Day: July 22, 2010

Fundamentals, Friends and Fun Highlight the 2010 American Quarter Horse Youth World Cup

The American Quarter Horse Journal, July 14, 2010 – Imagine being the grandmother of two horse-loving teenagers – one in the United States and the other in the United Kingdom – and having the opportunity to watch both of them show at the same event. This was Donna Cocks’ story at the 2010 American Quarter Horse Youth World Show in July in Oklahoma City. The Youth World Cup, which started in 1986, is an educational and leadership-based event for youth members from around the world that is held every other year. The culmination of the event is a

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Holly Hill Transport gives back to the Horses Three Ex-Racehorses’ Lives Saved

Loxahatchee, FL — March 20, 2010 — “I wanted to make a deposit in our karma bank,” were the words that Charlie from Holly Hill Transport used when he called Pure Thoughts, offering free transport for two Thoroughbred mares saved from going to slaughter. It probably ended up being a larger deposit than they had expected as the horses came down at different times.  New Hampshire to Loxahatchee Florida is a long haul. Charlie had heard about the horses from his mother who saw it through Phelps Media Group. “Words will never be able to describe how

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