Tampa Teenager Wins Free Horse From HorseCity.com!Business Editors TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2001 HorseCity.com has awarded its tenth free horse, this time to 15-year-old Lindsay Burer of Tampa. Burer, an honors student at Gaither High School Vivian Gaither High School (commonly abbreviated to simply Gaither or GHS) is located in the Greater Northdale area of Hillsborough County, Florida, USA. It is a senior public high school, serving grades 9-12, operated by the Hillsborough County Public School System. , has taken delivery of TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. Willis, aka, "Willy," registered with the American Quarter Horse Association The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), based in Amarillo, Texas, is an international organization dedicated to the preservation, improvement and record-keeping of the American Quarter Horse. as Number 3910907. Last week, HorseCity.com was named by Forbes as the best equestrian Web site. The competition to win Willy was stiff. Each month over 38,000 signed-up users of HorseCity.com register more than 700,000 times to win. The computer selects the winner by random. "When the contest first started, I entered a lot of times," remembers Burer, "and then, two weeks before the drawing for Willy, I sat down at the computer and entered 50 more times." Burer, whose favorite subject is science, cites agriculture as her favorite elective. She currently owns a 22-year-old Quarter Horse, who's ready for retirement. She has competed in both barrel racing and dressage dressage (French; “training”) Equestrian sport involving the execution of precision movements by a trained horse in response to barely perceptible signals from its rider. , but hopes "to do a little bit of everything with my new horse." Ryan Dohrn, HorseCity.com General Manager, affirms that, "Once again, a great horse has gone to a great home. This contest is one way to make our readers' dreams come true. We always award a horse registered with either the AQHA AQHA American Quarter Horse Association or APHA (American Paint Horse The American Paint Horse is a breed of horse that combines both the conformational characteristics of a western stock horse with a pinto spotting pattern of white and dark coat colors. Association)." Dohrn explained that the horses are young, but all are already "halter broke," or able to be led in a halter. He noted that HorseCity's screening procedures for awarding the animals are very stringent, in the best interest of the horse. "Winners must have an affidavit of eligibility notarized, and we can take the horse back at any time if any information has been falsified. We send a licensed veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. to the owner's facility to determine that person's capacity to care for the horse as we would expect. Our own horse hauler delivers the horse and makes the final analysis as to the prospective owner's fitness. We reserve the right to revoke the prize should we see fit to do so." Free Horse entry rules are easily accessed on the Web site. Visitors to the site may register as many times as they would like for each month's giveaway. HorseCity.com offers free information on training, veterinary care, stable management, tack, competitions and events, plus its Horse TV allows riders to watch actual lessons from the top professionals in the industry. The site includes free resources for the general horse enthusiast, or for riders in the disciplines of hunter/jumper, endurance, dressage, eventing eventing Noun Brit, Austral & NZ riding competitions (esp. [three-day events]), usually involving cross-country riding, jumping, and dressage eventing n (HORSERIDING) → , roping, cutting, barrel racing, pleasure and more. HorseCity.com is a subsidiary of Morris Communications Group and a division of Morris Digital Works, and is headquartered in Augusta, Georgia. Photos at: http://www.horsecity.com/media/WINNERS_HIRESPIX/Lindsay_June01Winner |
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