| Nokesville 4-H Horse Project
Schedule and Syllabus |
Thinking of joining? Most meetings are on
Fridays, some Saturdays,
so save those
days for us!
Please read this page thoroughly for commitment
requirements.
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MEETINGS,
CONTESTS, & DEADLINE
DATES |
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Meetings - most are on
Fridays - please check the calendar on a regular basis -
notices and reminders go out through email. It
is highly recommended that you add the google calendar
to your personal calendar via the link button offered at
the bottom of the calendar page. Many folks add this to
their cell phones.
Contests AND
special dates: 2009-2010
- Jan. 9 -
Gloucester Hippology and Horse Bowl Contest
- Feb. 6 -
District Horse Judging Contest, Kelly's Ford Eq.
Center, Remington, VA
- Feb. 13 -
NE
District Hippology and Horse Bowl Contest, Hanover,
VA
- Feb. 19
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B&B Hippology Contest, Blacksburg,
VA
- Feb. 20 -
B&B Horse Judging Contest, Blacksburg,
VA
- March 6 -
District Hippology and Horse Bowl Contest,
Ruckersville, VA
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April 9-11
State
EquiSmartz
Contests: Judging, Hippology, Horse Bowl,
Presentations
Hippology will begin Friday afternoon and finish
with judging on Saturday. Speaking and Presentations
will occur on Saturday and Horse Bowl will be on
Sunday!
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April 28 -
Fill out and hand in your horse declaration form
to Sandy for a State Mandated May 1 deadline.
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July 12th,
6:30pm, 4-H Office - State Required meeting for
those going to the State horse show.
All record
books will be checked as well to see that the member
is doing their required record keeping and that it
is current.
- See
District Horse
Site for Show dates and Clinics
- Sept. 16-19 -
State Horse Show, Lexington, VA
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See Calendar for all horse
meeting dates - mostly Fridays
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More
dates you might be interested in state-wide
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Horse Project
Meeting General Outline |
Contests - Hippology, Horse
Bowl, and Horse Judging
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Oct.
- April (or until the State EquiSmartz
contest), Study sessions are Fridays
evenings. We break over the holidays.
Some Saturdays are possible for Horse
Judging at local horse farms with some
cost involved.
See the calendar for scheduled dates.
- Contest are sometimes
require an overnight stay. Every member pays their
own way, hotel, food, gas, entry fee,
etc.
Shows, Field Trips,
Clinics, etc.
April - Sept. at various Northern VA
places. Always a cost involved. See
the
District Horse
for District Shows and Clinics and State
show information. See
State Horse for more District and State
activities. See our
calendar for field trips, trail
rides, and guest speakers. And
camp information.
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HORSE PROJECT
REQUIREMENTS |
- $15 class fee
and all
membership enrollment papers due at first
meeting
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$$Pay as you go$$ on other
expenses, entries, books, study materials, horse
polo shirts (approx. $15), horse jackets (approx. $55), transportation, hotels, food,
gas, field trips, guest speakers expenses, etc.
- Must be committed to regular
project meeting attendance and attendance at
Monthly General Club meetings
- Must be committed to
obtaining all materials needed and have an
organized horse project book (see order below).
Must bring project book/horse records to every meeting.
- Must be committed to studying
per the outline and be prepared for contests.
- Must be committed to keeping
horse records (if you have a horse) and continuously working on your
project manuals and worksheets, asking for
signatures as you progress.
- Must turn in all required
paperwork, horse declarations and show entries
ON TIME.
- Must be timely to meetings
and field trips.
- All 4-Hers and their parents
must have a positive and supporting attitude
with fellow club members and complete respect
and gratitude for the volunteer coaches, guest
speakers and other volunteers.
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A Mandatory
Meeting is held in early July 2009 for those
attending the state horse show.
