Day: May 16, 2006

Josey Barrel Racing, Calf Roping and Horsemanship School

World Champions, R.E. and Martha Josey and Team Josey are busy this summer with their annual Barrel Racing, Calf Roping and Horsemanship School, May 28-June 3. The Josey Ranch offers free stalls, hook-ups and dormitories. It will be a full week of training and fun. The Josey Reunion Round-Up Open Calf Roping will be held June 4th and will include the Skip Gatlin Scholarship Flank & Tie Contest, Calf Roping-14 & under, Open Calf Roping with $1,000.00 added, Ribbon Roping-All Ages, and Breakaway Roping for boys 12 & under and girls all ages. The week of June

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Congress may make ISPs snoop on you – CNET News.com

Congress may make ISPs snoop on you | CNET News.com For more info click on above link A prominent Republican on Capitol Hill has prepared legislation that would rewrite Internet privacy rules by requiring that logs of Americans’ online activities be stored, CNET News.com has learned. The proposal comes just weeks after Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Internet service providers should retain records of user activities for a “reasonable amount of time,” a move that represented a dramatic shift in the Bush administration’s views on privacy.

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Josey Jr. Barrel Racers Run For The Roses

May 5, 6 & 7, 2006 Marshall, TX Get-R-Done was the motto at the 25th Annual Josey Jr. World and that is just what returning Josey Jr. Division World Champion Mesa Leavitt, of Blue Grass, Iowa did. The 10 year old straight A student riding her 12 year old gelding, Juniors Genuine Doc, came into the prestigious short go of the Jr. Division, (13 & under), Barrel Race in 2nd place with a total time of 32.045 in two runs. The Jr. Barrel Race Short Go is run from the slowest to the fastest average on two

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JEFF SIEGEL TO BE GUEST ON “TALKIN’ HORSES”

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 15, 2006 Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing Blood-Horse Publications (859) 276-6809; rbolson@bloodhorse.com JEFF SIEGEL TO BE WEDNESDAY’S GUEST ON BLOODHORSE.COM “TALKIN’ HORSES” (Lexington, KY) — Join Jeff Siegel, the “dean of California handicappers,” and co-founder of “Handicapper’s Report,” as he shares his timely insight and helpful handicapping tips on the next edition of bloodhorse.com “Talkin’ Horses.” Siegel will be the guest live online on Wednesday, May 17th beginning at Noon ET (9:00 a.m. PT); online at www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses. A regular contributor to HRTV, Siegel has been a fixture on

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Sam Houston University to graduate first class of American Paint Horses

FORT WORTH, TEXAS— Seven American Paint Horse Association (APHA) registered fillies were enrolled this semester at Sam Houston State University (SHSU) in Huntsville, Texas, to receive a higher education. Not your typical student body, this is one of the first all Paint groups to populate a collegiate equine program. The 2-year-olds are actually on loan from well-known breeders Floyd and Maryann Moore of 6-J Paint Horses, also of Huntsville, for use in the university’s training classes, where students learn how to teach young horses to carry a rider. “They’re taking their time and the fillies are doing

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