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An Evening of Dancing Horses - Sam Bonus

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An Evening of Dancing Horses - Sam Bonus

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An Evening of Dancing Horses is the wine and roses event of the National Western Stock Show. Held on Wednesday, January 20, 2016  |  7:30 p.m. and Thursday, January 21, 2016  |  7:30 p.m.

This event brings the best equestrian talent together in front of live music from the Denver Brass. Including reigning, dressage, liberty, and other talents from all around the world !

Event tickets include Grounds Admission for the day of the event.
Parking is free in National Western lots.

Children 2 and under are free to sit on lap.

$23.00 a seat and $4.50 for ticket fee.

Location:

Events Center4655

Humboldt  St.
Denver, CO 80216

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American flat throughbred horse race held on the 3rd Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore Maryland. It is the second leg of the triple crown. 8 of the top racers in the US race against each other. Last year there were 131,680 people in the attendance. The ticket sales were about $2,000,000 in total. Also this past year the horse American Pharaoh was one to watch winning the triple crown.

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The Reno rodeo is a PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) sanctioned sporting event held in Reno, Nevada. It is a non-profit organization made up over 500 volunteers with over 140,000 fans. It is the fourth richest PRCA tour rodeo. The event affects the Reno area economy with $42 million. Some of the activities include bull riding, wild horse racing, and steer wrestling.

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Morgan Grand National  Brighton Richter 

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Morgan Grand National  Brighton Richter 

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On October 8-15, 2016 at State Fairr Park in Oklahoma CIty, in Oklahoma, the best of the best from all over the world come to compete in the Grand National & World Championship Morgan House Show. Its expected to have more than 5,000 enthusiasts to attend, the show will offer $300,000 in prize money and awards, There will be 1,000 horses competing from 45 states and 4 nations.

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Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show

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Morgan Grand National & World Championship Horse Show

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Grand National and World Champion Morgan Horse Show

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The Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show

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The Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show in Oklahoma City, October 12th - October 19 at State Fair Park.

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NABC stands for North American Belgian Championship. It is held in Canada every other year and United States every other year. It only happens every four years. In the mid-80s the Belgian Draft Horse Corporation of America and the Canadian Belgian Horse Association made a pact to have a premiere championship show to showcase the best of the best. They have events of all kinds like:

halter classes

horse pull

team races

riding classes

hitches from team to six

youth classes

Anyone can go!

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During this event the top eighteen of the finest Belgian, Percheron, Clydesdale, and Shire six-horse hitches in North America. This show is a window to an age gone by in the blink of an eye, the age of the draft horse. Those that participate are the best of the best in their breed and they come here to prove that in this show. This show was organized when a group of local draft horse enthusiasts felt there was a need for this type of performance in the area. It is held  on September 4-6, 2015 and every labor day weekend of each year. This show generally draws the attention of thousands of people from all over the mid west. The impact on the area for this show is grand. The reason for this is the availability to stay on location, the large attendance and ticket prices go up for the Saturday show, as well as having tons of food vendors on location.

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National Western Stock Show- Emily Clemens

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National Western Stock Show- Emily Clemens

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The National Western Stock Show serves as an entertainment arena, hosting one of the world’s richest regular season professional rodeos, the “Super Bowl” of Livestock Shows. It is their mission to serve producers and consumers throughout the world by being the premier Stock Show, Rodeo, Horse Show and center for year-round events.

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Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show - Danielle Fischer

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Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show - Danielle Fischer

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The Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show is where Arabian, Half-Arabian, and Anglo-Arabian can compete in halter, native costume, reining, working cow, cutting, trail, show hack, sidesaddle, park horse, driving and english, western and hunter classes. This is for both amateur and professional riders. Their revenue every year is close to $9,210,941.

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Located in Elmont, New York at Belmont Park, the Belmont Stakes is the oldest of the Triple Crown races dating back to 1867. This race is the longest and most challenging at 1 1/2 miles around the track. It is held the first Saturday in June and is the final leg of the Triple Crown. Belmont Stakes is the Triple Crown's most accessible race because of its close proximity to New York City. There are some reserved seats, but the majority of tickets are general admission priced at $10-$20. The race is nicknamed, "The Test of the Champion," or, "The Run for the Carnations."

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The American Rodeo is a national rodeo in the United States. Tickets for this rodeo range in price from $20-$150. If you win this rodeo you can win $1,000,000. The American is help at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It is one day only, and all rodeo events are in this rodeo. You have to be invited to be able to compete.

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WOLF POINT “WILD HORSE” STAMPEDE        -Lexi Wheeler

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WOLF POINT “WILD HORSE” STAMPEDE        -Lexi Wheeler

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Located in Montana, at the Marvin Brookman Stadium, Wolf Point Stampede rodeo has been held the second weekend in July since 1915, making it Montana’s oldest rodeo. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association ranks it number one in cowboy winnings, rodeo stock, hospitality and organization. They have world-class steer roping and bronc riding alongside raucous wild horse race reminiscent of the Stampede’s origins. Professionals and local individuals are able to participant in saddling and ride wild broncs. Prices range from $12.00-$17.00.

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Held at Tennessee Miller Coliseum for the third year in a row. Attendees will enjoy clinics presented by nationally known horsemen, educational seminars and hands on demonstration. Some competitions that are performed here include colt starting, extreme trail, and a ranch horse challenge.The participants in this event include world wide known horse trainers to local horsemen and horsewoman. There is not an exact number of how many people attend but it is a big event that hundreds and hundreds of people attend. Though there are lots of people there are also a lot of horses. There all different kinds of breeds of horses that are in the southern equine expo. This event also brings in a lot of money from paying to get in, for horse stalls, and lodging to stay.

