3 year old Non Pro HUS
Diamonds R Hot -Winner

3 year old Open Hunter Under Saddle
Look N Hot – Winner
Diamonds R Hot – 3rd

Green Hunter Saddle
Look N Hot – Winner

Green Hunter Under Saddle
Look N Hot – Winner

3 year old Ltd Open Hunter Under Saddle
Look N Hot – Winner
Diamonds R Hot – 3rd

Novice Am Hunter Under Saddle
Southern N Sweet – winner

Non Pro Showmanship Stakes
Southern N Sweet – Winner

Youth Hunter Under Saddle
Thatts Hot – Winner

2 year old LTD Non Pro HUS
Hot N Dreamy – Winner

3 yr old Non Pro HUS
Diamonds R Hot- 3rd

3 yr old open Novice Horse HUS
Dance Somemore – winner under all 4 judges
Look N Hot – 4th

3 year old LTD Open HUS
Look N Hot – Resv Champion

Novice Youth HUS
Hot Cotoure – Resv Champion

2 year BCF Non Pro HUS
Some Hot Moves – Champion

2 yr old BCF LTD Non Pro HUS
Some Hot Moves – Champion

Click here for more information about Hot N Blazing.

Prevent unwanted horses by gelding your stallion or by providing the event at which other horse owners can get their stallions gelded. The Unwanted Horse Coalition's Operatio n Gelding will provide funds and materials to assist organizations, associations and events that sponsor clinics to which horse owners can bring their stallions to be castrated. The castration of a stallion will help prevent overbreeding and produce a gentler horse that is more rideable, more trainable and more saleable, allowing them to be used in several careers. Programs such as Operation Gelding can help reduce the number of horses being bred and aid in the adoption or sale of more horses.

This initiative is made possible by a special gift from the American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation and UHC; both organizations have donated seed money to get the program started. Operation Gelding is patterned after several initiatives undertaken by equine associations, organizations and events around the country.

UHC will provide information and forms necessary to conduct a clinic, along with seed money to defray the costs. Funds of $50 per horse gelded, with a $1,000 maximum will be awarded to individual groups once a year. Assistance will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis, subject to available resources. Organizations can apply by filling out the Operation Gelding Funding Form provided by UHC. Funding will be awarded once the clinic is complete and a veterinary statement is provided.

Any organization, association or event can participate in Operation Gelding. There are many ways that your organization can help with unwanted horses. Please review UHC's handbook, "Bes t Practices: How Your Organization Can Help Unwanted Horses,"which outlines other activities that organizations, associations and events can undertake to create programs that help horses in need. "Best Practices"cites many examples of how organizations and groups can get involved, including gelding clinics.

DULUTH, Ga.— August 30, 2010 —What if you could be the face and voice of a product you love and trust? And, at the same time, show your commitment to guarding horses against stomach ulcers? Now you can. Merial is looking for several new ULCERGARD® (omeprazole) spokespeople and you could be one of them. Simply share your story of how ULCERGARD has made a difference for you and your horse, as well as why you continue to use the product, and you could become part of the exciting Stay on Guard program.

Each winner will be featured in an advertisement, will participate in a photo shoot with renowned photographer David Stoecklein, and will receive 40 tubes of ULCERGARD, which is equal to 160 days worth of ulcer prevention.

To share your success story and submit your entry, which should include a photo of you and your horse, visit stayong uard.ulcergard.com. There are four spokesperson categories – English, Western, Racehorse and Veterinarian/Veterinary Technician. The nomination period begins August 27 and all entries must be submitted no later than September 24.

Five finalists for each category will be selected from all entries. Finalists will then be encouraged to spread the word about their selection – asking family, friends, colleagues and others to vote for them at stayon guard.ulcergard.com. Voting will begin October 11.

“We believe ULCERGARD has had a positive impact on the performance of horses,” says Amanda McAvoy, Merial’s product manager for Equine Pharmaceuticals. “Through the Stay on Guard program, we hope to be able to give horse owners an opportunity to share their firsthand experience and success with the product.”

