All American Quarter Horse
Show Taking Place In Columbus
COLUMBUS, Oh The 2003
All American Quarter Horse
Congress at the Ohio Expo Cen
ter in Columbus is the 37th annu
al show for the Ohio Quarter
Horse Association. The show
began Oct. 6 and will run
through Oct. 26.
Since 1967, the show has
grown to the world’s largest sin
gle-breed horse show, Ohio’s
largest annual convention and
the third largest convention in
the United States - with 625,000
attendees who generate more
than $llO million to the Colum
bus economy.
More than 240 horse show
classes will be conducted with
more than 16,000 horse show en
tries from the United States,
Canada, Mexico, Europe, and
South America, comprising more
than 8,500 horses.
This year there will be $2.5
million in cash and prize pack
ages, including towing vehicles,
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horse trailers, trophy saddles,
halters and belt buckles, equine
jewelry, art, and many other
items.
The National Youth Activity
Team Tournament (NYATT),
the largest youth activity team
tournament in the United States
takes place at the Congress. More
than 700 young horsemen and
women from 100 state, regional
and provincial Quarter Horse as
sociations throughout the United
States, Canada and Australia
compete.
Other youth events include the
largest intercollegiate and junior
horse judging competitions in the
U. S. with more than 60 teams of
college students and 4-H, Future
Farmers of America and Quarter
Horse association members.
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equine industry experts will be on
hand to discuss the latest in horse
health, breeding, training, show
ing and management techniques.
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show there will be 250 commer
cial exhibitors that encompass ev
erything imaginable with an
equine flair, including towing ve
hicles, horse trailers, tack, west
ern wear, furniture, fine art, jew
elry and crafts.
Another highlight of the Con
gress will be the nation's most
unique gathering of the top Quar
ter Horse stallions in the country
on Million Dollar Stallion Ave-
nue.
Friday, Oct. 18, the Quarter
Horse Congress Super Sale horse
auction will be conducted in con
junction with National Equine
Sales, and will feature more than
100 head of quality Quarter
Horses for sale to the highest bid
der.
For additional information on
the 2003 Congress horse show,
contact the Ohio Quarter Horse
Association, 101 Tawa Rd., P.O.
Box 209, Richwood, OH
43344-0209; phone:(74o)
943-2346; fax: (740) 943-3752; e
mail: www.qtrhorse@oqha.com.
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How To Feed
Pasturing Horses
Robert M. Jordan
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University of Minnesota
Pasture forage has virtually the
same nutrient composition on a
90 percent dry matter basis as
hay. Two differences exist
grass doesn't contain 90 percent
dry matter (usually only 20-35
percent dry matter), and grazing
permits a horse to eat only the
most palatable, and usually the
most nutritious, part of the plant.
Can a horse, grazing a good
pasture, consume enough to meet
its nutrient requirements for:
• Maintenance? Yes. In fact,
mature horses can get fat on
grass, and yearlings and
2-year-olds will make appreciable
weight gains.
• Gestation? Yes. Grass is
usually a laxative feed that’s high
in protein and vitamins. Pasture
provides an ideal environment
for foaling mares.
• Lactation? Many mares may
actually gain weight while lactat
ing. However, as the season ad
vances, the amount and quality
of forage begin to decline. Under
those circumstances, the mare
will lose weight while her foal
will gain, but at a slower rate.
If the lactating mare is to be
rebred, a loss in body weight may
result in lack of esfrus (heat)
and/or ovulation. For big, active
and heavy-milking mares (Thor
oughbreds, American Sad
dlebreds, etc.) 4 to 8 pounds of
grain per head daily may be fed
to maintain weight until the mare
has conceived,
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• Work? Whether pasture will
meet the requirements for work
depends on the quality of pasture
and how much the horse is rid
den. Riding increases the energy
requirements, over maintenance,
by 35 to 200 percent, depending
on how long and at what speed
the horse is ridden. Feeding 2 to 6
pounds of grain per day, in addi
tion to pasture, usually maintains
weight and stamina.
What's the best pasture for
age? Orchardgrass, reed ca-
narygrass, and bromegrass are
about equal. These species pro
vide good forage early in the sea
son, form a good sod, and are
very palatable and nutritious.
Timothy and bluegrass don’t pro
duce as much forage and become
dormant and unpalatable earlier
in the summer.
Reed canarygrass is a heavy
producer. However, the variety of
reed canarygrass is very impor
tant. It should be a low-alkaloid
type. The old varieties become
high in alkaloids by midsummer
and become very unpalatable.
Keep in mind all cool-season for
ages cease to produce during the
warm and dry weather ot July
and August.
• Legumes? Alfalfa and clo
vers contribute nitrogen to the
grasses, lengthen the growing
season, and increase the protein
and mineral content. However, it
grazed continuously or grazed in
the fall, they will he killed out in
about one year.
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