At SmartPak, employees are happy to be at work.  So happy that they voted in their animal health care company to the Boston Globe’s annual “Top Places to Work.” SmartPak was ranked among the Globe’s Top 100 Places to Work in Massachusetts, joining the ranks of other area businesses that graced the list in 2008 including Genzyme Corp., Staples and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

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Peppy Superboom Sells to The Buckle List Syndicate. 

The $240,000 winning bid is the largest purchase price ever witnessed at an NRHA sale. Hip 3023, Peppy Superboom, was purchased by The Buckle List Syndicate.

The gavel fell with a resounding boom at the 2008 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) / Markel Insurance Futurity Prospect Sale in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on December 6. The $240,000 winning bid is the largest purchase price ever witnessed at an NRHA sale. Hip 3023, Peppy Superboom, was purchased by The Buckle List Syndicate.Peppy Superboom was consigned by Schmersal Reining Horses who also sold the top-selling horse in yesterday’s NRHA / Markel Insurance Marketplace Sale. The 2006 sorrel colt is by NRHA Open Futurity Champion and NRHA Top 15 All-Time Leading Sire Boomernic. The 1989 stallion earned $113,128 and has sired the earners of more than $1.5 Million including Commanders Nic, NRHA Open Derby Reserve Champion; MR Boomerjac, NRBC Open Derby Champion; and Boom Shernic, Congress Open Reining Futurity Reserve Champion. Peppy Superboom is out of the Peppy Badger Chex mare Peppy Designed. Peppys Boomernic will remain at Schmersal Reining Horses to continue with the one-year of training he has thus far. (more…)

Reiners Support Rein In Cancer

 

Third Day’s a Charm for Fappani

The 2008 NRHA Futurity & Adequan^® North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show moved into its third day on Saturday, November 29. The pressure continued to build for the competition to take down the top scores in the NRHA Open Futurity that were posted on Thursday. Shiner Olena and Andrea Fappani stepped up to the plate and took the lead with a 222.5 (more…)

MD Barns first teamed up with the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) as a Corporate Partner in 2005. After three years of a successful partnership, NRHA is happy to announce MD Barns will continue to provide NRHA members direct affiliation with the best manufacturer of equine housing facilities as the “Official Barn of the NRHA.”

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The NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show, NRHA Derby and NRHA Convention are Reining’s premier events requiring a dedicated staff to plan and facilitate each. NRHA recently announced the promotion of one of its current employees to the events management team – Melanie Rinehart. Rinehart, a four-year employee of NRHA, now serves as the Manager of Events & Show Department. Rinehart will continue managing various aspects of the show department, in addition to assisting in the organization of NRHA’s major annual events.

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More than 500 horses, 300.000 $ payout, 15.000 spectators: those are the figures of the next Italian reining Futurity and Championship show. Riders coming from all over Europe, will compete to gain the higher added money among the European reining futurities.

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Christy McElreath earned the youth 14-18 championship at the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Horse Show. After marking a 72 in the go-round, she was pretty sure she had the lead and then Emilie Laversin entered the arena in the last set to tie her score.

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Jared LeClair and Electric Code Sizzle in the Finals

Jared LeClair was riding to win the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity – and he did so handily on Electric Code, owned by L & D Partnership. Coming in as draw 19, he knew that the bar had already been set high, as the high score was a 224.

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A 221.5 Ride Earns a SWRHA Signature 4-Wheeler

Greg Hall rode his Got No Diamonds, to win the intermediate open class at the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Horse Show. The pair scored a 221.5 in the class to not only earn $659, but also a Morrison bronze and one of the Southwest Reining Horse Association’s signature 4-Wheelers!

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