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Stallion Auction For Fire Victims

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By Corsi Crumpler

If you picked up last month’s issue of NTFR, perhaps you took a peek at the article written about Lowrance Performance Horses. However, if you missed the article, you may have noticed a story circulating in every form of social media about a small family that was able to raise more than $100,500+ for the victims of the fires in the Texas panhandle. That small family was none other than Melanie and John Lowrance, owners and operators of Lowrance Performance Horses.

What would normally take a team of breeders was done single-handedly by a girl in her 20’s. “We organized a stallion auction that would benefit the victims of the 2017 wildfires,” Mel said. “Stallion owners were able to donate breeding contracts to this online Facebook auction for people to bid on. We facilitate Facebook Auctions on our Lowrance Horses page to sell some of our horses, so we utilized our business page to host the auction.”
By using Facebook, the Lowrances were making it easier and more accessible for people not only to bid in the auction, but to share the auction as well. Eventually, this auction was viral among the horse community on Facebook.

This was not an overnight task, however. What was supposed to be a small auction to help out a few people who were affected by the fires turned into more than 100 stallions being donated to this cause. After the Lowrances realized how much others were willing to help out, they decided to make a set of rules and guidelines for people to follow so that when it came time to close the bids, everything could happen smoothly.

To read more pick a copy of the May 2017 NTFR issue. Call 940-872-5922 to subscribe.

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The Danger of Lower Limb Wounds of Horses

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By Garrett Metcalf, DVM

It is common for horse owners to have a horse with a wound or laceration at some point in their life. Sometimes small lacerations can be perceived as benign, inconsequential problems that do not need immediate veterinary attention and are managed by the owners or trainers initially. Unfortunately, these simple-looking wounds can involve very important anatomical structures that can lead to serious infections that can be life-threatening or, at best career-limiting, for the horse.

Large wounds tend to get all the attention from owners or trainers because when they occur they are so obvious and visually appalling that medical attention is sought almost immediately. Those types of large wounds can be devastating, but they often involve the upper body regions of the horse, which heal better and often don’t involve structures such as joints or tendons.

To read more, pick up a copy of the March issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.

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A Rodeo Photographer’s Journey

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By Phillip Kitts

Have you ever wondered what the rodeo looks like for contract personnel in the winter?
This month we will look at what the winter months look like from the rodeo photographer’s perspective.

To understand the time and demands that go into a career as a rodeo photographer, let’s start at when the season gets busy. Not all rodeo photographers work the same. There are many varieties in their career field. They can vary from the few weekends here and there to the full-timer who travels more than 30 weekends a year.

The full-timer that spends most of their year working usually hits the road in late winter. Yes, the winter months are slower but the photographer who has cemented themselves into the field usually books a few during late winter.

Rolling into the spring it begins to get busy. Depending on the photographer, spring can start with an every other weekend type schedule all the way to every weekend through the summer. In 2023 there were photographers that had 20-plus weeks straight going from rodeo to rodeo.
When late fall rolls in things begin to slow down, even for the go-getter who books everything they can.

To read more, pick up a copy of the March issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.

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Where Legends are Made

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By Krista Lucas Wynn

The format of the American Rodeo, now known in its entirety as the American Western Weekend, has changed quite a bit throughout the years. The inaugural American Rodeo was held in 2014 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It is now held at Globe Life Field, across the street, with two full days of reined cow horse, cutting, reining, and rodeo competition.
Rodeo cowboys and cowgirls have been working to qualify for the 2024 event since last January. It is a long road to the American, starting with qualifier events all over the country. If a competitor wins money at a qualifier, they then advance to the regional finals in Las Vegas, Oklahoma City and Lexington, Ky.

Then, the top five from each event move on to the Contender Finals in Abilene, Texas, Feb. 10. There, the field will continue to be narrowed down to five in each event to compete at the American rodeo.

To read more, pick up a copy of the March issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.

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