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He Bea Cat Takes NCHA Horse of the Year Lead

triceHe Bea Cat &Tarin Rice, Photo by Hart PhotosHe Bea Cat, a 4-year-old gelding trained and ridden by Tarin Rice, made a major and possibly decisive move toward capturing the 2013 National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Open Horse of the Year title with a win at the Southern Cutting Futurity.

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My Lizzy Babe and Tim Smith’s 232 Dominates PCCHA Classic/Challenge Open

MyLizzyBabe TSmithMy Lizzy Babe and Tim Smith, as Derby Open Champions at the 2011 PCCHA Futurity - Photo by Midge AmesMy Lizzy Babe ended her limited-age cutting career even better than she started it – carrying career-long trainer Tim Smith of Temecula, Calif., to another big win during Sunday’s Classic/Challenge Open finals at the Pacific Coast Cutting Horse Association (PCCHA) Borjon Auto Center Futurity in Paso Robles, Calif.
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Revolution Is Dun Carries Martin Larcombe To Win The SWRHA Futurity Open Championship

Revolution Is Dun MLarcombeRevolution Is Dun and Martin LarcombeThe biggest event at the Billingsley Ford Southwest Reining Horse Association (SWRHA) Futurity and Show, held Oct. 17-27, was the John Deere Open Futurity. It became evident early on that it would take a big score to win it, but in the end, it was Revolution Is Dun and Martin Larcombe who came out on top to win the Futurity Levels 4, 3 and 2 Open on Oct. 26.
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Elseware & Lee Francois Top Southern Cutting Futurity Open

Lee and Holly FrancoisLee and Holly FrancoisThe Southern Cutting Futurity descended on Jackson, Miss., Oct. 21-27, bringing some of the sport's greatest limited-age horses out to compete. As the dust settled on the Futurity Open finals Thursday, Oct. 24, Elseware and trainer Lee Francois were sitting at the top of the scoreboard.

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Equine Guelph Makes Fecal Collection Easy With How-To Video

fecalvideoEquine Guelph's fecal collection videoEquine Guelph has launched a new 2 ½-minute video to help horse owners with parasite management. When a growing resistance to dewormers is cited as a major issue concerning horse owners today, a fecal exam to see if your parasite control program is working makes sense. Collecting a manure sample is easy, but it must be done properly to ensure accurate test results.

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AQHA Cattle Novice Championship Show Introduced

novcattlelogoExhibitors will be riding, sliding, roping, boxing and fence-turning their way to an inaugural American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Novice Championship title come April. The very first Zoetis AQHA Cattle Novice Championship Show is on the books for April 17-19, 2014, at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, Okla.

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Cataduala, Gerry Hansma Top Calgary Stampede Futurity Open

catadualaCataduala and Gerry Hansma • Photo by James Hudyma PhotographyA 3-year-old stallion named Cataduala and Canadian trainer Gerry Hansma claimed the Wrangler Cutting Futurity Open title and $16,928 on Oct. 19, near the end of the Oct. 16-20 Calgary Stampede limited-age event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Traffic Accident Leads to Death of Cutting Horse

stepperSurviving horse Stepper with Jake and Stephanie Hanson and their children, Reed, Landon and Kaia.An early morning traffic accident on Saturday, Oct. 19, along a remote north Texas roadway led to the death of a promising young cutting horse. The vehicle’s driver, National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Hall of Fame trainer Phil Hanson, and three other horses survived.

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AQHA Files Request For Stay Of Clone Registrations

cloneoffspringThis yearling filly is out of Smart Look Classic, a clone of The Smart Look. Photo by Stacy PigottOn Oct. 14, the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) filed a stay request with the Northern District of Texas United States District Court in Amarillo, Texas. The stay request asks the court to delay enforcing an Aug. 22 court order requiring the association to begin registering clones until an ongoing appeal is completed.

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What’s Wrong With This Picture?

badtoothWell, for starters, it just looks bad. Secondly, there is a normal tooth misplaced, a terribly diseased tooth hanging on for dear life and another gone altogether. If pictures could smell, this one would. The black tooth smelled as bad as it looked.