Posted on July 30th, 2005 by Bob Gould
More than 860 youth exhibitors will put on the shine at the 2005 American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship Show. Held at Will Rogers Memorial Center August 6-13 in Fort Worth, Texas, AQHYA members will compete for world championship titles in 30 American Quarter Horse events. This year’s theme, “The Sky’s the Limit,†accurately describes the youth exhibitors who will take it to the limit at the largest single-breed youth horse show in the world.
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Posted on July 27th, 2005 by Bob Gould
Amarillo, Texas, July 21, 2005 – You can help lead the largest equine breed association in the world, the American Quarter Horse Association, by applying for Leadership AQHA, the Association’s training program to identify and train future leaders.
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Filed under: AQHA, Industry
Posted on July 25th, 2005 by Bob Gould
Microsoft’s MSN Messenger and AOL’s Instant Messenger services are being targeted by malicious messages containing links that could infect a computer with a Trojan horse or dangerous worm.
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Filed under: Computer
Posted on July 20th, 2005 by Bob Gould
Tommy Thompson, the Health and Human Services Secretary in President Bush’s first term and a former Governor of Wisconsin, is going to get tagged.
Thompson has joined the board of Applied Digital, which owns VeriChip, the company that specializes in subcutaneous RFID tags for humans and pets.
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Filed under: RFID, Watching
Posted on July 16th, 2005 by Bob Gould
They are both Hall of Fame members, one in the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, the other in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. Now, Dash For Cash and Gills Bay Boy, “Scamper,†have officially been declared “amazing animals,†in the July 11-18 issue of Sports Illustrated.
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Filed under: AQHA, Industry
Posted on July 15th, 2005 by Bob Gould
WASHINGTON–Hasty laws drafted by technologically impaired politicians could stifle the promise of radio frequency identification tags, U.S. government officials and policy analysts said on Thursday.
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Posted on July 15th, 2005 by Bob Gould
PC World – ‘Tracking’ Tags: Tool or Threat?
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WASHINGTON — The word “Orwellian” is uttered often on Capitol Hill these days, and it was said again this week in a warning of privacy dangers posed by radio frequency identification technology.
“The privacy issues raised by RFID tags are vitally important because [...]
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Filed under: Government, Industry, RFID, Watching
Posted on July 14th, 2005 by Tamet Gould
I was told by a vet that paint horses are more likley to have leg/feet problems vs. quarter horses. I already had a paint that turned out to have knee problems, and so did my trainer,and that got me thinking. I was curious if you knew anything on the subject
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Filed under: Breeding, Soundness, Trainers Corner
Posted on July 14th, 2005 by Tamet Gould
This summer I had great success hauling to some big shows. My horse is in great shape, and I feel that I’m riding well, but our times are getting slower and slower, almost 5 tenths off our regular pace. I go to the same pens that I’ve won in and can’t even draw a check. I watch the videos and everything looks great, except for the clock. Is there anything I can do to get to where we were
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Filed under: Soundness, Trainers Corner
Posted on July 14th, 2005 by Tamet Gould
have a horse that i tried out twice at my indoor arena and he ran great. I bought him after the trainer assured us he had never been hurt. We have had him 8 mths and never have had him turn the second barrel at an outdoor pen. He’ll turn it sometimes, but never consistantly to draw a check. This is a very fast 1-d horse. We found out after 6 mths that the trainer failed to tell us he had been hurt two years before and that when he started not turning the second barrel
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