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2014 National Horse Show Highlights & Photo Gallery

Wednesday, November 05 2014 by Editor

2014 National Horse Show Highlights & Photo Gallery by Kim & Allen MacMillan/MacMillan Photography & Media Services The 131 st renewal of the historic National Horse Show is now in the record books as of last Sunday afternoon. This year’s show, held for the fourth year in a row at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, featured: Amateur Owner, Professional and Junior Hunter classes from Tuesday through Saturday; a three-phase $15,000 Under 25 Grand Prix competition sponsored by Sleepy P Ranch and Deeridge Farm; an in-costume $45,000 Chansonette Farm Gambler’s Choice class on Halloween (Friday); the $250,000 Canadian Pacific Grand Prix on Saturday, and the ASPCA Maclay Medal Equitation Finals on Sunday. The show was founded in 1883 by a group of affluent businessmen.

Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs

Tagged under: aspca, beezie, bridge, hatchaway-bridge-farm, mclain, national horse show, nhs, the-barn-book, victoria colvin

ASPCA Offers Animals For Adoption At Hampton Classic

Tuesday, August 27 2013 by Editor

Rescued horses, dogs, cats and more made available for new owners. Bridgehampton, NY-Aug

Published in Show World, Z-Blogs

Tagged under: adoption, aspca, between the ears, games, georgina-bloomberg, show-world, tails & trails, taylor-harris, young horse show

Dogs in need of loving homes!!

Wednesday, June 05 2013 by Editor

Over the past 2 days dog receiving has been inundated with dogs coming in. It has been horrific, people lined up outside of the room, waiting to surrender our 4-legged-friends. Euthanasia for “space” (especially with larger dogs) has inevitably increased due to this disturbing spike

Published in Tails & Trails, Z-Blogs

Tagged under: aspca, beyond the track, higher education, horse country chic, in the irons, olympic sidelines, pony tales, the classic insider

Animal Welfare Groups, New Mexico Leaders Express Great Disappointment in USDA’s Decision to Process Application for Horse Slaughter Plant…

Sunday, March 03 2013 by Editor

WASHINGTON (March 1, 2013) – The Humane Society of the United States, the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), Front Range Equine Rescue and Animal Protection of New Mexico strongly criticized a decision by the Obama administration to process an application for inspecting horse slaughter at a New Mexico facility on the grounds that killing horses for human consumption is inhumane and creates a serious health risk to consumers. If the application is approved, Valley Meat Company LLC will be the first facility in the U.S. to slaughter horses for human consumption since 2007, when the few remaining plants closed after Congress chose to eliminate funding for horse meat inspections

Published in What's Happenin', Z-Blogs

Tagged under: aspca, between the ears, documentary, health, horse slaughter, obama, olympic sidelines, pony tales, what's happenin'

2012 Alltech National Horse Show, Oct. 30 – Nov. 4, 2012, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY

Tuesday, November 13 2012 by Editor

By Kim & Allen MacMillan, MacMillan Photography & Media Services The 2012 edition of the historic National Horse Show marked its second year of residence in the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Sponsored again this year by Alltech (whose international headquarters is in the Lexington suburb Nicholasville, KY), the show was first held in 1883 at the original Madison Square Garden in New York City. The 2011 Alltech National Horse Show was named the top U.S.