Horses

The Gold Coast kicks off three weeks of showing in Florida

The Gold Coast kicks off three weeks of showing in Florida

    The Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Circuit is held each year in Tampa, Florida at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center. This year the show kicked off on Monday, December 28 with Western Pleasure, Horsemanship and Trail and will continue through Thursday, December 31. Taking over the management of the Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Circuit this year […]

Assess fire hazards in your barn before tragedy strikes

Assess fire hazards in your barn before tragedy strikes

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) estimates that from 2006 to 2010 there were 830 structural fires in barns and other livestock facilities, causing an estimated $28 million in direct property damage. In addition to the loss of farm buildings, agricultural equipment, and livestock, one person died and 10 others were injured in these fires. […]

Online auction of horse items benefits children’s facility

Online auction of horse items benefits children’s facility

The 14th Annual Audrey Grace Auction to raise funds for the Audrey Grace House, New Horizon’s home for sexually and physically abused children in Abilene, Texas, is now being featured on the Pleasurehorse.com forum. Stallion services, tack, jewelry, show clothing, art work and much more will be up for grabs to the highest bidder now […]

What it takes to make a successful breeding sire in today’s climate

What it takes to make a successful breeding sire in today’s climate

It takes much more today than a set of testicles to make a successful breeding horse. Mare owners take into consideration conformation, show records, temperament and the success of a sire’s offspring when deciding on a cross. In addition, now they are examining genetic test results and the ability and willingness of a stallion owner […]

Pretty Assets returns to the Congress with Alexandra Chavez

Pretty Assets returns to the Congress with Alexandra Chavez

Graceful, pretty and sweet is how Alexandra Chavez describes her 2-year old Hunter Under Saddle mare.   Sired by Allocate Your Assets and out of a daughter of Art I Sweet, the bay mare with the wide blaze and four stockings, certainly personifies her name – Pretty Assets.   Amy Brosch, of Sorrento, Florida, raised […]

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