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Enter Online America’s Horse, April 20, 2009 –Aboard her American Quarter Horse stallion, El Costa Prom – the winningest horse in the sport of mounted shooting – Annie Bianco Ellett will ride into QuarterFest: A Celebration of the American Quarter Horse with guns ablazin’, May 1-3 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association world champion cowgirl and Single Action Shooting Society overall world champion is perhaps the most recognized person in all of cowboy mounted shooting and has helped revolutionize the sport. The first and only woman in mounted shooting to win a world title, Annie travels the country
The AVMA Executive Board is sending the House of Delegates a balanced budget for fiscal 2010. Restricting new spending, reducing travel, and cutting costs in several AVMA divisions and programs resulted in a $28.6 million budget with a projected $90,049 surplus for 2010. The budget approved by the board at its April 2-3 meeting projects $748,822 less in expenses than in the 2009 budget, which is now projected to run a $1.3 million deficit. Although investment income is down 9.4 percent so far in 2009 and ad revenue will be at least $500,000 less than expected this
The Food and Drug Administration in March announced the first new animal drug granted to the Index of Legally Marketed Unapproved New Animal Drugs for Minor Species. The drug Ovaprim—salmon gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue plus domperidone—is indicated for use as a spawning aid in ornamental finfish broodstock. An animal drug product intended for use in a minor species must be approved, conditionally approved, or indexed by the FDA to be legally marketed. “We are very pleased about the listing of the first drug to the index,” said Dr. Bernadette M. Dunham, FDA-CVM director. “What makes indexing so unique
Racetrack, reproductive work said to be hit the hardest As far as Dr. Scott A. Spaulding, Badger Veterinary Hospital’s managing partner, could tell this past spring, 2008 would be the mixed animal practice’s most profitable year. Instead, the Janesville, Wis., equine veterinarian has watched the practice’s small animal transactions go flat or decrease slightly since June, and horse transactions contract by as much as 15 percent to 20 percent from this time last spring. More bad news came when the local General Motors plant closed Dec. 23, 2008. About 1,800 factory workers lost their jobs, and hundreds
The American Quarter Horse Journal, April 20, 2009 – The American Quarter Horse Association is celebrating 30 years of sponsoring the western division at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association national competition. This year, IHSA Nationals is held at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, April 23-26. IHSA was founded in 1967 as an organization promoting equestrian competition for college students. In 1979, they added the western discipline and asked AQHA to be a sponsor. “IHSA is very excited to have AQHA as a partner,” said Bob Cacchione, Executive Director of IHSA. “When western started in 1979,
New forum allows AQHA members and American Quarter Horse fans to keep up with the latest news and activities at AQHA. America’s Horse, April 17, 2009 – AQHA members and fans of the American Quarter Horse have a new way to stay connected to America’s Horse. AQHA Executive Vice President Don Treadway Jr. made his first post today at http://americashorsedaily.com/quartersworth/. Quarter’s Worth is a place to learn about what’s happening with the world’s most versatile horse. The site allows Treadway to keep members up-to-date on information involving the American Quarter Horse and AQHA. “In this new forum,
The American Quarter Horse Journal, April 15, 2009 – Just starting your horse-showing career? Reach your showing goals at one of the AQHA Regional Experiences this spring or summer. AQHA’s Regional Experiences give you an attainable target in a fun, learning-friendly environment. Come and learn from our clinicians – and then up your goals for next year! AQHA started Regional Experiences in 2005 to give people who are excited about competing with American Quarter Horses a fun way to show in a less stressful or intimidating environment. Since then, the events have grown and offered people of
The American Quarter Horse Journal, April 18, 2009 – The show was on in Las Vegas today as the world’s top FEI dressage and show jumping riders took to the arena in an entertaining competition featuring the sport of reining. The Rolex FEI World Cup played host to the International Reining Celebrity Challenge at the Thomas & Mack Arena. After early mornings and late nights of practicing sliding stops, rollbacks, spins and lead changes, six of the world’s top equestrians stepped up to the challenge in the FEI discipline of reining. By the time the competitors were
America’s Horse, April 16, 2009 – It’s the best of both worlds! AQHA’s QuarterFest offers lots of horsey fun and learning opportunities, as well as a chance to rub elbows with celebrities. The latest movie star to sign on is American Quarter Horse Blue Steel Man, who is Miley Cyrus’ horse in “Hannah Montana: The Movie,” now in theaters. In the movie – as well as in the popular TV series – Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cyrus) has a double life as a normal teen by day, teen pop star Hannah Montana by night. But when