You must bring the following:
Project book, Entry Fee or Horse Show Hero,
Your Birth Certificate,
Measurement card,
Health History Form,
Class selection,
Entry form - with leader
signature,
Rule book,
Entries are due to the state office
generally the 2nd week in July.
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TEST YOUR HORSE KNOWLEDGE
- PREPARE FOR CONTESTS |
Junior
Master Horseman
(small fee -
optional material)
» click on link below
» click on "For Youth"
» purchase Level 1 book
» when your book comes in the mail go back to
website and register your book. Our Club ID is
20181.
» Level 1 offers 8 tests and 3 interactive games
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NOKESVILLE MEMBERS ONLY
HIPPOLOGY STUDY
MATERIALS
Horse Study Packets are on this Hippology study
page, available for downloading.
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4-H Horse Farm
(free, optional)
» click on link and play
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Horse Portfolio Order |
If you
do not have a horse or are under age 9
you need to have your portfolio in this
order:
1) Cover Page (name,
age, DOB, club name)
2) Table of Contents
3) 4-H Story (completed at
end of year)
4) Member Record
Member Record
(pdf)
5) Project
Record
6) Supplemental - News
Clippings & Awards,
General Club, Field Trips,
Community Service
& County Activities
If you have a horse
and age 9 or older you must keep
your portfolio in this order:
1) Cover Page
2) Table of Contents
3) Registration (horse declaration)
4) Coggins or copy
5) Green Card or copy
6) Horse Record (age appropriate for Jr. or
Sr.) (complete story on last pg. at end of
yr.)
Virginia 4-H Horse Project Junior
Record Book ages 9-13
Virginia 4-H Horse Project Senior
Record Book ages 14-19
7) Handouts and workbooks, copies of Dist. /
State entries
Horseless Project
Workbooks
(Units 1-4)
Unit 1 -
Introduction to the Horse (Horseless
1)
Unit 2 -
Horses are Fun (Horseless 2)
Unit 3 -
Horse & Horsemanship (Horseless 3)
Unit 4 -
Horse Science (Horseless 4)
Riding Project
Workbooks (Units 1-4)
Unit 1 -
Basic
Horsemanship (Progressive Riding 1)
Unit 2 -
Novice
(Progressive Riding 2)
Unit 3 -
Horseman
(Progressive Riding 3)
Unit 4 -
Horsemaster
(Progressive Riding 4)
Horse Judging Manual
8) Pictures (preferably of
project progression, and holding award
ribbons)
9) Supplemental - Artifacts of competitions,
handouts, letters, news clippings, general club and
community service activities
State Project Book
Competition Information
Please order your own books below -
Horse Science and Horses and
Horsemanship. These 3 books are manuals
that all hippology and horse bowl questions
are primarily taken from.
Please also order your own
Junior Master Horseman
books as additional study material. Not
required but the kids really enjoy this
workbook.
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PORTFOLIO WORKBOOKS AND RECORD
BOOKS |
Print the following on manila
colored paper:
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/406/406-120/406-120.pdf --
Horseless 1
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/406/406-105/406-105.pdf --
Horseless 2
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/406/406-093/406-093.pdf --
Horseless 3
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/406/406-094/406-094.pdf --
Horseless 4
Print the following on light blue colored paper:
horse/horse0001.pdf - Progressive Riding 1
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/406/406-097/406-097.pdf -
Progressive Riding 2
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/406/406-098/406-098.pdf -
Progressive Riding 3
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/406/406-099/406-099.pdf -
Progressive Riding 4
Print the following on white paper:
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/406/406-122/406-122.pdf - Jr.
Record Book (ages 9-3 only)
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/406/406-123/406-123.pdf - Sr.
Record Book ages (14-19 only)
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Order on Your Own.
These books are a must for this project.