Equine gastric ulcers are a serious and sometimes life-threatening health issue, especially for those horses that experience excessive stress, which can come from competition, training, travel, change in environment, and even limited turnout for grazing.1,2,3 Approximately 60 percent of all performance horses are at risk for ulcers.3,4Even the most seasoned show horses can fall victim to stress and gastric ulcers.3

For more information about the Stay on Guard contest, go to http:/ /stayonguard.ulcergard.com . Visit www.eg us.org for additional details about equine stomach ulcers. Product information can be found at www.ul cergard.com. ULCERGARD, which is recommended to prevent stomach ulcers in healthy horses, is available through your veterinarian and is the No. 1 veterinarian-recommended equine ulcer preventive.5

Important safety information:

U LCERGARD can be used in horses that weigh at least 600 pounds. Safety in pregnant mares has not been determined.

*When treated for eight to 28 days, ULCERGARD is proven to effectively prevent gastric ulcers in horses exposed to stressful conditions.

Merial is a world-leading, innovation-driven animal health company, providing a comprehensive range of products to enhance the health, well-being and performance of a wide range of animals. Merial employs approximately 5,700 people and operates in more than 150 countries worldwide. Its 2009 sales were over $2.7 billion. Merial is the Animal Health subsidiary of sanofi-aventis. For more information, please see www.me rial.com.

The GoHorseShow.com classifieds are FREE to all of our readers and is a very effective way to market and sell high quality horses.

The most recent addition to the classifieds section is the dam of World Champion No Doubt Im Lazy. No Doubt Im Magic is a beautiful 1998 brown mare who is open for you to breed to in 2011.

You can click here to see this listing as well as all the other horses in the GoHorseShow.com classifieds. We encourage everyone to utilize this free tool.

The deadline for the September issue of GoMag is Wednesday, September 1st at midnight. This issue will be our Pre-Congress and Scottsdale Classic issue.  Plus, it's not too early to get a jump on advertising for the Congress!

Reserved pages are $260 each and standard placement is $130. Please contact or Director of Sales, Don Bell 903-651-5615. You can also email him at donbell@gohorse show.com or contact Kyle Brenner, Sales and Public Relations Manager, via email or on his cell at 616-293-9301.

Blind Routine and Rotational Deworming Falls Short 

DULUTH, Ga. — August 2010 —Bluntly challenging more than four decades of conventional wisdom, Merial today announced a new equine educational campaign urging horse owners to stop arbitrarily utilizing year-round or rotational deworming programs.

Instead, horse owners and veterinarians should collaborate to apply the dwindling supply of effective deworming products more strategically – and more effectively.

“Multiple studies from across the country have shown entire classes of dewormers are no longer working against small strongyles,” said Frank Hurtig, DVM, MBA, director for Merial’s Large Animal Veterinary Services. “Most horse owners think they have been doing the right thing to fight resistance by using a daily product or rotating dewormers. But indications are strong that these practices may contribute to resistance.

“After four decades of little or no progress, it’s time for the industry to rethink daily deworming and dewormer rotation,” says Dr. Hurtig.

Horse owners should stop routinely deworming based on the calendar, tradition, peer recommendations or dewormer sale price, advises Merial’s new “Greetings, Human” educational campaign. They should instead seek out a knowledgeable equine veterinarian to help them develop long-term, effective deworming protocols based on monitoring and management.

"Our educational campaign humorously recognizes that if worms could talk, they’d in fact be telling us to keep on doing exactly what we’ve been doing for decades,” says Dr. Hurtig. “In the long run, unfortunately, it’s actually better for the worms if horse owners continue to deworm the way most have been. The last thing a resistant small strongyle would want is for us to become more strategic in deworming.”

