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Horse General
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American Competitive Trail Horse Assn Creates New Award
Hundreds, if not thousands of gaited horses compete in ACTHA events from coast to coast throughout the year and now ACTHA is set to honor them.
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Record Breaking Horse Starring in Arabian Nights
The talents that made Good Oldboy a multiple-time US Nationals Reserve Champion Reining horse were ideal for the Arabian Nights show.
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Friends of Sound Horses Sponsoring Muckleratz Trail Ride
Friends of Sound Horses offers the first distance recognition program for all breeds of gaited horses, and 2013 is the inaugural year.
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Pintos and Ponies Win Prizes in Tulsa
A wide array of Pinto horses, ponies and miniatures vied to be champions at the 2013 Pinto World Championship with exhibitors and their equines earning a multitude of prizes, awards and friendships.
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Horse Racing Comes to Del Mar
Famous for its magic and nostalgia, this long-time horse race tradition dates back to 1937 when Bing Crosby greeted the first guests, and Seabiscuit won by a nose in 1938.
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Hundreds of Wild Horses Sheared and Trimmed in Spanish Festival
Hundreds of wild horses have been rounded up and wrestled to the ground as part of a 400-year-old Spanish festival during which the horses are sheared and trimmed by men in the village.
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Horses4Heroes Giving Free Rides at Cheyenne Frontier Days
Operation Free Ride is an unprecedented collaboration between facility owners, breeders, and equestrian organizations, to give combat veterans and their families the opportunity to ride a horse for free.
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Equine Advocates - A Haven for Rescued Horses
Equine Advocates is an equine village where horses get to live out their lives in a natural environment socializing with each other after being slaughter-bound and/or coming from abusive situations.
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Cowboy Dressage with A Hand Shake
While no formal Cowboy Dressage organization currently exists, we believe a handshake signifies our commitment to our shared values, vision and to our horses.
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Tests Reveal Reliability of Microchips for Horse Identification
Researchers concluded that not only is chipping a far more reliable method for marking horses than traditional methods of branding, they also found it causes far less injury to the animals.