Click on book for direct link. |
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About the Volunteer Horse Leaders |
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Sandy Arnold, B.S. Equine
Science
Sandy has been in the horse
business for 35+ years and comes with a background of western,
hunter, driving, eventing and dressage background. She has a
degree in horse science and has worked on and off in the field
between running her web development business and raising a family. She
has had a lifetime of experience with both training, competing,
and teaching professionally and at the college level. In her
youth she was competitively involved in the Kansas State 4-H
horse project program through the state level, was an active
state horse council youth representative and on the state horse
judging team, competing at Nationals as well. She currently
trains, instructs and competes in all disciplines and trains and sells
her own string of
ponies.
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Amy Owsenek, certified by
horse slobber, sweat, and Indians
Amy has been involved with
horses for over 30 years. My horse experiences span the range of
horse disciplines from western riding, cutting, ranching, to
hunt seat equitation, hunter/jumpers, vaulting, dressage,
combined training, and hunter paces. I have been teaching on and
off since I was 16 years old. I was involved with the 4-H horse
program through my senior year in high school and received a 4-H
scholarship for college where I studied riding and teaching
riding as my main extracurricular activity. I hold an IHSA
National Championship in Hunt Seat Equitation, and have earned
many vaulting championships. I am a certified vaulting coach.
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Cindy Puryear, 4-H Youth
Educator, Prince Wm. Co Extension
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Dr. Traci Sandberg, Small
Animal Veterinarian
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2010 Contest Results |
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April 9-11:
EquiSmartz Contest Results
March 6:
Feb. 20 B&B
Blacksburg, VA
Horse Judging - 69 Junior
contestants
6th Ind. Halter - Kate
3rd Ind. Performance - Kate
2nd Ind. Performance - Ivy
8th Team Performance - Libby &
Kate, plus Autumn from Bit N
Bridle
1st Team Performance Team - Ivy
& Tess, plus Delaney from Bit N
Bridle
9th Ind. Reasons - Ivy
10th Team Reasons - Libby &
Kate, plus Autumn from Bit N
Bridle
9th Team Reasons - Ivy & Tess,
plus Delaney from Bit N Bridle
2nd Ind. Overall Jr. - Kate
9th Team Overall - Libby & Kate,
plus Autumn from Bit N Bridle
4th Team Overall - Ivy & Tess,
plus Delaney from Bit N Bridle
Feb. 19 B&B Blacksburg, VA
Hippology - 53 Junior
Contestants
7th Ind. Exam & Stations - Libby
5th Ind. Slides & Judging - Kate
6th Overall Jr. - Kate
Jan. 9, 2010
Gloucester Co. Hippology Contest
report: Congratulations to Marie for placing 6th, Libby
for placing 7th, Ivy for placing 11th and Haley for
placing 12th out of 35 entries in the Jr. Division.
Feb. 13, 2010 NE
District Hippology and Horse
Bowl Contest report:
Congratulations to Marie for
placing 5th and Libby placing
7th overall Jr. Division out of
64 contestants. And
congratulations to Kate and
Haley for placing 4th on the Jr.
Team Question. Congratulations
to the team of Libby, Anya,
Marie and Jessie for placing 7th
in Horse Bowl and
congratulations to Haley for
placing 5th in Horse Bowl
scrambling with Orange Co.
Congratulations to Devynn for
placing 5th on a Horse Bowl team
scrambling with Fluvanna and
participating with them for the
Hippology Sr. Division.
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2009
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Jan. 10, 2009
Gloucester Co. Hippology Contest
report: Congratulations to
Libby, Anya and Jessie for
placing 1st in Jr. Team
Questions and Marie, Ivy and
Haley for placing 2nd in Jr.
Team Questions. Libby placed 1st
overall and Anya placed 3rd
overall for Jr. Individual Hippology.
Haley placed 3rd overall and
Marie placed 4th overall in
Intermediate Jrs. Paige placed 2nd in
Sr. Team Questions with her
scramble teammates from another
club. All were awarded Danish
ribbons as well.
