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Awards, Community/Charity, Conferences, Products/Services, WHIN

National Equine Escrow Signs On as a Sponsor for 1st Annual WHINNY Awards

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The Women’s Horse Industry Network is pleased to announce that National Equine Escrow has signed on as a sponsor of the 1st Annual WHINNY awards. The award dinner and presentation will be held October 6, 2011 at the Radisson Hotel Opryland. The event is part of the Women’s Horse Industry Network’s 3rd Annual Business Networking Expo which takes place October 7-8 at the Radisson as well. In addition to the WHINNY awards there will also be the RHYTHM & HOOVES silent auction benefiting several equine related charities.

Designed to shine the light on high profile individuals who use their visibility to save horses and promote the horse industry, this year’s WHINNY recipients include: Madeleine Pickens of Saving Americas Mustangs, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, William Shatner, Elizabeth Shatner, Mike and Martha Borchetta, and Bonnie Garner, to name a few. A complete list of winners is on our website.

The event will be videotaped for a delayed broadcast on HRTV in October.

“This is the first year of the event and we could not be happier with the people who are recipients of this award. There are a lot of great people who have a passion for the horse industry and who spend their time and money making it a better place for all involved, including the horses. It will my pleasure to give them these awards. It is wonderful that some of the equine companies, such as National Equine Escrow are stepping up to help support the event so that we can make it something very special,” states Catherine Masters.

National Equine Escrow, LLC is a full-service escrow company for equine sales doing business with customers throughout the United States.  Their mission is to provide convenience in horse sales, and to protect the integrity of the horse industry by creating a policy of transparency and trust in horse transactions.  Their employees are experienced horsemen and professional trainers with decades of experience in the horse business.

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Awards, Breeds, Community/Charity, Products/Services, WHIN, Wild Horse Sources

WHINNY Awards to Honor Animal Rights Advocate Madeleine Pickens

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The Women’s Horse Industry Network has announced that Madeleine Pickens has been selected to receive a WHINNY award. The awards dinner will be held on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the Radisson Hotel Opryland. It will be videotaped as part of a one hour special on HRTV.

“We are very happy to present this award to Madeleine. This woman not only works hard to help animals and horses but has put her money where her boots are and where her passion lives. People like Madeleine deserve to be recognized and applauded for their efforts.  We will do everything we can to help promote her and her efforts.  It definitely will be my pleasure to hand her this award,” states WHIN’s Executive Director, Catherine Masters.

Animal rights advocate Madeleine Pickens started her career in horse racing in 1983, a passion she shared with her late husband and Gulfstream Aerospace founder, Allen E. Paulson. They achieved enormous success in racing and had a total of 800 horses, including breeding and racing World Champion and U.S. Hall of Fame inductee, Cigar. They achieved much esteem for their successes racing many champion Thoroughbreds, breeding many brood mares, and creating three successful farms from the ground up. Together, they owned a breaking and training farm at Ocala and a breeding farm at Brookside North in Kentucky where many of their champions were raised. They also had one more facility in California. Madeleine managed all the business aspects, farm decisions, and race decisions for the entire operation. The Paulsons owned more than 115 winners of graded stakes races. To this day, they still hold the record for the leader of the most ‘Breeder’s Cup’ champion horses and earnings.

Today, she is still breeding a few racehorses, but adamantly opposes horse slaughter and the use of the drugs in these animals. Until that is cleared up, she won’t ever participate in the race world like she had once been.

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Community/Charity, Media/Radio/TV Sources, WHIN

Speaking of Horses TV Partners with WHIN

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The Women’s Horse Industry Network is pleased to announce a partnership with Speaking of Horses TV. Speaking of Horses TV CEO Wayne Williams has long been a supporter of the WHIN and WHIN’s CEO Catherine Masters has been a longtime supporter of Speaking of Horses.

They will both use their talents to develop and promote the equine industry on television. Williams is currently putting together a pilot using some of the exhibitors at the upcoming 3rd Annual Business Networking Expo being held in Nashville, Tennessee in October. The pilot is for a new program that is being pitched to HRTV. Williams already has one program on the network that will begin airing in the Fall.  Plans are to show the pilot at the event in Nashville. Williams will also be an exhibitor at the event in Nashville and the host of the WHINNY awards.

