Day: April 17, 2012

Therapy Pony Gets Surgery To Save Sight

Buggs was given to third-grader Nathan Young on his first birthday. But Nathan also shared his pet with others. Buggs visited nursing home residents in Fairfield County and helped kids in a 4-H program in Perry County learn to ride.

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Drought brings outbreak of horse disease

Horse owners such as Kathryn Loewer, who gives riding lessons, runs horsemanship camps, sponsors a youth drill team and boards horses at Soaring Spirit Ranch near Crowley, don’t always spend the money to have the state lab confirm their animals’ diagnoses.

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APHA Shines in 2012 Industry Awards Contest

FORT WORTH, Texas—The American Paint Horse Association was named to thirteen finalist lists in the American Horse Publication’s (AHP) 2012 Awards Contest. Held since 1974, this annual competition provides AHP members with an opportunity to be recognized for excellence in equine media as well as professional critiques for improvement. APHA was named as one of four finalists for the competition’s most prestigious award—the 2012 Equine Industry Vision Award. Submitted in honor of its 50th anniversary, APHA joins finalists Michael Blowen, president and founder of Old Friends, a retirement farm for pensioned Thoroughbred race horses; Denny Emerson, USEA

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