2010 Georgia 4-H Horse Benefit Auction Flyer (feel free to post in local feed/tack stores!)

2010 Horse Benefit Auction catalog

Going once, going twice....SOLD to Benefit the Georgia 4-H Horse program! These words have rung out in Georgia for the past fifteen years. 2010 will bring the 16th Annual Georgia 4-H Horse Benefit Auction, and this year we are again excited to be working with the UGA Equine Science Program to offer a combined sale, now known as the Bulldog Bonanza!!!

The 4-H auction was the brainchild of the Georgia Farm Bureau Equine Commodity Committee and specialists at the University of Georgia. Each year donations of horses are solicited throughout the year to be sold at auction. In addition there is an additional auction featuring such items as tack and horse-related equipment and clothing.

Proceeds are divided evenly between the Georgia 4-H Horse Program and Equine research at the University of Georgia. The money has supported many programs that would not have been possible otherwise. The Georgia 4-H Horse Program continues to grow and has been able to keep fees low for participants, junior leaders and adult leaders at Horse School. Auction funds also support the state winning Horse Quiz Bowl Team’s trip to the National Competition. On the research side of things, auction proceeds have helped to fund an early prepubertal castration on the growth and behavior of colts, effects of Vitamin E supplementation on immunity in foals, effect of feeding perennial peanut hay and the effects of feeding conjugated linoleic acid on the fat deposition of mares.

The Georgia 4-H Horse Program and the UGA Equine Science Program salute Georgia Farm Bureau for their dedication and support over the past sixteen years. The Benefit Auction has been a very successful collaboration benefiting many 4-Hers and others interested in equine programs. Make your plans now to be in Athens on April 24th at noon, at the UGA Livestock Instructional Arena, to see the excitement first hand at the 2010 Bulldog Bonanza!

If you would like additional information on any of the listed horses, please contact Dr. Gary Heusner at: gheusner@uga.edu or 706/542-9092 or Dr. Kylee Jo Duberstein at: kyleejo@uga.edu or 706/542-7032.