Day: October 6, 2007

Congress asked to stop export of doomed horses

Gary Martin Express-News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Animal-rights activists launched a major campaign Thursday to pressure Congress for legislation that would prohibit the export of horses to Mexico and other countries for slaughter. The campaign, months in the making, includes grisly video of horses crammed into cattle trailers and hauled to a Mexican plant where they are slaughtered with knives. “This is not how Americans want their horses treated,” said Nancy Perry, a vice president with the Humane Society of the United States. The Humane Society distributed the video and other materials to lawmakers in the House

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Paint reining competitors eligible for cash incentives at NRHA Futurity

FORT WORTH, TEXAS—Do you have a young reiner that can slide a perfect 11 or spin a hole in the ground? If so, the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) is offering a special cash payout through it’s Paint Preferred incentive program for top registered Paint Horses entered in the Open division of the 2007 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity. APHA recently renewed its alliance with NRHA 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

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BLOOD-HORSE PUBLICATIONS RECOGNIZED AS FINALIST …

… AT 2007 AMERICAN BUSINESS MEDIA CEBA AWARDS New York, NY – Blood-Horse Publications was recognized for its “What’s in a Name?” advertising campaign on Wednesday evening, October 3 at the 2007 American Business Media Creative Excellence in Business Advertising (CEBA) Awards Program, held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. Honoring outstanding achievement in business advertising, the CEBAs draw hundreds of entries annually from the advertising industry’s brightest minds and are business media’s most coveted creative award. Blood-Horse Publications’ “What’s in a Name?” campaign was recognized as one of three finalists in the “Campaign” category

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The Search for America’s Next Equestrian Star: Dressage

Debuts on Fox Reality Channel on Friday, October 19 at 9:00 a.m. Wellington, FL— Brave St. Productions and Offield Farms are pleased to announce that Fox Reality Channel will begin airing /The Search for America’s Next Equestrian Star: Dressage /on Friday, October 19 at 9:00 a.m. EST. This unique show consists of five hour-long episodes that will air sequentially at the same time every Friday through November 16, the show’s finale. The show was conceived by six-time Olympian Robert Dover and Brave St. Productions, a New York-based production company. In a nationwide search, hundreds of people sent

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Celebrating Women in Western Art

Heart of the West Art Exhibition and Sale Oct. 18 – Nov. 11 at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Fort Worth, Texas – The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is honored to bring works from 24 of the most talented female Western artists from across the nation to “Cowtown” for the 2007 Heart of the West Art Exhibition and Sale. This rich collection comprised of more than 60 paintings, bronzes and drawings is on display for a limited time beginning Oct. 18 and ending Nov. 11 with the art sale benefiting the

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