Prize List for Postmark Date Will Be Subject to a $25 Information Regarding Sponsor’S Sky Per Horse Post Entry Fee
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With Open, Dutch Harness and Academy Divisions Our Host Hotel 260-768-4725 Blue Gate Garden Inn Close proximity to MEC Full hot breakfast buffet comes with your room, including an omelet station Indoor pool & hot tub Fully equipped fitness center Microwave, refrigerator in each room Arcade & Ice Creamery off the lobby To get the horse show’s special rate, please make your reservation before March 5, and ask for the Indiana Spring Classic Horse Show rate of $85 per night. Blue Gate Garden Inn 800 S Van Buren St Shipshewana, IN 46565 260-768-4725 CALL TODAY FOR THE HORSE SHOW RATE! $85 INDIANA SPRING CLASSIC April 5-7, 2018 Michiana Event Center 455 E. Farver Street Shipshewana, Indiana 46565 An American Morgan Horse Association Star Rated Show Judge JOSHUA NOBLE Rowley, Massachusetts Ringmaster Randall J. Dinius Announcer Dennis Rumsey Photographer Ken Martin Organist Mary Miles Farrier Eric DeMarco 720-233-3158 Stabling Manager Sandy Sessink 248-207-4856 Veterinarian Conley & Koontz 877-499-9909 Ribbons and Trophies Kevin and Gloria Bingaman Sponsorship Chairman Belle Hufferd Show Manager Show Secretary Sandy Sessink Julie Christopher 352 Brittany Lane 7533 Earhart Road Elyria, OH 44035 South Lyon, MI 48178 248-207-4956 248-921-3316 [email protected] [email protected] EXHIBITOR INFORMATION 30 and 50 amp electric, and sewer. The cost is $35 per night, and you will ARENA POLICY: There will be no pay the lunging at all in the warm up arena campgrounds whenever a session is going on, and 30 directly. The minutes before any session. Horses show office will being ridden or driven will take not handle camping permits at all. If precedence over those being lunged you have any questions, or would like whenever working. Please use to make reservations, please call Brian outdoor space for lunging whenever Lambright at 260-336-6009. possible. CLASS HOLD POLICY: In order to put ARRIVALS: Horses will be allowed in together an exact, predictable time to the show grounds, and stalls will be schedule, available to all exhibitors available at 9:00 am on Tuesday, April prior to each session, class holds must 3rd. Stalls must be vacated by noon, on be requested in writing no less than Sunday April 8th. one hour prior to the start of the session. Please use class hold request BEDDING: Bedding must be purchased forms at the show office. Anyone with through the horse show at the rate of special requests for more than the $9.00 per bag. For pre-bedding orders, standard two minute hold must make to have your bedding delivered, and special arrangement with the show even to have your stalls bedded for manager no less than two hours you prior to your arrival, please before the session. Once a hold is contact Sandy Sessink at 248-207- granted, it will not be lifted. 4956. If you would like your stalls pre- bedded, we will make the connections ENTRIES: Please send entries to: to have it done for a per stall rate of Julie Christopher $12. This can all be charged to your 7533 Earhart Road show office open account. South Lyon, MI 48178 with a postmark no later than March BOX SEATS: Please see the form 5th. Entries received with a later included in this prize list for postmark date will be subject to a $25 information regarding Sponsor’s Sky per horse post entry fee. There will be Lounge seating and box seats. Those no exceptions to the post entry policy. of you who will have box seats through your sponsorships might On line entries will be accepted, using want to bring your seat back covers our fillable entry blank at that you use at OKC to ensure that www.horseshowing.com. Simply click people don’t sit in your seats. on our show follow the instructions Please note, the deadline of March 5th CAMPING: There is a campgrounds will remain the same for this method directly across the street from the of entering. Michiana Event Center. Each and every spot has full hook-up, with both During the horse show, all post entries supporting our horse show, as the must be made three hours prior to the bigger our group is, the more Blue session of the class you are entering. Gate Garden Inn does for the show. Entries for morning sessions will be Please remember to ask for the closed the night before that session. Indiana Spring Classic Morgan Horse Show special rate when you make ENTRY FORM FEES: reservations at 260-768-4725 or 800- QUALIFYING CLASS……………….……..$25 545-4725. EQUITATION CLASS…………….……….$25 CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS………….