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NEWS & ARTICLES

Weather

There was no diving today for us. Weather. So I spent a little time checking out what the locals thought was happening with the weather. Jamaica is famous for its good weather apparently. According to the resort manager this last month has been the worst for him in 20 years because of the rain. There are [...]

Working From Jamaica

One of the blessings (and curses some would think) of working on the web is you can work almost everywhere. Even in Jamaica. So my office today overlooks the beautiful Caribbean Sea. The air is warm and moist. My dried out skin is already plumping up, my hair is a ball of frizz. I swam [...]

Charges Laid In Wild Horse Shooting

Alberta RCMP have laid charges in one of a series of wild horse killings near Sundre. Jason Nixon, 29, Earl Anderson, 40 and a 13 year old boy have been charged so far with at least one more charge pending. They will appear in court March 1st in Didsbury, AB. Mustard Seed, a well known Calgary social [...]

Our Loss – Topsail Whiz

The reining world lost one of its own when the great Topsail Whiz had to be humanely put down on Dec. 23, after complications from surgery to repair damaged vertebrae in his spine. The sport’s first and only Six Million Dollar Sire transformed the industry and helped to define the modern reining horse. Owner/breeder and Hall [...]

AQHA Qualifying Points

The qualifying season for the 2010 Bank of America Amateur and FedEx Open World Championship Show is under way, and the recommendations for qualifying points have been approved by the American Quarter Horse Association Executive Committee. AQHA’s in-house World Show Committee uses a formula to determine the qualifying points that includes information on entries for the [...]

Snow & Horses Photo Contest

With all this snow it should be pretty easy to get some shots of horses in the snow. I was really impressed with some of the entries to our last competition. There are some great photographers out there. Some with a sense of humour, some with a little different angle, very creative lot. So we [...]

Free Draw for Ben Crane Print

Some of our horse people are also cattle producers. For some who like to have those nice big calves in the fall calving season is about to begin. We used to calve cows and more than once have found ourselves in a similar predicament to the folks in the Ben Crane print “Mad Cow Disease”. [...]

Ranch Sorting & Team Penning Rule Changes

The American Quarter Horse Journal, December 21, 2009 – New American Quarter Horse competition rules will be in effect with the New Year. Several rule changes involve team penning and ranch sorting, two of AQHA’s most popular classes. “At AQHA, nothing is more paramount than ensuring the welfare of the American Quarter Horse during competition,” said [...]

2009 NCHA Futurity Sale

The Actual Average for the Western Bloodstock’s 10th Annual NCHA Futurity Sale on December 8 thru 13, 2009 at $13,260 was only down slightly from the 2008 average of $13,688 . The fact that this year’s average is still the 2nd lowest average of the past 10 years makes me think  there were still some [...]

Christmas Treats

I was always taught that giving horses treats is usually a recipe for bad manners. Then we got a bunch of Grandkids. Then we got Buzz. Buzz loves treats. His former owner Kathy somehow made me feel just a wee bit guilty when I would answer her query of “Do the Grandkids like feeding Buzz treats?” [...]

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