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4-H Horse Events

Program Contact: Jenny W. Loyd, 4-H Program Coordinator
(509) 574-1600 • jennifer.loyd@co.yakima.wa.us

Date Activity Contact
July 15 Win a Saddle 4-H Essay Contest due Extension office. Download information and form – Win a Saddle Essay Contest Katlyn Shockey, 509-574-1574, yakima.4h@wsu.edu
July 17 8:00 am, West Valley Fair Horse Show. Entry Forms
Performance Entry Form
WV Gaming show Entry Form – Due July 10
Performance Janet Boucher
Gaming Netta Haller
www.westvalleyfair.org
Saddle Up! – Win a Saddle – 4-H Essay Contest

Write an essay for a chance to win a western saddle. Entries are due in the Extension office on July 15. For complete details and instructions download the form – Win a Saddle Essay Contest.

West Valley Fair Horse Show, July 17. West Valley Fairgrounds, Wiley City

For entry forms and information visit the website https://westvalleyfair.org/
Download the WV Fair Horse Show Performance Entry Form

There will be performance show and a Gaming show after the performance show.  Download the WV Gaming show Entry Form. Any questions contact Netta Haller 509-952-5419

Save the Date! State Horse Bowl and State Hippology May 6-7, 2023

The 2023 WA State 4-H Horse Bowl Contest and WA State 4-H Hippology Contest will be held over the first weekend in May at the Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake. Horse Bowl will be on Saturday, May 6 and Hippology will be on Sunday, May 7. All the details are in the registration packets, available below.

2023 Horse Bowl Registration Packet

2023 Hippology Contest Registration Packet

We hope 4-H members will try both!!The list of sources that state contest questions and materials will be drawn from has been condensed to those are that free and/or easily accessible in hopes that addressing accessibility challenges will increase participation in state equine knowledge contests. These sources are free downloads from our WA State 4-H website:

 

And one additional source, available for purchase or digital rental: https://www.ayhc.com/shop

  • Equine Science by Jean T. Griffiths