Equine Newsline Articles

The Roundup Club

2008-10-31T21:02:41Z

New Sponsorship Level! The Roundup Club is a sponsorship opportunity for businesses or individuals who dontate $100.00 to the D.E. King Equine Program. Members receive a window decal to proudly display in their vehicle windows. Anyone who becomes a member before November 15, 2008 will be entered in a drawing for a weekend get-a-way for two in a luxury cabin at the Rockin Z Ranch, Alpena, Arkansas. The drawing will be held during the Razorback Roundup Horse & Tack Sale. Members do not need to be present to win (but we would appreciate having you at the sale!).

Visit their website: www.rockinzranch.com

The D.E. King Equine Program is a pre-dominantly self funded entity. Each year fund raising events are held to support the program and provide educational opportunities for our students. The events primarily include The Razorback Roundup Horse and Tack Sale held each fall and The Horse Festival which is held in the spring.

The program has several other sponsorship levels available:

The Nettleship Society
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors

Complete details about becoming a sponsor are available by clicking here.

Razorback Roundup - Get Your Click Counted Give-a-Way

2008-10-31T20:38:56Z

Why Prizes? We Want Many, Many clicks on our catalog pages! You can help, go there and CLICK!

How to enter: Click the image to the left. You will arrive at the online catalog page with the images of all this year's sale horses.

Women's Horsemanship Immersion Camp

2008-10-31T20:01:42Z

Women's Horsemanship Immersion Camp (click for flyer) There is currently only one slot left in the upcoming camp to be held November 6-9 at the Double Diamond T Ranch, Winslow, AR. Women in this camp will have the opportunity to work cattle, hone horsemanship skills, face challenges and overcome obstacles. Sunday there will be a special event where women from all 2008 camps at the Double Diamond T Ranch are invited back to participate in a skills assessment challenge (it will be extreme!).

Lot 17 Just Added!

2008-10-21T00:18:29Z

Meet Star, newly donated to this year's Razorback Roundup Horse and Tack Sale. Sea Victoria Star is tall, elegant, and easy to handle. She passes on her height, fluid movement, color, and gentle disposition. Star is also registered with Colorado Ranger Horse Association.

Silver Creek Farms Gala

2008-10-20T17:30:09Z

Silver Creek Farms Gala was held in conjunction with the USDF trials on September 6^th,. Demos were performed by NWA locals Mounted Fury Jousting troupe and Jose Aviles with his Zebra, Barcode, and Andalusian, Abby, owned by Roma Lisa Gray.

This was the 2^nd year for the Silver Creek Gala at their beautiful Hunter, Jumper facility in Broken Arrow, OK.

What is Natural Horse Training?

2008-10-11T13:14:04Z

The word “natural” is often used today concerning many horse training techniques. But what is really natural for a horse? Is it natural to ride a horse? Is it natural to put halters, bridles, bits and saddles on a horse? Is it natural to chase a horse around in a circle? Is it natural to tie a horse to a fence? Is it natural for a horse to live in a stall without friends? These are just a few things we take for granted with horses interacting with humans, but ecologically speaking the word “natural” may be severely misused. Wearing halters, bridles and saddles are not natural to horses.

Equine Acupuncture Services in Northwest Arkansas

2008-10-07T05:08:53Z

President Nixon's trip to China in 1972 was monumental for many political reasons but for horse owners its primary importance was that it served to introduce Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM) and equine acupuncture to the American public. The use of acupuncture as a medical modality dates back at least 4000 years and the first documented veterinary acupuncture text was published around 650 B.C.

10,000 Miles to be Honored in Harrison

2008-10-07T04:51:59Z

As you may remember, Parker's Choice of Champions is honoring Peggy Thompson on Thursday, October 9, at their store on the Highway 65 bypass in Harrison . The reception will be from 2-4, and everyone is invited to come and help celebrate Peggy's marking of the 10,000-mile notch in her horse-career belt.

Peggy Thompson was notified by the Arkansas Chapter Missouri Fox Trotters that she and her horse, Red Warrior, has 10,108 miles at the end of July of this year.

~ Nancy Deisch

Incredible Mural

2008-10-07T04:24:24Z

A new mural unveiled: Le Cadeau Du Cheval - The Horse Gift. A mural consisting of 238 original paintings by international artists.

The goal of this project is to celebrate the horse with a traveling exhibit at international venues for 1-2 years, with the end goal of donating the mural to a permanent public showcase. The project creator is designer Lewis Lavoie. It took 18 months to complete the mural which was unveiled September 3, 2008 at Spruce Meadows, Calgary, Alberta. The dimensions of the mural are 22.6' H x 18.6' W and consist of 238 individual panels.

Urgent Summit for Wild Horses to be held Oct. 11-12 in Nevada

2008-09-24T21:42:09Z

On June 30, 2008, during the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced its potential inability to support, financially, approximately 31,500 wild horses, currently in the agency’s short- and long-term holding facilities. This situation could result in the euthanasia of thousands of wild horses, if a viable solution is not soon found. Although we wish to make the 2008 Summit an experience in learning, our main goal is to address solutions for the present wild horse emergency.