Day: April 3, 2007

Del Monte Pet Products Voluntarily Withdraws Specific Product Codes of Pet Treats and Wet Dog Food Products

Contact: Del Monte Pet Products (800) 949-3799 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, 2007 — As a precautionary measure, Del Monte Pet Products is voluntarily recalling select product codes of its pet treat products sold under the Jerky Treats®, Gravy Train® Beef Sticks and Pounce Meaty Morsels® brands as well as select dog snack and wet dog food products sold under private label brands. A complete list of affected brands and products is below. The Company took this voluntary recall action immediately after learning this morning from the FDA that wheat gluten supplied to Del

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APHA offers valuable incentives at National Snaffle Bit Association World Championship Show

FORT WORTH, TEXAS— Do you have a top-quality 3-year-old Paint Horse that excels in hunter under saddle or Western pleasure? If so, the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) is offering a way to earn extra cash in 2007 while competing in the National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) World Championship Show. APHA recently renewed its alliance with NSBA and reformatted the Paint Preferred incentive program. As a result, APHA will offer up to $120,000 annually to Paint Horses competing in select competitions with its alliance partners. The changes to the Paint Preferred program mean APHA will payout additional

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RACING MY FATHER CHOSEN AS FINALIST…

…IN CASTLETON LYONS/THOROUGHBRED TIMES BOOK AWARD LEXINGTON, KY — April 2, 2007 — Racing My Father: Growing Up with a Riding Legend by Patrick Smithwick is a finalist for the first Castleton Lyons/Thoroughbred Times Book Award. The winner will be announced Saturday, April 14, at Dr. Tony Ryan’s Castleton Lyons farm in Lexington. In the critically acclaimed Racing My Father, Patrick Smithwick writes about growing up in the hell-bent-for-leather world of Thoroughbred racing as the son of Hall of Fame steeplechase jockey A.P. “Paddy” Smithwick. Paddy Smithwick was the greatest steeplechase rider in America in the 1950s

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