16th Annual MARE Center Yearling Auction October 14

[blackstallion]

Helping spread the word!

The Virginia Tech MARE Center in Middleburg, VA will hold their 16th
annual Thoroughbred Yearling auction this Sunday, Octboer 14th. The
yearlings are registered with the Jockey Club and Virginia
Thoroughbred Breeders Award Program (VA Breds) and are the product of
a program granted by Paul Mellon. All of the MARE (Middleburg
Agricultural Research Extension) Center's mares and stallions were
generously donated in order to conduct growth, feed, and pasture
studies in conjunction with the Virginia Tech Equine Graduate School.
These yearlings are herd and pasture raised and may be one of
Virginia' best kept secrets! Past "graduates" have become successful
racehorses and sporthorses, sired by well established sires Fred
Astaire, Rock Point, and Ball's Bluff, as well as outside sires
donated via breeding or mare in foal. The sales catalog is posted at
http://www.apsc.vt.edu/centers/Mare/Web ... .index.htm

There will be a Virginia Thoroughbred Association Harvest Cocktail
Party for Virginia Thoroughbred Associates at 6:30 pm on October 11,
2007 at the Virginia Tech MARE Center Sales Pavillion featuring a
preview of the yearlings in the sale. Please RSVP for the Cocktail
Party by October 8 at 540-347-4313 or [email protected]. (And if anyone
goes, please give us your report back on these lovely fillies and
geldings!).

For inspection tours prior to the sale, please contact Rita Rollison,
at 540-687-3521 or [email protected] Mon-Fri

To learn more about the the wonderful programs at MARE Center please
visit http://www.apsc.vt.edu/centers/Mare/marechome.htm You can also
learn a lot about forage and feed management as well as results of
past studies, that are very helpful to all horse owners and have been
used by companies developing feed products for our horses. This
program benefits horses and owners of all breeds and is truly a huge
asset to the equine industry!

[spex4me]

We'll be going to 'window shop'

We looked for 2 years for our "prodigy" and found her at SIU. I highly reccomend these horses from the universities b/c those students and professors really do put alot of great work and HOURS into them!! Sorry Va Tech , if you would have had my boy Spec Bid in your line it would have saved us some tire tread!! lmao!! Good Luck and can't wait to see them!