Feb. 7, 2009 ND
Hippology Contest report:
Congratulations to Anya for a
10th place individual in
stations, Marie for a 7th place
individual in stations and Libby
for a 4th place individual in
stations, Libby for a 10th place
in the written, Paige won a 6th
place for Team Questions
w/Fluvanna. 4th place for Team
Stations was awarded to Libby,
Anya, Jessie and Julia and Paige
won 6th place w/Fluvanna for
Team Stations. Paige won a 9th
place for horse judging
individual, and her team won 1st
place for the Team Judging.
Libby, Anya, Julia and Jessie
won 1st place for the Team
Question and Libby won 9th place
overall for Jr. division.
Paige won a 4th place overall
Sr. Division. Jr. Team
of Libby, Julia, Jessie and Anya
won 7th place overall for Jr.
Division and Jr. Team of Marie,
Haley and Maddy won 10th place
overall for Jr. Division. There
were 16 teams in the contest.
Feb. 20, 21 2009
B&B Hippology and Horse Judging
Contest report: Congratulations
to Julia B. for 7th place in
Hippology for Jr. ID and Judging
division, and the team of Libby,
Ivy and Julia place 5th overall
for Jr. Team ID & Judging. For
the horse judging day, Ivy S.
placed 1st in the Jr.
Performance division and 9th in
the Halter division and 3rd
overall Jr. division. Haley B.
placed 7th overall in the Jr.
Performance division. The team
of Marie, Haley and Maddy placed
3rd overall in the Jr.
Performance team division, and
the team of Julia, Ivy and Libby
placed 5th overall in the Jr.
Performance team division. The
team of Ivy, Libby and Julia
placed 4th in the contest as
Overall Team and the team of
Marie, Haley and Maddy placed
7th overall team. There were 18 Jr.
teams in the contest.
Feb. 28, 2009 -
District Horse Bowl Contest
report: Congratulations to
Marie, Haley, Maddy, Jessie and
Libby for placing 2nd in the
Junior division of Horse Bowl.
Jessie won 4th place overall
individual and Haley won 7th
place overall individual! There were 6 teams competing. They are now qualified for the
State Contests.
March 14, 2009 -
District Horse Judging Contest:
Congratulations to Libby, Anya
and Julia for winning 5th place
overall team at the contest.
They also won 4th place team in
the halter division and 5th
place team in the performance
division. Libby won 8th place
overall individual and 9th place
in the individual placings for
halter. Julia and Anya earned a
red danish ribbon for reasons
and Libby earned a blue danish
ribbon for reasons.
March
20, 21, 22 State Horse Contest
Results:
Horse Judging:
- 1st individual overall Jr. -
Julia
- 1st individual performance Jr.
- Julia
- 1st team halter div. Jr. -
Julia, Ivy, Anya, Libby
- 9th individual overall Jr. -
Ivy
- 2nd place overall Jr. Team -
Julia, Ivy, Anya, Libby
- 8th individual performance Jr.
- Maddy
- 5th individual performance Jr.
- Ivy
- 4th individual halter Jr. -
Julia
- 5th team performance Jr. -
Maddy, Marie, Haley
- 2nd team performance Jr. -
Julia, Ivy, Anya, Libby
- 10th individual reasons Jr. -
Marie
- 10th team reasons Jr. - Maddy,
Marie, Haley
- 8th team reasons Jr. - Maddy,
Marie, Haley
Hippology:
- 1st individual horse judging
Sr. div. - Paige
- 1st individual horse judging
Jr. div. - Julia
- 5th individual horse judging
Jr. div. - Marie
- 10th overall team Jr. - Maddy,
Marie, Haley
- 7th overall team Jr. - Libby,
Julia, Anya, Ivy
- 10th team stations Jr. - Maddy,
Marie, Haley
- 4th team stations Jr. - Libby,
Julia, Anya, Ivy
- 4th team judging Jr. - Libby,
Julia, Anya, Ivy
- 8th team problem Jr. - Libby,
Julia, Anya, Ivy
- 9th team exam Jr. - Libby,
Julia, Anya, Ivy
- 8th team exam Jr. - Maddy,
Marie, Haley
Horse Bowl:
- 3rd place overall Jr. - Libby,
Maddy, Haley, Marie
- 5th place overall Jr.
