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HUNDREDS OF TEXAS STUDENTS AWARDED MORE THAN $7 MILLION AT HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO™ SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET — MAY 22, 2013 — HOUSTON — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE —

With the dust barely settled from this year’s Show, 396 students received more than $7 million from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Wednesday, Mary 22. The Show’s scholarship season kicked off with its Texas-sized awards banquet held in Reliant Center.

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HUNDREDS OF TEXAS STUDENTS AWARDED MORE THAN $7 MILLION AT HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO™ SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET — MAY 22, 2013 — HOUSTON — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE —

With the dust barely settled from this year’s Show, 396 students received more than $7 million from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Wednesday, Mary 22. The Show’s scholarship season kicked off with its Texas-sized awards banquet held in Reliant Center.

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STABLES & SILKS DERBY DAY PARTY

STABLES & SILKS DERBY DAY PARTY…..With a new name and new venue, Williamson County’s premier Kentucky Derby party is off to a flying start. Soroptimist International of Franklin is promising their racing-themed benefit, Stables & Silks, will be even bigger and more exciting this year. 

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PRCA Weekly Press Release- April 22, 2013

RED BLUFF, Calif. – Crazy Eights is the name of a popular card game, but it also described J.R. Vezain’s wildly-successful weekend.

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Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Joins Phelps Media Group as Annual Horse Show Approaches

Brewster, NY – April 18, 2013 – Phelps Media Group, Inc. International is pleased to welcome Pegasus Therapeutic Riding to its client roster, leading up to the 32nd Annual Pegasus Horse Show held Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, 2013.

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JustWorld Fulfills Dreams As Children Compete in Horseless Horse Show at 2013 Gene Mische American Invitational

Tampa, FL – April 11, 2013 – Young competitors lined up along the side of the grass fields outside of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL, for the $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational, presented by G&C Farm, on Saturday, April 6, 2013.

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2013 Iroquois Steeplechase Spring Luncheon at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Nashville, TN – April 3 – The 2013 Iroquois Steeplechase Spring Luncheon was held at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, TN.   The luncheon kicks off  the events surrounding the Iroquois Steeplechase that will take place on Saturday, May 11.

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Palliative Care Program Chosen as Steeplechase Pediatrician’s Circle Beneficiary Donations accepted through April 15, 2013

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 2, 2013 — The Pediatrician’s Circle is an annual fundraising tradition involving two notable Nashville institutions: the Iroquois Steeplechase and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. This year their fundraising efforts will honor outstanding Middle Tennessee pediatricians and benefit the hospital’s Palliative Care Program.

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Iroquois Steeplechase Introducing the 2013 Child Ambassador: Maddie Wright

2013 Child Ambassador Maddie Wright

Murfreesboro native Madeline “Maddie” Wright is a kindergartener at Blackman Elementary. She enjoys many of the same things that any typical five-year-old would: painting pottery, going to the library and bookstore, attending Sunday School, taking gymnastic lessons, riding horses (the few times she’s been), loving animals of all kind (especially her dogs Stella and Sophia) and eating M&M pancakes, sunflower seeds and her Nana’s meatballs.

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Grandma’s Place Fundraiser Exceeds Great Expectations

Wellington, FL – March 25, 2013 – The sun setting over the International Polo Club, appeasing live music, sought after auction items and good company set the perfect stage for “An Evening of Great Expectations” Friday night. The fundraising event garnered tremendous support for Grandma’s Place, an emergency foster shelter for children, and the mission and outreach program of St. David’s in the Pines Episcopal Church.