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Recession in the Horse Industry: Coming or not?
Over the past few weeks there has been more and more talk about the odds of a recession in the United States. Economist's opinions are mixed as to whether we will have a recession, but all agree that, at the least, the economy is slowing and headed towards slower growth. ... Read the full article

Minding Manners at Feed Time
Is your horse cranky at feed time? Does he pin his ears, bare his teeth and stomp his feet? Or worse, does he grab the hay out of your arms and shove you aside? If your horse has bad manners at feed time, he may be displaying aggressive and dominant behavior because he thinks his actions are making you feed him. While this kind of behavior can be dangerous, it can also erode your authority with the horse and make him difficult to handle in other situations. ... Read the full article

Kentucky Horse Council Establishes Temporary Feed Program
The Kentucky Horse Council has established a new program to assist those horses whose owners cannot provide adequate feed due to temporary financial setbacks. The Equine Safety Net program is designed to provide a 30 day supply of feed for horses ... Read the full article

Pennfield Donates Feed in Memory of 21 Polo Ponies
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, April 27, 2009— Pennfield Equine Feed Technologies announced today they will feed 21 horses at the Pure Thoughts Horse & Foal Rescue in Loxahatchee, Florida, in memory of the 21 polo ponies lost last week. “We offer our si ... Read the full article

Hi-Pro Feeds Announces “Drive Away With a Kubota”
Kubota RTV-900 Giveaway Alexis Atwood, Hi-Pro Feeds Director of Equine Services, has announced a special equine promotion for 2007 – Drive Away in A Kubota. According to Atwood, the Friona, Texas-based feed company and partner, Alltec ... Read the full article

The Tampa Equestrian Festival and the 36th Annual $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational Fast Facts
EVENT: Tampa Equestrian Festival presented by Stadium Jumping, Inc. and 36th Annual $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational, which features more than 1,000 horses and the world's best riders and Olympians WHAT: Three-week hunter/jumper horse show ... Read the full article

Introducing the Latest Member of Farnam's Platform Premium Horse Feed Line
PHOENIX – November 2, 2006 – Miniature horses and ponies may look like smaller versions of their towering cousins, but their nutritional needs are very different. Platform™ Miniature Horse & Pony feed has been scientifically formulated to meet the u ... Read the full article

Texas Horse Deaths Not Related to Feed
A Brazos County, Texas, stable has been in the news recently following the sudden death of more than two dozen horses in mid-July. The event attracted national attention and spurred considerable media coverage and Internet activity – as well as some ... Read the full article

The Tampa Equestrian Festival Fast Facts
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The Tampa Equestrian Festival and the 36th Annual $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational Fast Facts
The Tampa Equestrian Festival and the 36th Annual $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational Fast Facts EVENT: Tampa Equestrian Festival presented by Stadium Jumping, Inc. and 36th Annual $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational, which features more ... Read the full article

Ticket Prices Reduced for 2009 Charlotte Jumper Classic, CSI 5*
Charlotte, NC - March 13, 2009 - In an effort to makes this year's Charlotte Jumper Classic, CSI 5* more accessible for spectators, ticket prices have been reduced. The Charlotte Jumper Classic will be held on April 10-12 at the Time Warner Cable Are ... Read the full article

Lacy J. Dalton to Perform at Benefit Concert to Feed Starving Wild Horses
VENTURA, Calif., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday March 6th, at 6pm Country singer, Lacy J. Dalton, will perform a benefit concert at the Ventura County Fairgrounds to help feed over 500 starving horses. Joining her will be actor Malcolm MacDowel ... Read the full article

Purina Announces Kick-Off to Senior Horse Tales Online Contest
ST. LOUIS, MO--(Marketwire - February 25, 2009) - Owners of senior horses and ponies have very special stories to tell. Now horse enthusiasts can share their stories with the rest of the country by entering the Purina Senior Horse Tales Contest onlin ... Read the full article

Victim’s Father Pleads: “Please Take My Truck”
The soaring prices at the pumps has this father in Crawford County, Illinois, pleading for someone to take his truck. But high gas prices are not the only reason. Maximum Reflections, better know as Max, a 12-year-old American Paint Horse was taken from his pasture in Flat Rock, Illinois, August 23, 2008, leaving Kaitlynn Blilskie, Keith Caughran’s stepdaughter devastated. He has been doing everything he can to help the 13-year-old find her prized barrel horse ever since, including contacting Stolen Horse International, so Max could be posted on the nonprofit organization’s website: www.NetPosse.com. ... Read the full article

Nature’s Balance Care Doing It’s Part to Stimulate the Economy
“Our pet loving customer’s and store owners alike are all sacrificing so much in today’s economy that I asked my staff how and what can we do as a company to help people and to stimulate the economy?” Missy Wryn CEO asks. “My staff came together as a family and came up with a three pronged approach. First we negotiated discounts with our raw material suppliers; second we reduced our profit margins and third our staff agreed to freeze their wages for the next six months so we could slash our prices by over 40% to the customer and the retailer! Wow I was impressed and humbled by my staff’s gracious sacrifice and thankful to our suppliers for agreeing to the discounts. We have rolled back prices to the 1990’s so people can now better afford to continue helping their pets, horses and livestock with our organic approved insect control and skin care products and we even slashed the price of our Kid Safe Organic Insect Repellent so families can better afford to be safer without DEET or use of neuro-toxic chemicals”. ... Read the full article

The 3rd Annual Florida Equestrian Celebration to be Held
NOVEMBER 17-19, 2006, AT THE JACKSONVILLE EQUESTRIAN CENTER Jacksonville, FL (June 1, 2006) --- The 3rd Annual Florida Equestrian Celebration will be held November 17-19, 2006 at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center. Key sponsors include Duval Ford ... Read the full article

Dominique Barbier Signature Saddles available at 2008 Prices
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Help Fund Equine Research with The Horseman’s Card®
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HITS Saugerties Revisits the Past with Lowered Prices
Saugerties, NY - March 12, 2009 - The HITS Saugerties Spring and Summer Horse Show series are going back to the past for ideas on how to save exhibitors money. The eight weeks of shows at the beautiful HITS-on-the-Hudson facility offers a full schedu ... Read the full article

NRCHA Stakes Begins at Idaho Horse Park - Catch the Action via Live Feed
The eyes of the cow horse world turn to Nampa, Idaho as the NRCHA Stakes begins today. And if you can’t be there, the next best thing is to watch the action on the special live internet feed provided by Galloping Video. Just go to www.nrcha.com and c ... Read the full article