The 19th annual Audrey Grace Auction opens today and runs through 5 p.m, (EST), Sunday, Dec. 13, on ShowHorseToday.com.

For the past 18 years, the Backes Family has organized this annual Audrey Grace Auction to help benefit New Horizons and the Audrey Grace House. This effort was started to memorialize their daughter, Audrey Grace, and to help give hope and help to children who need a little extra care and compassion.

Each year, the auction raises more than $40,000, every penny of which going DIRECTLY to the Audrey Grace House. “Our daughter’s memory will be long lived helping children in hard times find nurturing and therapeutic care, in the home named after her. Please know it takes a team effort to accomplish this. Not one donor or bidder, but a family of caring individuals coming together for a common goal – putting children first.” Backes said.

This year the Audrey Grace auction will again run on an online auction platform hosted by Show Horse Today rather than the forum to allow bidders easier access, proxy bidding and a simpler bidding process.

Stallion services, tack, jewelry, horse treats, show clothing and much more will be up for grabs to the highest bidder and InStride Edition has donated a full page, full color camera ready ad to the auction that can be used any month in 2021.

Items will be displayed in a catalog on showhorsetoday.com. Each item donated will have a minimum opening bid and bidding is set at pre-determined increments. Instructions on how the bidding process works will be available during the online auction at www.pleasurehorse.com. This year bidders will be able to use proxy bidding and receive email notifications if they are outbid.

You can find out more about New Horizons by visiting them on the web at www.newhorizonsinc.com.

Click here to register to bid and to see a list of items up for grabs: https://www.showhorsetoday.com/audrey-grace-auction/