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Washington International Horse Show  -Cheyenne Rhoades

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Washington International Horse Show  -Cheyenne Rhoades

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The Washington International Horse Show is a championship event.Highlights of the event include adrenaline-fueled show jumpers, dancing dressage horses, classic equitation, picture-perfect hunters and action-packed barrel races, There are around 600 horses and riders competing for $480,000 in prize money and championship titles. There are many different breeds in this event. The attendance at this show is on an average 26,000. It has a great economic impact of nearly $7 million .

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Horses, kids and a Formula One race car driver, all gather for a weekend of fun at the Verizon Center.
By Sheila Mulhern

The Washington International Horse Show recently came to the Verizon Center, celebrating its 52nd year of equestrian competition. Choice horses from around the world gathered to compete for over $400,000 in prizes in areas of jumping, hunter classics, dressage and sidesaddle among others. Many family-friendly events also center around the event with contests and crafts for kids.
One crowd-favorite tradition is the Gambler's Choice Costume Class where entrants compete over a jumping course dressed in a costume. Rodrigo Pessoa who rode Palouchin de Ligny took home this top prize of $20,000 as he earned the most points while dressed as a Formula One race car driver. The award was presented by Tony Hughes Senior Vice President of The Americas for Qatar Airways, event sponsor. Pessoa later also placed in first for the Open Jumper while riding HH Ashley.
Additional prestigious jumping awards went toPhoebe Weseley of Bedminster, NJ with Just Ask Me for the WIHA Adult Hunter Championship and Bailey Boyland of Potomac, MD with Movado for the WIHA Children's Hunter Championship, each receiving $10,000 in winnings.

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Life of the Party: Saddling Up at the Verizon Center

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Horses, kids and a Formula One race car driver, all gather for a weekend of fun at the Verizon Center. By Sheila Mulhern The Washington International Horse Show recently came to the Verizon Center, celebrating its 52nd year of equestrian competition.

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American Haflinger show for 2015 was held in August . This was split into two different parts draft and pleasure in Indiana and Ohio. This s where Americas Haflinger enthusiasts come about 1,000 come from all over the country. This show displays all aspects and uses of the versatile Haflinger at a national level

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All American Quarter Horse Congress - Emily Durila

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All American Quarter Horse Congress - Emily Durila

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Held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, Ohio. The show is from October 6- 25. For a single day at the show it is $25 per vehicle. For the entire show it is $70 per vehicle. The All American Quarter Horse Congress is the largest single breed-horse show in the world.There are over 21,000 horse show entries. The only breed that participates in this competition is the Quarter horse.

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The 14th Annual Pennsylvania Horse World Expo is March 3 - 6, 2016. The show location is at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA. The daily general admission is $12 for adults, $6 for kids ages 6 - 12, and free for kids under the age of 6. The event includes a parade of breeds, retail trade show, Stallion Avenue, carriage racing and much more.

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World Championship Horse Show- Brooke Deemer

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World Championship Horse Show- Brooke Deemer

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Held in Louisville, Kentucky each fall in conjunction to the Kentucky State Fair, this world championship horse show attracts the most prestigious spectators. Competitors from all over the world come to Louisville to compete each year with more than 2,000 horses entered in the show. More than $1 million is awarded over the 7-day event. This show is prominently for Saddlebreds, but is also open to Hackney Ponies and Roadster ponies.

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Rodeos can start from local youth rodeo organizations all the way up to the national finals rodeo (nfr), held annually in Los Vegas Nevada where only world champions qualify. There are many events in rodeo, some are bareback, saddle bronc, chute dogging, goat tying and many more. It also is not cheap,

Branquinho, a contestant in the 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo this month, travels some 280 days a year by car and plane.

He spends $17,000 to $20,000 per year on rodeo entry fees alone even though sponsorship revenue covers most of his costs.

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Kaitlin Mitchell

The Painted Pony Rodeo is a rodeo held in primarily the northern part of the US. It has been held for the past 60 years and its 2015 season lasted from July third until labor day weekend with a rodeo every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.The rodeo features many events including, but not limited to: bull riding, steer wrestling, bareback and saddle bronc riding, The rodeo also features BBQ and live music.

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The Kentucky Derby      -Taylar Culbertson                                                                                                       Horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of one and a quarter miles. 18 to 20 participants. The attendance at the Kentucky Derby ranks first in North America. US $2 million 1st: $1,425,000

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The Kentucky Derby      -Taylar Culbertson                                                                                                       Horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of one and a quarter miles. 18 to 20 participants. The attendance at the Kentucky Derby ranks first in North America. US $2 million 1st: $1,425,000

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Research a United States Horse Event. This can be, but not limited, to a race, show, rodeo, etc.

Make a information box on this padlet. Include the following information:

Description of the event

Participants

Types / Breeds of Horses Used

Attendance / Ticket Sales

Economic Impact

Pictures / Videos

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$23.3 BILLION Goods & Services

$112.1 BILLION Total Economic Impact - This is greater than the motion picture industry in the U.S. !

25% (of the total) Racing, Showing, & Recreation

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Texas

California

Oklahoma

Colorado

New York

Ohio

Michigan

Pennsylvania

Washington

Kentucky