The Gallop Stallion Service Auction is just around the corner, on Sunday, January 24, 2010. This year’s lineup is rated as one of the best in the country for stallion services! You will have the opportunity to purchase services to some of the finest Halter, Western Pleasure, English, Working Cow, Cutting, and Reining stallions in the world! Stallion invitations are now closed for the 2010 lineup, and the website is nearing its completion. Research availability is accessible on the site, so take this opportunity to shop in advance for a breeding. Check out the stallions and their facilities. Know where your mares will be going, and what kind of offspring the stallion produces. Take a good look at the stallion breeding facility, and know what your mare care or transported semen costs will be. In addition, check on what their “Live Foal Guarantee” consists of. Can’t or don’t think you can make it to the event? Pre-bidding is currently being accepted, or bid live the day of the Gallop event, Sunday, January 24th, with one of the Gallop telephone operators. Just go to the event website at: www.gallopauction.com, and starting at 12 Noon, Pacific Standard Time, you will see the Gallop template flashing a toll free number for you to call in.

Rhodes River Ranch is again, the proud presenter of the 2010 Gallop Event. Additional mention needs to go out to all the sponsors, donors, committee members, and stallion owners, who together are helping families to be with their child in a hospital!

Each year the Gallop receives close to 50+ new stallion donors offering a breeding to the line-up with the compassion to help RMHC families. The Gallop process has been that previous stallion owners have first rights of refusal, followed by new stallion donors that want to participate. Generally, only a half a dozen spots may be open. The selection process of new applications can be difficult with so little space available. This process can often times create new stallions being placed late with months of lost advertising. In fairness to those late placed stallions of the 2010 Gallop line-up, the Gallop Annual Charity Auction feels obligated to give special mention of them in this article. Gallop is privileged to share with you two such stallions who are participating in the 2010 Gallop event.

Gallop is excited to offer one of few auction breedings for the 2010 breeding season to Four-Time AQHA World Champion, Eight-Time Congress Champion ... HOT ONES ONLY! He is the talk of the Equine Industry. This unbelievable young three-year-old stallion has an incredible show record that began at the age of two. His show pen record consists of the 2009 AQHA World Champion Amateur Hunter Under Saddle; World Champion Junior Hunter Under Saddle; World Champion Amateur Pleasure Driving; and World Champion Junior Pleasure Driving. He holds five 2009 Congress Championship titles that include: Junior Pleasure Driving; Amateur Pleasure Driving; Non-Pro Three-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Limited; Non-Pro Three-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Open; and Amateur Hunter Under Saddle. But it doesn’t stop there ... he is additionally the Reserve Congress Three-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Futurity Champion; Reserve Southern Belle Three-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Futurity; and Reserve Amateur Performance Halter Stallions - Ltd Division. In 2008 he was a Three-Time Congress Champion which included: Two-Year-Old Masters Hunter Under Saddle; Junior Hunter Under Saddle; and Amateur Hunter Under Saddle. He is the ONLY AQHA Three-Year-Old to be an Eight-Time Congress Champion and he’s the Highest Money Earning Hunter Under Saddle Stallion with Lifetime Earnings approaching $100,000! Hot Ones Only is sired by legendary AQHA Leading sire, Invitation Only. His dam is Hot Shot Hit, which consists of a bottom side pedigree of all Thoroughbred breeding. Rarely does a stallion come along in this industry that can achieve a show record such as his at a three-year-old age! Here is your golden opportunity for the 2010 breeding season to purchase his service while helping a family be with their child in a hospital. We are indebted to the continued support over the years from Highpoint Performance Horses, and owner Tammy Thompson Dyer for helping families in need. He is standing the 2010 breeding season for $1,500, additional chute fee: $500. Transported semen is available. Mare care, veterinary expenses and/or transported semen fees will be additional costs. The stipulated breed of mare is to be a registered Quarter Horse, Paint, Appaloosa, or Thoroughbred. Here is your opportunity. There is only one.... Hot Ones Only!

