 2013 Comments Off on Wild Horses in Government Care Need Relief From HeatApproximately 1,800 wild horses are in a potentially dangerous situation at a facility operated by the Bureau of Land Management near Reno, Nev., where temperatures have been reaching record highs exceeding 100 degrees this month. There is no shelter for the horses at the Palomino Valley National Adoption Center, despite the fact that BLM requires […]
Continue reading …Opening Statements Heard in AQHA Cloning Case
July 18, 2013 Comments Off on Opening Statements Heard in AQHA Cloning CaseAccording to the Amarillo Globe-News, the cloning antitrust case involving AQHA began yesterday in Amarillo, Texas with plaintiffs Jason Abraham and Gregg Veneklasen seeking more than $6 million in damages. Click here to read more.
Continue reading …AQHA Gives Back to the Next Generation
July 18, 2013 Comments Off on AQHA Gives Back to the Next GenerationThe American Quarter Horse Association recently awarded 10 $100 Visa gift cards and a grand-prize $1,000 Visa gift card to local graduating seniors. Graduating seniors who received Visa gift cards were from the Texas towns of Amarillo, Canyon, Clarendon, Groom, Hedley and Stinnett. Local seniors entered the drawing by using a free admissions pass to […]
Continue reading …Equestrian Body Protector Technology
July 17, 2013 Comments Off on Equestrian Body Protector Technology
Body protection is a relatively new technology compared to head protection. It is still rapidly developing and expanding with every passing year. When Charles Owen entered the body protection industry in 1998, the European standards were hot off the presses and CE certified body protectors had recently been introduced.
Continue reading …EC Foal Photo of the Day: Meet Lazy Lannie
July 17, 2013 Comments Off on EC Foal Photo of the Day: Meet Lazy LannieToday’s EC Foal Photo of the Day is Lazy Lannie, a 2013 APHA colt by Lazy Loper. This colorful cutie is owned by Elaine Rownd. Photos by Debbi Trubee of Pine View Farms in Ohio. If you would like to show off your new arrival, send your foal photos to b.bevis@equinechronicle.com today.
Continue reading …NRHA Hall of Fame Inductee Becomes All-Time Leading Dam
July 17, 2013 Comments Off on NRHA Hall of Fame Inductee Becomes All-Time Leading DamNRHA press release by: Christa Morris – With results of the 2013 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Derby now official, the Association is pleased to announce that NRHA Hall of Fame inductee Taris Little Vintage has become NRHA’s All-Time Leading Dam based on offspring earnings. Her progeny have earned $672,900 in NRHA competition. Taris Little Vintage […]
Continue reading …Industry Leaders, Tim and Colleen McQuay, Participate in Creation of New Futurity
July 17, 2013 Comments Off on Industry Leaders, Tim and Colleen McQuay, Participate in Creation of New FuturityThe Great Southwest Equestrian Center, located in Katy, Texas, has announced the creation of the Heritage Futurity. The new event, which will debut October 4-6, features $60,000 in total added money. According to GSEC General Manager, Sean Brown, the Futurity takes place on the dates of a previous National Reining Horse Association approved […]
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