Totalis Breeding offered at Thursday, March 1 Auction/Newsletter

The Ride For Hope News

Equestrian Aid Foundation

February 2012 - Vol. 4, Issue 1

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We have such an exciting opportunity through our annual Palm Beach Dressage Derby Inspection Reception and auction!

A breeding to TOTALIS will be offered as part of the live auction. And, you don't even need to be there to bid. If you won't be present, but still want to bid - email or call 704.650.1604 to arrange a bidder's assistant. Please contact us by 12pm on Thursday, March 1.

We have more than $30,000 of terrific auction items and a great evening planned for you too. More details on the Palm Beach Dressage Derby event is below.

We hope you made it to the Gold Rush.

Watch for a full wrap up in the March newsletter. In the meantime, see the slide show and results here. Special thanks to our presenting sponsor MeadowView & The Riggio Family. Thanks to all our wonderful team sponsors too - Flintfield's Horse Park, Palm Beach Equine Clinic and winners FarmVet. It was a fun new way for many to enjoy Super Bowl Sunday!

Mark you calendar for Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, because we'll be back at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center for the 3rd Annual Sidelines Tetrathlon.

As always, thank you for your generous donations and memberships. To date, we have distributed more than $1.8 million to help those in need. We would be unable to continue our mission without you. Thank you for sharing this ride for hope.

Totalis Breeding Offered at Palm Beach Dressage Derby

Totalis The fourth annual Equestrian Aid Foundation "Inspection Reception" Fundraiser will be held Thursday, March 1, from 5-8 pm at the Palm Beach Dressage Derby in Loxahatchee, Fla. The highlight of the evening will be the live bidding for a breeding to World and Olympic Champion Totalis.

Want to win the Totalis breeding, but won't be there? Contact skursar@gmail.com or call 704.650.1604 by Thursday at 12 pm to arrange a bidder's assistant.

Guests will enjoy a fabulous meal and drinks at the beautiful show grounds at the Horse Park at Equestrian Estates immediately following the FEI Jog. Courtney King-Dye will be the guest of honor. Items will be on display at noon in the IHS Palm Beach Derby gathering place, "The Beer Garden," to bid on items or make donations.

"We have more than $30,000 in auction items of goods and services we all use and need, and this year we are excited and honored to have a breeding to World and Olympic Champion Totilas, donated by the Totilas partnership of Paul Schockemohle and Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff of Germany," said Mary Phelps, Equestrian Aid Foundation co-chairman to the board of governors and organizer of this annual event. "Our celebrity items including a Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning autographed Football and photo, rock star signed items, as well as an array of product baskets and services that every horse person needs."

See more at Dressage Daily.

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