Williams and his production crew will tape all of the events at The 3rd Annual Business Networking Expo, including the 1st Annual WHINNY awards and produce a one hour special that will be broadcast on a delayed basis. The show will air on HRTV’s “Where in the Horse World Are We”. Broadcast dates will be posted on the WHIN’s website as soon as they are available.

“As a former TV producer, I know the value of getting the Women’s Horse Industry and its members on television. It’s the very best way to market their products and services and Wayne and I are working hard to make that happen. Wayne is a super capable broadcaster, someone who really cares about the equine industry and I am very pleased to partner with him and his company. It will be great to shine the light on so many wonderful people in the horse world,” states Masters.

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Auctions, Awards, Community/Charity, Products/Services, WHIN

3rd Annual Business Networking Expo

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Hi Everyone!
As you can probably tell, we are pretty excited about our upcoming 3rd Annual Business Networking Expo. We have some great exhibitors and some super panels set up to help you through these crazy economic times.

If you haven’t made reservations to attend, please do so ASAP since we are limited with space for both attendees and exhibitors. Only five exhibit spaces are left at this point in time. You can register at www.womenshorseindustry.com.

If you really want to forget about the recession talk and DO SOME BUSINESS, this is the place to be. We are also offering room sharing to help everyone save a few dollars. Details on our website.

We are also going to have two other events including the Rhythm & Hooves Benefit silent auction and the 1st annual WHINNY awards.

This is our first year giving out these awards and we have selected a great group from those that have been nominated to receive the awards. Some of these people include Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson and Templeton Thompson.

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Awards, Community/Charity, Conferences, Media/Radio/TV Sources, WHIN

Country Music Singer/Songwriter Templeton Thompson to Perform and Receive a WHINNY Award

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August 15, 2011 – Nashville, TN – The Women’s Horse Industry Network has announced that well known singer songwriter, Templeton Thompson, has been awarded a WHINNY award. The WHINNY awards are given out to people in the country music industry with high visibility who help save horses and use their love of horses to promote the equine industry. Some of the winners include: Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Amy Nelson, Raelyn Nelson, Bonnie Gardner, Lacy J. Dalton and Mike and Martha Borchetta.

In addition to her love of music, Thompson has an intense passion for horses. Not only does she own and ride horses as often as she can, her love of horses shows up in the songs she sings & writes. Templeton’s mare Jane is a Breyer model & she and Templeton have performed at many horse events together across the country. “My horses are my inspiration, my healers & my teachers,” Templeton says.

Thompson may not be a household name to many but in the music industry she’s well known and well respected. She has written hits for many of country music’s top artists such as Reba McEntire, Jo Dee Messina, Sherrie’ Austin & Little Texas and her song “Settle Down Cinderella” is featured in the 20th Century Fox motion picture, Dr. Doolittle 3. She has released several albums on her own label & is now working on a new CD called “Icy Blue Heart.”

“We are really thrilled to give this WHINNY to Templeton. She’s got a very loyal following and her music about her love for horses reaches a worldwide audience. And, that definitely helps the equine industry overall,” states WHIN’s Executive Director, Catherine Masters.

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Awards, Benefits, Community/Charity, Conferences, Equestrian Aid Found., Products/Services, WHIN

WHIN’s 3rd Annual Business Networking Expo

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Our 3rd Annual Business Networking Expo, the 1st Annual WHINNY awards and the Rhythm & Hooves Benefit is coming along nicely. Winners of the WHINNY awards include such well-known artists as Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Lacy J. Dalton and Templeton Thompson as well as music industry notables such as Mike and Martha Borchetta and Bonnie Garner. Donations are coming in for our silent auction which will benefit the Cloud Foundation, The Equestrian Aid Foundation and NetPosse.com. Sponsorships are now available and information may be obtained by calling 615-730-7833. The events will be televised on HRTV on a delayed basis to millions of viewers.

