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February 2004 Update
I was selected to be on the Breeders' Committee. One of the goals of the Breeders' Committee is to revise the TWHBEA Registration/Blood Typing Kit Request and to revise the TWHBEA Color Brochure. I am working on the draft of the new Color Brochure with the support of the members of the committee. See my Feature Section TWHBEA Color Registrations to read about color genetics information. The Voice is the official publication of the TWHBEA and has steadily improved on providing information on all the disciplines in which the Tennessee Walking Horse is known to participate. In December, it was decided to appoint a board to provide oversight for the Voice. I don't understand exactly what the purpose of this board is except that it took some of the editorial responsibility and now must review all things to be published in the Voice. I do know that the editor P.J. Womble has recently resigned. She has done an excellent job of putting out the Voice and will be greatly missed. Another thing that is new is that color gene testing is here to stay and is being by both UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (Equine) and Shelterwood Laboratories. The prices offered for the tests are not very competitive. UC Davis offers the red factor/agouti combined test for $50.00 and if you add the cream gene test it is $25.00 more with a total of $75.00. A proposal is being prepared to offer a contract with TWHBEA to provide the color gene tests to members for a much reduced price. Shelterwood Laboratories also offers the tests individually at $35.00 each so the red factor and agouti gene test together would be $70.00 and to add the cream gene test it would cost $105.00 which is $30.00 more than UC Davis would cost. A new TWHBEA marketing slogan for 2004 is: "Pick Your Sport, We
Have The Horse"
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