Sweet Lady Fames, HAHR # 1A368796

We have the prettiest, sweetest half-Arabian mare at our place - and she was abandoned by her owner. She needs a good home where she will be loved and used. She was shown at halter and has excellent manners. She is in perfect health and condition.

How to vote for us in the FedEx Grant contest

We are so excited about all of our friends, colleagues and clients who have taken the time to vote for us in the FedEx Small Business Grant contest. Unfortunately, it seems that some of you have had challenges getting to the page for voting. Here is a direct link that one of our Dutch clients forwarded to me. Hope this helps. http://smallbusinessgrant.fedex.com/Gallery/Detail/c8d4c57b-b91a-486c-8558-6ac7f9f20b4d If that doesn't work or you don't want to go through FB, here is another route: Search for smallbusinessgrant.fedex.com A page will come up where you can enter a business name. All you need to do is type in EZ 2 Spot Ranch in that space. And click the magnifying glass. Don't worry about any other details (State, type of business, etc.) All you need is the name of the business. Our logo and photo will come up. Click on that and it will take you to the page where you can cast your vote. You can vote once a day, every day, through 23 February. We greatly appreciate your support and assistance in helping us do well in this contest.

Grant Contest

We have been accepted into the FedEx Small Business Grant contest and we need your help. Please go to www.smallbusinessgrant.fedex.com and vote for EZ 2 Spot Ranch. Your vote is very important because that is one of the major factors that they will use in deciding the winner. You can vote once a day from now through February 23rd. We appreciate your help and support!

Amsterdam and on to Dammam

We are happy to report that all is well with this week's shipments. We had the pleasure of sending some lovely horses to the EU, arriving safely in Amsterdam this morning. Many thanks to Sandra van den Hof and Oscar Aerdts of Belgium for accompanying Megan and the horses from Houston to Amsterdam. Thanks to Toni and Bjoern Kurzrock, Gesa Horak, Henk le Sage, Team Sport Eichorst, Carl Hanley Sport Horses and Jaime Guerra for sharing your horses with us. And thanks also to Rob Veen of World Animal Transport, Sabrina Bos of Horse Service International and the staff at Guido Klatte for clearing papers upon arrival. We appreciate the good work that you do for our clients. There are also some very nice Arabian mares resting at the KLM Animal Hotel, waiting for their flight to Dammam on Monday. Thanks to Abdullah Al Shehry, Amro Ghurab, Saheb Al Adballah, Abdulelah Alojayan, Faisal Al Anzi and Bandar Al Atiat for sharing your lovely mares with us. Thanks also to Dhafer Al Qahtani, Mohammed Ibrahim, Haidar Yousef and Marwan for the help you provided with this shipment. Our next flight is on Sunday - horses going to Kuwait. We are gathering horses now for our next shipments to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Amsterdam and Luxembourg. Let us know what we can do to help you!

Compliments from Saudi Arabia

We received the nicest note from Yousef Al-Rashi, one of our clients in Saudi Arabia. We wanted to share it with you. Yousef wrote: Dear Terry & Dianne, Since our start in shipping horses from the USA to Saudi Arabia with your respected EZ2SPOT Company in 2009 til this day we recognized the vast development on care improvement year after year and time after time. The care and excellent handling of the horses is perfect; the close monitoring thru out the trip with timing is amazing. We thank you for your job well done and hope to continue doing business for many years to come. Our sincere regards, yousef-al-rashid Thank you, so much, Yousef for your kind words and continued trust in our company. We will continue doing our very best to provide excellent care for all our clients, both human and equine.

Planning for 2014

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas. We certainly did here at EZ 2 Spot Ranch. Now it is time to look ahead as the New Year is rapidly approaching. We are excited about 2014 and expect it to be an amazing year. We are gathering horses now for January quarantine groups to Dammam (Saudi Arabia), Doha (Qatar), Luxembourg (Luxembourg) and Amsterdam (Netherlands). Spaces are currently available in each group and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Let us know if you have horses for any of these destinations and we will be happy to reserve the spaces for you.

A Great Year is Coming to An End with Successful Shipments to Libya, the EU and Saudi Arabia

This has been an amazing month ... and its only half way over! Wow! Thank you so much to our great clients for allowing us the opportunity to work with you and your horses. We appreciate each of you. So far this month, we have completed the following shipments: Tripoli, Libya - Sami Bugaighis's lovely Arabian horses left for Libya on December 2nd. They arrived safely and everything went well with their shipment. Thank you to David Notman and Quinten Wiersma for taking care of the horses on their journey. Sami, we can't wait til the next shipment to Libya. Thank you again for sharing your horses with us. Dammam, Saudi Arabia - On December 6th, we had the privilege of shipping beautiful Arabian horses to Ahmed Al Nasser, Yasser Alhafenawi, Yousef Al Rashid, Mugaid Al Otaibi, Mohammed Jonan and Ghassan Al Sadiq. Thank you, gentlemen, for sharing your horses with us. Thank you also to Kevin Mahoney, Rebecca Finberg and Pieter Visser for flying with the horses and making sure that everything went well on the flights. You are much appreciated. Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Also on December 6th we were honored with the opportunity to fly some amazing horses of various breeds, including some very precious American Miniature horses to Amsterdam. Thank you, Linn Andersson of Sweden, Petra van den Berg of the Netherlands, Dirk de Baets of Belgium, Egbert Tiemann of Germany, Dr. Gert Jan de Groot of the Netherlands, Rami Aama of Bethlehem, Israel and Leonardo Hernandez of Spain for sharing your horses with us. Thank you also to Sabrina Bos of Horse Service International and Rob Veen of World Animal Transport for taking care of the paperwork on the arrival side. Your kind assistance is greatly appreciated. Dammam, Saudi Arabia - Our second shipment to Saudi Arabis this month is in process now. Another lovely group of Arabian mares have arrived safely in Amsterdam and will fly to Dammam, Saudi Arabia tomorrow. Thank you to Dhafer Al Qahtani, Othman Alsurab, Waleed Al Anazi and Fuwad Al Zumaya for sharing your horses with us. Thanks also to Mohammed Ibrahim for facilitating the process for Mr. Al Anazi and Mr. Al Zumaya. And thank you to our grooms, Christian Barraza, Guillermo Rosado and Pieter Visser for making sure that the horses were safe and well throughout their journey. Our last flights for 2013 will go out next week. Marcus Behrendt and Yoanne Corre will have horses flying to Luxembourg and Kerim Talamas will have horses flying to Amsterdam. Thank you in advance to our grooms, Marcus Behrendt, Ellen May and Brittany Barclay for taking care of the horses during their travels. 2013 has been a great year for us here at EZ 2 Spot Ranch and we want to again take this opportunity to thank all our great clients for making it that way. We are excited about new adventures that will come our way in 2014. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us here at EZ 2 Spot Ranch!