Exhibitors who have signed up so far include:

My Girlz Clothing Company
Lisa Wysocky – Author, Clinician (new book coming out soon!)
Sciencepure Nutraceuticals, Inc.
Mountain Feather Originals
Rebecca Cagle, BS, CAPLC – Professional Equestrian Life Coach and Equestrian Book Author
Equinature, LLC
Colleen Kelly – World-Renowned Clinician/Speaker
Randi Thompson – How To Market Your Horse Business
Equestrian Aid Foundation
American Association of Riding Schools, Inc.
E3A Equine Experiential Education Association
Easy Mile Log
Canadian Natural Horsemanship Inc.
EQ Bookkeeping
Natural Solutions by Anke, LLC
Exclusive Equestrian Services
Equine Wellness Magazine

“We have some great exhibitors already signed up and since we are still two months away we expect our exhibit space to be sold out very soon. The events are really going to be fun for our attendees and we know from past experience that a lot of business will be done,” states WHIN Executive Director, Catherine Masters.

WHIN has more than 750 members in all areas of the horse industry and offers every kind of product and service you can imagine.

For additional information, please visit WOMEN’S HORSE INDUSTRY or call 615-730-7833.

Awards, Community/Charity, WHIN

Music Industry Veteran Bonnie Garner Wins WHINNY Award

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Nashville, TN – August 3, 2011 – If you aren’t in the music industry, you may not know her name. But if you are, you know that Bonnie Garner is something special. With a career spanning more than 35+ years, this dynamo has credentials that are hard to match. She has managed stars’ careers, run a record company’s A & R department, booked venues and major television shows, managed various European, U.S. and Pacific Rim tours and help book several Farm Aids.

She was the program coordinator for the “Dick Cavett Show” in New York and was responsible for bringing several cutting edge talents into the show mix, including Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Delaney and Bonnie, Black Panther leader Donald Cox, and Frank Zappa.

After booking legendary promoter Bill Graham on the Cavett Show, he hired her as his Executive Assistant at the Fillmore East. After it closed its doors, Columbia Records’ Clive Davis and Kip Cohen hired Garner as the only woman A & R (Artist & Repertoire) Executive in the label’s Pop Department. She worked with Delaney & Bonnie, Springsteen, Billy Joel, Dan Fogelberg, Eric Anderson and many others.

Garner accepted the challenge of setting up Columbia and Epic Records’ first Nashville Pop Division, working with Dan Fogelberg, John Hiatt, Tracy Nelson and others before transferring to Columbia/Epic’s Country Division as Director of A & R. In 1984, Bonnie was promoted to Vice President of A & R. She was the first woman to attain this position at CBS Records and one of the few in the entire music industry. Garner has helped manage the careers of Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Marty Stuart, The Highwaymen, Roger Miller, The O’Kanes and Emmylou Harris.

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Training/Clinics, WHIN

Madalyn Ward, DVM Partners with Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute to Offer a Ground Breaking Online Course

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Denver, CO – Madalyn Ward, DVM, a pioneer and author in holistic veterinary horse care, has partnered with Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute to create a new, unique online course: Understanding Horse Types & Temperaments. This course is an invaluable resource for every horse guardian, trainer, and stable manager. Since each horse is an individual, knowing the type provides practical management tools leading to their optimal performance.

Understanding Horse Types & Temperaments is based on the Traditional Chinese Medicine Five Element Theory and teaches people how to recognize equine “personalities” within this context. For instance, an affectionate horse who loves attention is demonstrating a Fire Element nature. Another example is a horse with a Water constitution will tend to have a dense body, shiny coat, enjoys working, but needs to feel safe and secure. By identifying the horse’s traits within the Five Elements people will be able to find the best way to work with each horse including: discipline/sport, training style, diet, exercise level, plus identify health issues that may arise.

Dr. Madalyn Ward is one of the first and foremost veterinarians in the United States to research and implement more natural and holistic approaches to horse management. She is the author of the renowned book HorseHarmony: Understanding Horse Types and Temperaments. Horse people completing the Tallgrass online course will have achieved the Level 1 Typing Certification with Dr. Ward’s Horse Harmony Program. Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute participants will receive 20-elective credit hours upon completion of Understanding Horse Types & Temperaments.