individual - Marie
- 8th place overall Jr.
individual - Maddy
- 9th place overall Jr.
individual - Libby
Presentations:
- 6th place overall Jr. - Anya
STATE HORSE SHOW 2009:
Paige Keiser and horse, Zorro:
4th 1st go western pleasure sr.
horse
4th 2nd go western pleasure sr.
horse
11th reserve working western sr.
8th western pl. classic
red sr. western showmanship
blue stable management
Marie Lerch and horse, Glory:
1st dressage training level test
1, jr.
5th dressage training level test
2, jr.
3rd jr. dressage showmanship
call back for blues
2nd jr. dressage equitation
10th dressage equitation classic
jr. and sr.
blue stable management
Julia Bain and pony, Dresden:
8th course A sm./med. jr. hunter
over fences
8th course B sm./med. jr. hunter
over fences
4th jr. hunter equitation on the
flat, sm./med. pony
9th sm./med. pony hunter under
saddle jr.
red jr. hunter showmanship
blue stable management
Ivy Sandberg and pony, Evie:
5th jr. hunter equitation on the
flat, lg. pony
blue jr. record book entry
red jr. hunter showmanship
Libby Arnold:
1st place for extraordinary
spirit and helper as stable/team
manager
(pony fell and went lame on Wed.
before State and had to scratch
classes) |
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2008
News |
Congratulations to our outstanding teams at the 2008 Northern
District Hippology Contest! Great job on reasons to all!
Allison got 1st and Paige got 2nd in the individual
horse judging division of the Hippology Contest, earning
their team (including Stephanie and Marie) a 7th overall
at a contest that had approximately 100 juniors in their
division! The same team also earned a 7th place overall
for the Horse Judging contest (their first ever
competition!)
Congratulations to Libby, Anya, Stephanie and Marie for
their 5th place at the Northern Dist. Horse Bowl Contest
(Jr. Div.) and to Paige and Cassie (Sr. Div.) for their
2nd placing!Congratulations to Paige,
Julia, Libby, and Cassie
for many wins at the Northern District Horse Shows! And
congratulations to our State competitors, Paige and
Cassie! Paige placed 4th in Jr. Western Showmanship, 5th
and 6th place in Jr. Western Pleasure (2 rounds), 7th
place in Jr. Working Western, 3rd place in Western Side
Saddle and 7th place in her first ever Drill Team
competition. Cassie placed 10th in Sr. Western
Equitation, 9th in Sr. Western Pleasure, and 10th in Sr.
Horsemanship.
Outside of 4-H,
Congratulations to Julia
for placing 1st in VHSA Finals
2008 for Equitation and 2nd in
Hunter Under Saddle and earning
Res. Champion for the year in
Short Stirrup 9 and under.
Congratulations to Marie
for earning two 4th placings at
VHSA Finals 2008 in equitation
and over fences classes in the
Short Stirrup age 10-12. |
Member Forms:
ALL PARENTS
must fill out
All 4-Hers
must fill out these
six forms:
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4-H is a community of young people across
America who are learning leadership, citizenship and life
skills.
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American Fatso Horse:
by Jill, Nokesville 4-H member
The Blurple
by Emily, Nokesville 4-H member
SPONSORS:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPONSOR OUR 4-H HORSE PROJECT??
FOR A DONATION OF $25 OR MORE PER YEAR, YOU CAN HAVE A BANNER AD ON
THIS REGULARLY VISITED WEBSITE PAGE. We have an incredibly active
group of horse enthusiasts that meet regularly and are continuing to
learn and improve on their equine education through clinics,
contests and riding.
