Day: January 9, 2008

ON WITH THE SHOW! . . . “THE LOVE OF ANIMALS”

 . . .  RON HEVENER Over the years, I’ve been lucky enough to know lots of interesting animals. Horses, Dogs, Cats, Wildlife . . .  If they liked people, I had a knack of getting to know them pretty well. When I started my career as an artist, animals were a natural subject for me to explore, and, growing up in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County farm country, animals — and people who love them — were all around me. It would be great if we could grow up with a crystal ball and see what life holds for

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American Quarter Horse Association Reaches 5 Million Milestone

America’s Horse, January 8, 2008 – The American Quarter Horse Association, the world’s largest equine breed registry and membership organization, has reached the 5 millionth registration milestone. Registration number 5,000,000 is being held for Shelly Nielsen of Alberta, Canada, who purchased the naming rights through an online auction. At 3:36:01 p.m. CST on December 26, AQHA completed registration number 4,999,999 and assigned the number to Slash Nic, a bay roan stallion owned by Julie Ann Boer of Rigby, Idaho. Nielsen, who is an AQHA life member, was the highest bidder of the online auction that was held

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