LOPE (LoneStar Outreach to Place Ex-Racers)'s Benefit Horse Show on May 12 includes a Silent Auction. So many wonderful items were donated that LOPE has decided to open the Silent Auction for online bidding until Friday, May 11 at midnight. Final bidding on the items must be done live on Saturday during the show.

The auction items include a website design package; a custom equine painting portrait; a custom professional pencil portrait; an equine photography portrait; a big doggie "basket" of dog treats; several saddles; a night at the races at Retama, Sam Houston and Lone Star; and racing memorabilia.

Four outstanding stallion seasons have been donated. Those seasons are for a Welsh pony stallion, a Cremello stallion, an Arabian stallion, and a Texas accredited Thoroughbred stallion. There will be many other items for auction at the show, as well.

To get started bidding online, click here.

LOPE would like to thank the Horsegazette.com and all the wonderful folks who donated items to the auction

LoneStar Outreach to Place Ex-Racers (LOPE) is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit devoted to providing new careers for retiring racehorses of all breeds in Texas. Through its online services and ranch adoption center, LOPE has transitioned over 500 Texas ex-racehorses into new homes since 2003.

For more information about LOPE Texas, visit the organization's website at www.lopetx.org.