Classic Performance Horses is a family owned and operated business located approximately 30 minutes west of Edmonton, AB, north of the Yellowhead highway.

Primarily a training facility, as Loren trains and shows cutting and cow horses, the Christianson’s stallions are another source of income for the family. Leaving the breeders to own and raise the babies, and hoping for a chance to ride the offspring one day is what seems to work for this farm.
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By: Janice Sather

2007 marks the 50th anniversary of Quarter Horse racing in Alberta (1957-2007). As such, the Alberta Quarter Horse Racing Association, with the help of its members, will be marking our golden anniversary with a series of stories and special events throughout Alberta. “50 Fast Years, 50 Great Stories” will be the theme of the anniversary.
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Canada’s newest vet school, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Calgary (UCVM) is well on its way to accepting its first class of Alberta students in the fall of 2008. It will be Canada’s fifth veterinary college and the first to open in two decades.
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With every passing day the start of the 2007 edition of the WPCA Dodge Pro Tour gets ever closer. This year, the canvas auctions are scheduled to take place in late March, and before we know it we will be starting the first race of the year at the Grande Prairie Stompede.

The drivers who will return from the 2006 lineup to make up the 2007 WPCA Dodge Pro Tour are Buddy Bensmiller, Chance Bensmiller, Dave Bensmiller, Kurt Bensmiller, Floyd Bradshaw, Jerry Bremner, Shane Cartier, Colt Cosgrave, Rae Croteau Jr., Wayne Dagg, Troy Dorchester, Darcy Flad, Herman Flad, Troy Flad, Rick Fraser, Jason Glass, Chad Harden, Tyler Helmig, Barry Hodgson, Doug Irvine, Jason Johnstone, Reg Johnstone, Layne MacGillivray, Brian Mayan, Obrey Motowylo, Grant Profit, Hugh Sinclair, Kelly Sutherland, Kirk Sutherland, Mark Sutherland, Léo Tournier, Luke Tournier, Mike Vigen, and Neal Walgenbach.
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By: Ron Anderson

I was reading. Yep. Sitting in the lazy boy studying important stuff. My partner questions that particular endeavour because she notices the outcome is generally less than favourable.

Apparently, reading in the lazy boy results in either, A) a big old-man idea (this has been described in previous dissertations), or B) a complete non-productive waste of time and/or semi-trance-like condition where I am checking my eyelids for cracks that may allow in light. That particular condition can last for hours.

However, in this case, none of the above happened. Well … maybe the man-idea part, but just a little.
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The Alberta horse industry Distinguished Service Award is awarded at the annual Horse Breeders and Owners Conference in January. The award recognizes individuals who have provided outstanding contributions to the development of the horse industry in Alberta. This year, the award went to John Scott.

Congratulations John! The following is the script as it appears on his plaque and that gives just a glipse into his life:
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by Krista Schole, BSc Ag

It seems that many of us fall into the trap of believing whatever we hear about feeding horses.

That’s why, for the second time in seven years, Dr. Bob Coleman and Dr. Lori Warren tackled the myths and wives’ tales surrounding the feeding of horses at the 25th anniversary of the Horse Breeders & Owners Conference in Red Deer, AB, January 12 to 14.
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