The Mane Street, owned and operated out of Virginia, is one of North America's fastest growing online equine communities. We are a site which does not cater to one particular breed or discipline.  We are dedicated to bringing together people who love horses from all walks of life, from all over the world, in order to promote learning and understanding of these wonderful animals. The Mane Street does this by encouraging global, congenial and supportive discussions about varying disciplines and customs. Our forums are moderated by friendly, caring people, who are themselves knowledgeable equestrians.

Our goal is to create a comfortable atmosphere conducive to sharing and learning, particularly for non-competitive horse owners who own horses purely for the love of the horse-- though our site encompasses all aspects of owning, breeding, competing and simply loving horses.  Our members who do compete, breed, teach or train regularly are always willing to share their tips.  It's this friendly, caring and supportive sharing that sets The Mane Street apart. 

The American Competitive Trail Horse Association
advertises that they are joining with HSUS to sponsor a Guiness Book trail
ride. ACTHA is a competitive trail riding association who donates 1/2 of their
net revenue (after the owners are all paid, of course,) to horse rescues.

Audrilee Myers (audrilee.myers@actha.us) of
Customer Support  states that:   "ACTHA is not "joining HSUS"-- it¹s using their
marketing to promote our rides so we can raise more money for rescues.  What
can be the harm in this?" 

The harm, Ms Myers is that HSUS is PETA in a suit and they also believe in a
'Petless, Meatless Society' where humans will not eat, ride, own, wear,
etc., etc., ANY animal.  Wayne Pacelle is a strict vegan and doesn't even
like animals.  The other "harm" is that only one-half of one percent of
HSUS' budget goes to actual hands-on animal care.

ACTHA, please refer to the 'HumaneWatch" FB page or even 'YellowFail" to see
what happens to organizations that support HSUS in this enlightened age.

It's about lining the pockets of the organizers, ridding our society of animals, and not at all about charity despite the bleeding heart ad campaigns.  I f you are not aware of all of this please look into it - it's shocking the lies they make, the fraction of $ that does go to charity, and the millions going to CEO and other top "managers".

We encourage anyone who is concerned about yet another clueless horse
organization taking up with HSUS to email Ms. Myers and let her know how you
feel and also post your comments on the American Competitive Trail Horse
Association's FB page.

Please go to to http://humanewatch.org/ for some education to the realities of
HSUS!!

Thank you Louise Kelly, Phyllis Loupot and Diane Gibbs for this information

Spring Photo


by Cowpony01
 

If you would like to submit a short descriptive text or a poem for the season to be displayed here, please email it to:
laura@themanestreet.com

This year, members can enter as often as they wish even when they've had a winning photo!

For more information on the monthly themes and to view the wonderful photos from the many talented entries, visit the

Calendar Contest Forum
 

Hurry and get your ad put up now and enjoy the benefits of advertising on
The Mane Street for the next year.

*New Updated Statistics--July 2009*

The Mane Street averages 20,584 viewers per week.   Once a viewer comes to The Mane Street, they tend to stay, showing an average of about 10 pages viewed per unique user.  In all, our site averages 220,221  page views per week with an average of 142,919 unique views. 

Our reasonable prices makes advertising with The Mane Street a truly great deal!  PLUS, purchasing ad space on TMS comes with the unlimited use of the Business and Paid Classifieds in our huge, busy forums to announce business specials or for personal use!