Date Posted: 3/17/2005 4:24:51 PM The Japan Racing Horse Association (JRHA) will conduct a select yearling auction for the first time in 2006 In 2007, the yearling sale will again be conducted in July, but the foal sale will move to the fall The Japanese traditionally sell most of their young Thoroughbred stock as foals During last year's select foal sale, Fusao Sekiguchi purchased a Dance in the Dark Air Groove colt for 490 million yen ($4,537,037), a world record price for a foal or weanling sold at public auction

Horses and riders will step into the ring on Saturday at the Prince Georges Equestrian Center to kick off the 2005 horse show season After quietly awaiting the end of the winter humdrum, the center will be transformed with the horse vans and trailers when the area equestriennes come to compete at the Southern Maryland Horse Show Associations 21st Annual Horse Show The Southern Maryland Horse Show Association holds five "schooling" shows at the center each year, allowing riders of all skill levels a chance to compete

Tri State News: Livestock News Veteran horse professional offers clinics April 8-10 Julie Goodnight, nationally renown equine clinician, will headline as the keynote clini- cian for the 2005 Black Hills Horse Expo (BHHE), April 8-10, at the Pennington County Event Center in Rapid City, S D Goodnight will conduct several clinics and seminars during the Black Hills Horse Expo The Expo benefits the Northern Hills Area CASA Program For more information about the 2005 Black Hills Horse Expo, visit the Web site at w blackhillshorseex po com or call (877) 505-7500

In a bizarre case of vandalism, the tails of the prize-winning show horses owned by the Tackett family of the town of Eau Pleine were cut off and stolen on Feb 18 The crime deprived Tackett's daughters, Sierria, 8, and Laina, 16, of the four horses they show at community fairs during summer for the 4-H club The animals, an Arabian, a Saddlebred and two quarter horses, were in the pasture among the other nine horses the family owns when the vandalism occurred

Science The silence of the horses In December 2004, Senator Conrad Burns (R-Montana) sneakily attached a rider to the 4,0-page Federal Consolidated Appropriations Bill, eviscerating years of federal protection for America's wild horses By 1971, the population of wild horses had been severely diminished as a result of encroachment by humans If the legislation passes, the wild horses and burros cannot be sold for slaughter Moreover, criminal penalties will be reestablished for using wild horses and burros for commercial purposes

I saw that horse training and serving the Lord are just so alike " During a horse whisperer event for the Trail to Christ Cowboy Church on Sunday, Daily first met Hal, a three-year old Arabian who had never encountered a saddle "I have a plan for this horse God has a perfect plan for this horse " "It's a lot less traditional," said church member - and Hal's owner - Joyce Harper

Salisbury Post The owner of five horses seized last week by Rowan County Animal Control faces charges of animal cruelty, authorities said Tuesday One horse died The four surviving horses seem to be doing well, said Clai Martin, Rowan County animal control supervisor Charges against Donnie Bell, of China Grove, were filed Tuesday afternoon, Martin said Authorities said warrants were issued for Bell's arrest The other animals include more horses, cows and goats

"Now, that's a great horse " Schall bought the horse because it flashed the spunk buyers look for when purchasing bucking bulls and horses Basically, the bigger the buck, the bigger the bucks Bulls tend to be more creative than horses in their bucking Horses buck mostly up and down "With a horse, if he's going to buck, he'll buck " Overall, the auction sold 15 bulls and 17 bucking horses "Desire," Schild said