Popular Breeds Of Horse News for 01/10/2010



Local paint horse a champion (Arizona Daily Star)
In the paint horse-racing business, acquiring a horse, training it to compete and riding it to multiple world championships are good moves...

Eclipse finalists: 2 females vie for Horse of Year (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta are finally in that long-awaited match race -- for Horse of the Year. The two females who dominated thoroughbred racing were the only horses receiving votes for the honor, however, there were three finalists in each of the other 16 Eclipse Award categories announced Wednesday...

Breeding winners; International competitors have been born at Kilkenny Crest; now the Bend horse farm hopes to raise . (The Bulletin)
Standing in a muddy pasture, Sherry Boyd grinned and rubbed the nose of Jasco, a Dutch Warmblood she calls EURthe foundationEUR of her horse breeding business.EURJasco helps support the farm,EUR she said.The farm, Kilkenny Crest, is a sport-horse breeding operation located near the Bend Municipal Airport. Kilkenny Crest staff breed and train horses, some of which compete in international competitions ...

Horse breeders fear 'insidious' mining expansion (North Queensland Register)
FEARING a rash of new mining applications in the lead-up to next year's NSW election, Hunter Valley horse breeders have mounted a campaign to quarantine parts of the so-called thoroughbred nursery from coal mining...

Preparing Your Stallion For The Upcoming Breeding Season (Mid-South Horse Review)
You want the stallion in the best physical condition possible. Another equine breeding season is only a short time away, with many breeding sheds opening their doors on February 1st...

Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta vie for Horse of Year (Sports Illustrated)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta are finally in that long-awaited match race -- for Horse of the Year...

Clydesdales return to Houma this Mardi Gras (The Houma Courier)
HOUMA EUR The majestic Budweiser Clydesdales are coming to Houma next month, as part of this years Mardi Gras festivities. The grand eight-horse hitch will appear in four Houma parades and one in Morgan City, starting Feb. 11...

Horse Thieves donation to help repair roof on Yardleys Old Library (Yardley News)
Thanks to a donation from a local community group, roof repair work is slated to begin in January (weather permitting) on the Old Library by Lake Afton in Yardley Borough...

Magic Millions move talk given the hoof (The Age)
HORSE RACING There is as much chance of the multi-million-dollar Magic Millions concept coming to Victoria in the near future as there is of the Melbourne Cup being run in Queensland...

Versatile veteran Einstein not done just yet (ESPN)
An advertisement playing on the in-house television system at Gulfstream Park on Friday afternoon talked about the newest stallion coming to Adena Springs this breeding season. That horse is Einstein...



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