To Our Horse Community Friends, 
The Hobby Horse Clothing Co. warehouse in Chino, CA was robbed late on May 22/ early May 23rd, 2009. Thieves made off with approximately $250,000  worth of chaps and show tops.  No attempt was made to enter our offices; no computers or electronic equipment in the warehouse was taken. The thieves appeared to only be after our chaps and more expensive garments. I am asking for the help of horse community members in advising me if they come across ANY strange offers on Hobby Horse apparel. Unknown dealers, offers for quantity sales, etc. may be suspect; you may be purchasing stolen goods. We will immediately contact our local police for their follow-up.

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Paula Smith with the Lincoln Riding Club would like to have 3 people on June 13^th to judge a competition.  The person should be familiar with Western Pleasure and feel comfortable judging both horse and rider.  The judging will consider two things; one preset pattern and Field maneuverability.  The compensation will be a gas card to cover travel and lunch.  They would need to be there by 8:30 am until noon at least.

Paula’s contact information:
463-7266 work
225-0248 cell

John and Prudence Hudgins, Horse Festival exhibitors, have a new team!

News Release - Texas Animal Health Commission

Wild Hogs: No Indication of Flu Danger

You may catch the flu from your sick hunting buddy, but there�s no evidence that you will catch it from domestic or wild hogs, according to the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC). There is no evidence that the new strain of H1N1 influenza is in domestic or wild hogs. This disease is being spread from person to person.

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Dear Colleagues and Friends;

The Equine Newsline was createdto promote communication, unity, and cooperation within the local horse community. It has successfully served this purpose as evidenced by the growing number of hits this site receives. In fact, the Equine Newsline has been proven to be one of the best ways ofpromoting upcoming equine activities and opportunities to our horse community. Since its inception in 2000 the Equine Newsline has not charged anyone for anything that we posted. We chose instead to pick up the costs for this much-needed service free of charge.

Regrettably, the predominantly self-funded D.E. King Equine program has been hit hard by the recession, as have all non-profits. In an effort to be able to continue to offer the service, I am going to have to ask for help to defray our costs.

In the future, if you would like to advertise an upcoming event in the Equine Newsline there will be a small posting fee.

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My Grandaddy's website is almost done!Jim and Judy Harwell have been actively supporting the D.E. King Equine Program for a number of years.  Jim has provided his talent and experience at the Horse Festival doing saddle and tack making demonstrations while Judy has made herself available for a number of tasks as an EPV (Equine Program Volunteer).  It's folks like the Harwells who help make our events successful by the generous donation of their time and effort, not to mention a great many years of experience in the equine industry as avid trail riders, horse owners and a leather craftsman. 

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Hosted by the NWA Riding Club - Pie Auction, Horsemanship Demonstration, Prize Drawing, Lunch Off The Grill!

Rescheduled due to the ice storm: A benefit will be held for the Tom and Vickie Graves family in Springdale. Tom and Vickie started and headed the Hiwasse Riding Club for 3 years and later the NWA Riding Club. The Graves continue to be the back bone of the club. They have been generous with their time and given much of them selves to the benefit of the club, asking nothing in return other than to see the kids smiling and having fun with their horses. Vickie was recently diagnosed with

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May 16th & 17th, 2009

~ Special Jumper & Equitation Classes ~ Money Prizes ~ Silver for all Champions ~ Food ~ Tack Sale ~

JUDGE: CRISTAL BRUMBAUGH, TULSA OK
RAIN plan: MAY 16, 17th at Willow Springs Arena, Prairie Grove

Rachel Sargent, Show Manager, 12816 Hogeye Rd Prairie Grove AR, 72753
contact: rico@pgtc.com or 479-957-5331

Come ride with Iain Davis, a working ranch cowboy who does this for real.  On April 25th and 26th, the Double Diamond T Ranch in Winslow, AR will host a two day clinic offering horsemanship in the morning and ranch roping in the afternoon. 

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Congratulations to Kay Bradley who won the Orthoflex Saddle during the 10th Annual UA Horse Festival.  Many thanks to Orthoflex for the generous donations of three saddles to the program.  These saddles helped raise funds to support the D.E. King Equine Program and also helped to bring Mark Peterson and his amazing horse Dusty to the festival.  The winner of the silent auction saddle was Lisa Faulk.  Enjoy your beautiful, new saddles!