Nancy Zidonis, Co-founder of Tallgrass, comments: “This is a ground-breaking course – it brings Dr. Ward’s extensive natural horse management work to a broader audience of people who really want to take the best care of their horses. There’s no other course like it. Riders and equine professionals need to understand how to work with their horses for mutual enjoyment and top performance.”

Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute offers on-line and hands-on training including a Practitioner Certification Program in equine and small animal acupressure worldwide. Tallgrass is also the developer of several iApps for the equine and canine industries. To learn more about Tallgrass Animal Acupressure or to register for Understanding Horse Types & Temperaments go to the Tallgrass website: www.animalacupressure.com.

Contact:
Amy Snow
Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute
amy@animalacupressure.com
303-681-3033

Awards, Community/Charity, Products/Services, Racing, WHIN

Mike and Martha Borchetta to Receive WHINNY Awards

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Nashville, TN – July 29, 2011 – The Women’s Horse Industry Network, the largest business network in the world for women working in the equine industry, is pleased to announce that Mike and Martha Borchetta will receive WHINNY awards for their efforts and involvement in the equine industry. The WHINNY awards are given to high profile individuals who help save horses and promote the equine industry overall.

Mike Borchetta is a music industry icon and one of the most widely known and respected professionals in the music industry. His illustrious career spans over 50 years and along the way he has helped many of today’s biggest superstars get their start. He booked his first concert when he was in the 11th grade: Bo Diddley. By the time he was 19 he had moved to Los Angeles and become a record promoter. During the years that followed, Borchetta held many jobs in the music industry and it wasn’t long before he became the President of Curb Records. One of the first acts he signed to his label was Tim McGraw. He is now the president of Lofton Creek Records and working with his wife, Martha.

Martha is a former music manager and they worked together in the music industry. When the two of them married, it was a marriage made in heaven. They have seven children and all of them have worked or are working in the music industry. Racing horses started out as a hobby but understanding these two people, it wasn’t long before it became a little more than that. Martha and Mike are now, well known breeders/owners in the thoroughbred industry with some pretty impressive credentials.

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Awards, Breeds, Community/Charity, Products/Services, WHIN

Well Known Country Music Icon, Lacy J. Dalton, Wins Whinny Award

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Nashville, TN – July 13, 2011 – Well known country music icon, Lacy J. Dalton, has been awarded a “Whinny” award for her efforts to save and preserve lands for wild horses. The award will be presented by the Women’s Horse Industry at their annual meeting October 6-8 at the Radisson Hotel Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dalton, whose credentials in music are substantial, has put her energy, money and name behind the Let ’em Run Foundation.

The Let ’em Run Foundation is working with other organizations to begin to set aside huge tracts of land for these horses, to help manage the herds and to fence off areas where they should not roam. The group’s dream is to create the “Comstock Wild Horse Sanctuary” where these horses can be preserved, protected and allowed to run free for our children and our children’s children.

“We are very pleased to award Lacy a Whinny for her efforts. More and more people are starting to understand the need to preserve areas for our wild horses and organizations like this and people like Lacy are making this happen. She is to be applauded for her efforts by everyone who cares about wild horses,” states WHIA Executive Director, Catherine Masters.

Lacy is presently recording 2 new CDs. The first, called “Songs of the New West”, is a collection of Outlaw Country songs which include many as yet unrecorded songs by Lacy and friends, along with classics like “Wild Horses” by the Rolling Stones and “Friend of the Devil” by the Grateful Dead. In addition, fueled by feelings generated by what Lacy describes as a “Thermonuclear Divorce” from longtime husband and partner Aaron Anderson, she is working on a CD called “What Don’t Kill You Makes You Strong” after its title track.

The awards will be given out on October 6 in Nashville, Tennessee at the Rhythm and Hooves benefit to save horses. The event will raise funds for three equine charities: The Cloud Foundation, The Equestrian Aid Foundation and NetPosse.com. The benefit will be a part of the WHIA’s Annual conference (October 6-8 at the Radisson Hotel Opryland) where women from around the world will gather to exchange information and business.

For additional information on the WHIA and its upcoming conference and benefit, please visit Women’s Horse Industry or call 615-730-7833.