…….$45 MEDAL CLASSES: Equitation riders STAKE CLASS………………..………..……$35 showing in the AMHA Medal classes WALK TROT CHAMPIONSHIPS……..$35 must be members of the American EQUITATION CHAMPIONSHIPS..….$35 Morgan Horse Association. They must STALL FEE………………………….…..…….$95 also be 21 years of age or younger. SHAVINGS (per bag)…………....…..……$9 PRE BEDDING (per stall)…………..…..$12 PRIZES: Trophies and 6 ribbons will be POST ENTRY FEE (after Mar 5)….….$25 awarded in all qualifying classes, OFFICE FEE (per horse)…………….….$25 stakes and championships. RULES: The Indiana Spring Classic will HEALTH REQUIREMENTS: be run in accordance with USEF rules, 1) All horses entering the grounds but is not a member show. All disputes must be accompanied by will be handled by the show manager. documentation of Equine Influenza All decisions made by the judge in the Virus and Equine Herpes Virus show ring will be final. (Rhinopneumonitis) vaccinations within six months prior to entering the SHOW OFFICE HOURS: The show stables. Horses not in compliance with office will be located in the hallway to this rule may be required to leave the the right of the entrance to the show grounds upon request by Competition arena. The office will be open on Management. Tuesday afternoon, as soon as our 2) All horses entering the grounds secretary can get set up for business. must also be accompanied by She will be there most of the day on documentation of a negative Coggins Wednesday. And once the show test for EIA within the previous 12 starts, the office will officially be open months. one hour prior to each session, and one hour after each session. HOST HOTEL: The Indiana Spring Absolutely no entries will be accepted Classic has made special within the hour prior to the beginning arrangements with the Blue Gate of any session. Please remember to fill Garden Inn, which is a first rate hotel out your class hold forms well in within one mile of the MEC Center. advance of the session you need a Not only will you be getting the hold in. phenomenal rate of $85 per night if you stay there, but you will also be STALL MATS: Our official stall mat VETERINARIAN: Conley & Koontz company, serving the Indiana Spring Equine Hospital will have a Classic will be Showtime Stall Mat veterinarian on site for Tuesday’s Company. For your horse’s comfort, move-in day, and will be on 24 hour you can have their stalls matted with call throughout the show. Their phone thick rubber for the very reasonable number is 877-499-9909. rate of $60 per stall! And you don’t have to do a thing! It’s all done for you WEB SITE: For your convenience, the before you arrive, and taken away horse show’s website is: www.indianaspringclassic.weebly.com after you have left. Please contact The website for on line entering is: Nicole and/or Jim Riggs at (608) 963- www.horseshowing.com 7266 to sign up for this great, convenient service! STRIPPING: Horses will not be stripped in any championship class. Hospitality will serve coffee and doughnuts each morning starting at 6:30 am We will bring food around in the barn area on move-in day for one less thing to worry about while getting horses settled in and setting up We will have a community groom box in the warm up area for those items you may have forgotten back at your stalls We’ve arranged for a vet, farrier and tack shop to be on site for your convenience The Sponsor’s Sky Lounge seating area will have easy access to a cash bar and free snacks during each evening session We will have great food, music and lots of fun at the Friday Evening Exhibitor’s Party We will bring pizza around in the barns while everyone is tearing down and packing up on Saturday night 5 Showtime Stall Mats $60 Per stall 7/8” THICK EVA FOAM RUBBER FOR BOTH TRACTION AND SUPPORT TO ORDER: CALL 608-963-7266 SANITIZED WITH SANI T-10 EMAIL: AFTER EACH [email protected] USE Our stall mats are rented for an industry-low flat rate of $60 per stall, for the length of the show. Our rate equals out to about the cost of a bag of shavings per day of the show. The best part is that we do the work for you! That’s right, after you put your order in, will have the stalls matted for you when you arrive. After you’re done at the show, simply load up and go. We will retrieve the mats, and most importantly, they will be washed, disinfected, and sanitized in preparation for the next show. Utilizing our service will help reduce the amount of bedding necessary ,and will help safe guard your horse from those nasty bumps, bruises, and hock rubs that can occur while stalled on the cement. www.showtimestallmats.com 6 This is the Indiana Spring Classic’s Inaugural Show.