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2016 MN Horse Expo April 22-24

The Minnesota State Fairgrounds opens to the 34th annual Minnesota Horse Expo for everyone who enjoys horses on Friday, April 22 through Sunday, April 24. Some 750 vendor booth spaces packed with gear, hors e association info, trailers, riding, showing and work apparel, equine supplies and more for horse and owner will fill six Fair buildings and flow outside to space along Juds on Avenue. The MN 4-H Horse Project volunteers will help consign and sell thous ands of items of tack, equipment and clothing at the Expo Consignment Sale in the Dairy Building. READ MORE

WSCA Scholarship awards in the amount of $1,500 each were presented at the 2014 WSCA Championship Show:

Erin Arneson from the Wild Bill’s Riders Saddle Club. Erin is a student at the University of MN - Twin Cities where she is majoring in Fisheries and Wildlife and minoring in Animal Science.

Alyssa Kolve from the Menomonie Saddle Club. Alyssa is a student at the University of WI- River Falls where her studies are focused on Pre-Vet Animal and Equine Science.

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The 2016 Champ Show dates are September 21 - 26, 2016. The 2016 Champ Show qualification dates are August 24, 2015 through August 21, 2016.

For more information check out ‘Champ Show 101’ which gives lots of valuable information for those attending Champ Show. This information is listed under the ‘SHOWS champ/state’ tab, on the ‘WSCA Champ Show’ page.

IMPORTANT! The following rule will apply to WSCA qualifying shows. Please make your saddle clubs aware of this new rule.

Qualifying shows must be advertised on the “ON DECK” section of the WSCA web site.

All WSCA Saddle Clubs hosting qualifying shows must be published on the “ON DECK” section of the WSCA web site 7 days before the date of the show, otherwise the show is non-qualifying. If a rain date is needed and the show is rescheduled within 7 days, the show does not need to be republished on the “ON DECK” WSCA web site. If the show is rescheduled after the 7 days of the original show date, the show must be republished on the WSCA web site “ON DECK.”

If the show is hosted by a non-WSCA Saddle Club and has not been placed on the WSCA “ON DECK,” the judge will determine if the show is an Open Show following WSCA rules.

In order for a show to be challenged, a signed letter of complaint must be sent to the Judges Committee prior to the deadline for the MN State Fair &/or WSCA Championship Show.

Important Dates

• November 3, 2014
Nov./Dec. Spotlight ad deadline