Virginia 4-H Mission Statement
To develop youth and adults working with those youth to realize
their full potential - becoming effective, contributing citizens
through participation in research-based, non-formal, hands-on
educational experiences.
Club Schedule of Events
Bookmark these links:
Nokesville 4-H White or Dark Green Polo Shirt
w/green or white embroidery
Bring Sandy Arnold your polo or sweatshirts anytime.
Embroidery is $10 per item.
Demonstrations!
Educational Field Trips!
Horse Judging!
Horse Shows!
Hippology & Horse Bowl Study Sessions!
Nokesville 4-H Horse Jacket
Order Information:
Order on an individual basis through EmbroidMe in
Manassas, VA near the Burlington Coat Factory. Jackets are called
"Survivor", adult style# 8600 and youth style# 8500. Prices are
between $52 and $60 plus tax. You might try on one of our members
jackets to see what size best suits you. Talk to Bonny at
703-366-3077
Other
informative and educational horse links:
Horse Bowl Contest Rules & Procedures
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Scholarship Information |
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Offered by the VA State Fair - click on link.
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County Portfolio
Scholarship Requirements:
- must turn in a completed portfolio
- must be an active member in the horse project
- must use scholarship money toward a horse project
educational camp or contest
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Southern
Regionals Qualifications:
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Held late July, early Aug. VA is allowed
42 horse/rider pairs. In February, a pre-application
form is available. Anyone that is interested can apply
and pay a 40.00 pre-application fee. Applicants are
ranked based on their performance at previous year's
State 4-H Horse Show. The highest ranks from the show
are selected first and will then there will be a wait
list. Upon a scratch the next high ranking individual on
the list will be selected. Fees for SR entry are based
on the states costs, generally $55 $60 per stall and
$20 per class. Most youth enter approximately 3 - 5
classes as they are not limited to a division. Below is
basic information:
ELIGIBILITY
Virginia members who participate in the 2010 Southern
Regional Championship must be currently enrolled in 4-H
in Virginia and not have had their 19th birthday prior
to January 1.
4-H MEMBERS SHOWING HORSES
Virginia is allowed to enter 42 horses or ponies.
Members qualify by having previously participated in the
State 4-H Horse Show. Each may enter one animal only and
eligibility is the joint responsibility of the State
horse specialist, exhibitor, leader and finally the
respective extension agent. Horse entries must obtain
and comply with any health requirements for the
particular host state (individual responsibility).
SELECTION OF ENTRIES
The horse and rider qualified at the 2009 State 4-H
Horse Show.
Order of Selection will be:
1. Division Champions
2. Class Champions
3. Class Winners
4. Reserves
5. Seconds
6. Thirds
7. Fourths
8. Fifths
9. Sixths
10. Sevenths
11. Eighths
12. Ninths
13. Tenths
14. After top ten, entry is open on first come first
serve basis and based on postmark of pre-entry if the 42
slots have not been filled.
**Where placing is considered, 4-Hers are also ranked by
class size.
SUBSTITUTION for the horse ridden in the State 4-H Horse
Show may be done by exhibiting the substituted horse in
the current year District Qualifying Show or clinic.
Therefore, members show at the 2010 Southern Regional
Championship with a horse they exhibited at the 2009
State 4-H Horse Show or a horse they exhibited at a 2010
District Qualifying Show or clinic. No other
substitutions will be allowed. |
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Completed 09-10 Meetings:
- Oct. 16,
Going to the Horse Races in Charles Town, WV
- Oct. 30 -
Laura Stopper from Souther States spoke on horse
nutrition and figuring rations.
- Nov. 6 - Dr.
Katy Cilinski spoke on horse teeth care and further
info
- Nov. 11 -
Visit to Greg Ralph Quarter Horses
- Nov. 20 -
Parasites taught by Dr. Sandberg
- Nov. 28 -
Lipizzaner show at GMU
- Jan. 8 -
Record Books, Contest Info
- Jan. 15 - Wild
Horse and Burro Presentation
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