Strategic guidance from knowledgeable veterinarians is the critical missing link preventing too many farms from effectively managing their parasite populations,6 he says. “There are about 50 species of small strongyles that can infectgrazing horses.8 Eliminating all worms from all horses and pastures on a farm is a futile goal. A much more worthy target is to maintain a low level of parasites on a farm with a large proportion of those parasites being highly susceptible to the dewormer(s) being used – an approach also known as refugia. It is important to remember most of the parasites are on the pasture and about 20 percent of the horses on a farm put out about 80 percent of the worm eggs to contaminate those pastures. Working with your veterinarian to identify these “high shedders” and then tailoring your deworming to target these horses with more effective products, while reducing treatments of the remaining horses, is the best approach to obtaining optimum worm control on your farm.”

This approach can be a significant departure from what drug companies, scientists and veterinarians have counseled in the past – urging horse owners to use daily dewormers or rotate deworming compounds from different classes based on a set calendar schedule. With new data, better understanding of products and how they work, and increasing evidence of parasite resistance, many in the equine industry are changing their approach to equine deworming.

He proposes that horse owners adopt refugia as a new goal for parasite control on their farms. All the other reasons for which we use dewormers will become immaterial if this goal isnot achieved. This means we must become better stewards to preserve the effectiveness of current products. Prudent use of deworming compounds requires us to be more targeted, more strategic and more judicious. Our job now is to keep the effective dewormers as effective as possible for as long as possible. Daily deworming and continual rotation will not do that.

“Think about it this way: You would never randomly use an antibiotic to blindly treat an undiagnosed and inapparent infection,” Dr.Hurtig says. “This practice wastes time and money, and it increases the risk for developing resistant pathogens. The same attitude must now be brought to bear against increasingly resistant parasites in dewormer selection.”

Dr. Hurtig suggests horse owners ask their equine veterinarian about a targeted testing, treatment and management program for their operation, or go to www.zimecterin.comfor more information about parasite resistance (see the parasite resistance tab on the home page) and Merial’s new “Greetings, Human” educational campaign.

About ZIMECTERIN GOLD

ZIMECTERI N Gold combines ivermectin, a leading ingredient that controls a wide variety ofparasites, with praziquantel, an ingredient that specifically controls tapeworms. Together, they provide excellent equine parasite control. ZIMECTERIN Gold is approved to control more species and stages of equine parasites than any other brand, includingbenzimidazole-res istant small strongyles. It controls 47 species and stages of equine parasites in all.

Plus, ZIMECTERIN Gold was the first dewormer approved by the FDA to effectively controltapeworms* with a single dose. Tapeworms have been recognized as a significant threat to the health of horses.

About MERIAL

Merial is a world-leading, innovation-driven animal health company, providing a comprehensive range of products to enhance the health, well-being and performance of a wide range of animals. Merial employs approximately 5,700 people and operates in more than 150 countries worldwide. Its 2009 sales were $2.6 billion. Merial is the Animal Health subsidiary of sanofi-aventis.

This new system will provide PHBA members a faster and more convenient way to register horses, at a cost savings for the association. PHBA maintains records on more than 88,000 horses and owners, more than 250,000 horse show entries and more than five hundred horse shows. This system will provide unprecedented customer service for these members.

Access the new registration system through the PHBA website.

Palomino horses registered with the American Quarter Horse Association, American Paint Horse Association, American Holsteiner Horse Association, Pinto Horse Association of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, Jockey Club (Thoroughbreds), American Saddle Horses, Arabians, Half Arabs, Morgans, Tennessee Walking Horses, Mountain Pleasure Horses, Morabs, Quarabs, Missouri Fox Trotters and Rocky Mountain Horses are eligible for registration with PHBA provided the horse meets color and white rules.

PHBA’s Mission Statement:

To record and preserve the pedigree of the Palomino Horse while maintaining the integrity of the breeds.

To provide beneficial services for its members which enhance and encourage Palomino ownership and participation.

To generate growth of PHBA membership via the marketing, promotion, advertising and publicity of the Palomino Horse.

PHBA is an AQHA strategic marketing alliance partner.