Columbus, OH – As part of ongoing membership education programs, the US Trotting Association now has an instructional DVD on yearling preparation available for purchase. The DVD was recorded in August of 2006 at a seminar on yearling sale preparation conducted by Albert and Mark Adams at their Winterwood Farm in Ohio.

The seminar covered topics from weaning to grooming and marketing to shipping and is designed to help the small breeder present the best possible yearling at auction. The video also includes a product and grooming demonstration by the farm’s top yearling groom, Linda Mazza.

The DVD is available to USTA members for $10 and to non-members for $15. Please call 877-800-8782 extension 84 to order your DVD or visit our publications order form online at http://www.ustrotting.com/ecommerce/yearlingprepcd/cd_order.cfm.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A SHORT VIDEO CLIP FROM THE DVD

Future USTA educational seminars are planned for December 9 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Mississippi State University in Starkville, where top trainer George Teague Jr. will talk about breaking and training young horses. Dr. Bridgette Jablonsky of Hanover Shoe Farm will teach yearling sales preparation on August 25, 2007 at the Hanover (PA) Fairgrounds. Both events are free to USTA members. For more information on future seminars or to offer suggestions for future seminars, please contact jamie.rucker@ustrotting.com.