Leachman buys back 60 to 70 horses

Jim Leachman of Billings presented a check Wednesday at the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Crow Agency to buy back 60 to 70 of the 829 horses he is accused of starving.

His son, Seth Leachman, bought the quarter horses during last weekend’s BIA auction at the Home Place Ranch 16 miles east of Billings.

“He (Jim Leachman) came in and paid with a cashier’s check for the amount that he owed,” BIA Crow Agency Superintendent Vianna Stewart said.

Stewart said she didn’t know the exact amount of the check because she was traveling Wednesday and all the agency employees who knew the total were attending a Thursday afternoon meeting about the pending federal government shutdown.

Yellowstone County Sheriff Lt. Kent O’Donnell said he heard the check was for $35,000.

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PegasusTV is a relatively new entrant into the horse broadcasting arena.  Their primary mode of broadcast is via video on their website www.pegasustv.org although they do have over-the-air broadcast facilities in Houston.  This past week they have been presenting live coverage of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo.  This morning I was taking in some coverage of their Junior Breeding Beef Show.  It’s always fun to take in some large animal demonstrations first thing in the morning.

It’s also not too late to take in the Show.  The Donkey and Mule Show will begin at 1:00 PM (I’m assuming Central so that would be 11:00 AM Pacific).  And continue tomorrow and Sunday mornings at 9:00 AM (Central).

My only complaint, and I don’t know if this was because of my internet connection or because of their feed, the video was a little buggy.  In this modern age we like to get high definition quality video from the internet; however, I think we’d take a little less quality if the video played right.  Unfortunately, at least with this broadcast, I was getting neither.

This is not the first horse related television venture.  RFD-TV has seen tremendous success on with horse shows on their platform; however, others have not faired so well.  Here’s hoping PegasusTV will be a success.  As horse owners, it seems like we can never get enough horse content, so definitely the more the better.

Here’s from their press release about their channel and expansion plans:

PegasusTV 57.4 will not begin its regular programming schedule until mid-April, and is providing this special live broadcast as a service to the Houston area as one of the community broadcast commitments being made in all its local affiliate channel markets. Future offerings will include entertaining and informational series and shows focused on horse and equestrian activities, farm and ranch country living, veterinary and animal husbandry, documentaries, movies and a wide diversity of events and competitions.

Pegasus Television Network will be expanding throughout 2011 with a continuing roll-out of affiliate channels, including those in Dallas, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Fresno, Bakersfield and more during the 2^nd and 3^rd quarters.  For information regarding local or national advertising, program acquisition or investor relations, or to simply learn more about PegasusTV, email info@pegasustv.com or visit PegasusTV.com.