Sire of the 2009 Congress Hunter Under Saddle $50,000 Masters Class Champion, ‘Quality Art,’ Gallop welcomes Five-Time AQHA World Champion, ARTFUL INVESTMENT. Artie, as he is called, has more AQHA World Championships than any other stallion in history! He is also AQHA’s highest point earning stallion in history! He is a World Champion Jr. Hunter Under Saddle; World Champion Jr. Pleasure Driving; World Champion Jr. Hunter Hack; World Champion Amateur Hunter Under Saddle; and World Champion Amateur Huntseat Equitation. He holds (2) AQHA Reserve Superhorse titles; is the GMC All-Around Highpoint Amateur and All-Around Highpoint Jr. Horse; Highpoint Hunter Under Saddle Horse; Amateur Supreme Performance Champion; Performance Champion; Amateur Performance Champion; Versatility Champion; AQHA Amateur Versatility Champion; and an All-Around Open & Amateur Congress Champion. The list goes on as Artful Investment additionally holds (12) Superiors. Those being in: All-Around; Amateur All-Around; Western Pleasure; Amateur Western Pleasure; Superior Hunter Under Saddle; Superior Amateur Hunter Under Saddle; Hunter Hack; Amateur Hunter Hack; Working Hunter; Amateur Showmanship; Amateur Horsemanship; and Amateur Huntseat Equitation. Artful Investment holds over (1745) Lifetime AQHA points ... more than any other stallion in AQHA history! With over 275 in Western Pleasure; 525 Hunter Under Saddle; and 143 in All-Around. His AQHA Incentive Funds amount to over $50,000. Artful Investment has been on the Leading Sires List. This magnificent stallion is as successful in the breeding barn as show arena! In addition to the above mentioned, Artie has sired AQHA, APHA, ApHC, and ABRA World & Reserve World Champions, Congress Champions, Superiors, and Multiple Futurity Champions. He stands for an incredible economy price of $500. Due to this being a Ronald McDonald House Charities breeding no additional chute fee will be charged. Transported semen is available. Mare care, veterinary expenses and/or transported semen fees will be additional. Breed of mare is to be a registered Quarter Horse, Paint, Appaloosa, or Thoroughbred. An 80% Color Producer ... Let Artful Investment take you to the winners circle!

We thank the above stallion owners for stepping up to the plate in joining the others in the success of the events mission. At the 27th annual Gallop Event, do not miss the kick off of the most entertaining Opening Ceremony ever to be presented. Take a thrill ride with an astounding carousel of solid gold stars! If you would like more information about our 2010 Entertainment, check out last month’s issue of Horse Previews, or our Gallop website at www.gallopauction.com.

Keep in mind that Gallop is your opportunity to breed to some of the world’s finest! You pick the discipline. Whether it be Cutting; Reining; Working Cow; Heading; Heeling; English; Western Pleasure; or Halter .. guaranteed, you will find Leading Sires of our Industry in the Gallop lineup! They have all come together in the aid of helping families to be with their child in a hospital. Mail, phone, and pre-Internet bids will be taken until 8.00 pm, Saturday, January 23rd, the night before the sale. The event will be focusing primarily on the horse industry ... all around the world! Remember on event day, “live” streaming will be broadcasted to the Internet enabling any individual the opportunity to watch and actively bid during the auction. The ability to research all of our stallions will be accessible during this time, and on the day of the event, a toll free number will be located on the opening page of the website for you to call in and bid. There will be twelve phone stations located on the stage. Telephone operators will assist incoming calls, actively bidding for those callers. With fifty-two participating stallion services, doors will open at 11:00am, ending around 4:00pm. This will allow reasonable hours for everyone across the US to participate.

FLASH! In addition to the stallion services, several more non-service auctioned items will be offered on the auction block, while silent auction items will line the tables in the Pavilion to which only those attending can bid on. Some of those items will include: A fully functional full size 38” natural color acoustic guitar signed in-person by: Chart-topping country artist Dierks Bentley! The guitar comes with (2) certificates of authenticity, one from PSA/DNA & the other from in-person experts. Other items will include fine jewelry; exquisite art pieces; Limited Edition Steve Lyman prints; 2008-09 Detroit Pistons team signed basketball with (7) autographs and a COA; George Strait autograph 12x16 custom mat display with COA; full horse grooming kit; gift baskets; Triple Play tickets; dining certificates; Pendleton blanket a Northern Quest Resort and Spa Package; Hells Canyon Snake River All-Inclusive (3) Day Vacation Package; All-Inclusive K-Diamond-K Guest Ranch Package; Osprey ‘The Main Event’ White Water Rafting Trip; The Resort at Paws Up Five-Star Vacation Package; and much, much more! This year’s items can be viewed on the Gallop website under non-service auctioned items now, with more added as the event grows closer. Admission is free for adults and children, so you need to come attend and get in on the activities being offered for spectators attending!

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane is indebted to Gallop’s Sponsors, Committee Members, and Stallion Owners for their support in both the RMHC mission and Gallop Auction.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane looks forward to seeing you all at the Gallop Stallion Service Auction on Sunday, January 24, 12:00 PM for a “Fun”-raising event. For more information about Gallop, or the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane, please contact Barbara Turner at 509/990-4167.