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APHA and Purina Team Up for Paint Horse Video Contest
Take a shot at stardom! The American Paint Horse Association and valued Corporate Partner Purina Horse Feed are proud to announce the âA Difference You Can Seeâ video contest, running from September 1â30.
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Equine Assisted Therapy Helps Veterans Heal
Thanks to VA medical centers and private horse groups across the USA, hundreds, if not thousands of veterans are benefiting from rehabilitation programs involving therapy that focuses on the close bond between horse and rider.
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Equine Guelph's Hoofprints Tribute Program for Horse Lovers
Equine Guelph provides an opportunity to horse lovers to memorialize their horses in their Hoofprints Tribute Program sponsored by Intercity Insurance. Typical of the tributes on Hoofprints is the story of Reeva as told by her owner Adrienne Benson.
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AMHA to Recognize Half Morgan Horses
The American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) is pleased to recognize half Morgan horses as part of a new competition program. Horses that have either a registered Morgan sire or dam are eligible to participate in AMHA's "Half Morgan Competition Progra
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EQUUS Foundation Providing Scholarships for Equine Research
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Foundation recently received a grant from The EQUUS Foundation to provide two $5,000 scholarships to graduate-level students conducting equine research.
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Tiered Equine Ordinance Comments Due
Horse owners and neighbors in rural San Diego areas have until Feb. 17 to comment on documentation on San Diego Countyâs Tiered Equine Ordinance which could affect horse keeping and horse boarding in unincorporated areas throughout the county.
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Noor: The Best Horse No One Remembered - Until Now!
In Noor: A Champion Thoroughbredâs Unlikely Journey from California to Kentucky, award-winning turf writer Milton C. Toby recounts the story of Noor, an Irish-bred import which became a worthy successor to Seabiscuit for owner Charles S. Howard.
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Explosion Kills Woman and Horse
A 28-year-old woman and a horse were killed and a second woman was injured Friday in a hyperbaric chamber explosion at the Ocala, Fla., division of the Kentucky Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center. The explosion caused a partial collapse of
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Mustang Makeover Going for Million $ in Prizes
The Mustang Heritage Foundation (MHF) announced that its annual Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover competition will be reformatted and achieve new heights in 2013 with the Mustang Million. This ambitious event seeks to place 1,000 wild, untouched horses int
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Stable Fire Kills Mini Horses and Donkey
A stable fire in northeastern Arkansas at the Spirit Ridge Therapeutic Riding Center has killed two miniature horses and a miniature donkey. Neighbors were able to free several horses in a nearby facility, but the three dead animals were trapped in the bu