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            The Colorado American Saddlebred Horse Association (CASHA) is celebrating its 47th Annual State Championship Horse Show this year at the Denver Queen City Show. The show features a 1st Annual fundraiser dinner on July 18, 2015, to benefit the Colorado Horsecare Foodbank (www.HorseFoodbank.org). The Foodbank is one of just three in the nation. The mission of the Foodbank is to help keep horses with their families during times of temporary hardship. People may apply for assistance, and must have a written plan to get back on their feet. The Foodbank will assist with feed, farrier and vet care for periods of three months or more, if warranted, while the horse remains with its family. In the event the family is truly unable to get back on its feet enough to keep their horses, the Foodbank will help the horse remain with its family long enough for the family to make careful and appropriate decisions with regard to the horse’s future. During the past six years, the Colorado Horsecare Foodbank has distributed over 1000 tons of hay to families, as well as to victims of the Black Forest Fires and Colorado floods of 2013. 

            Plated dinners will be served to ringside premium tables. This is a unique opportunity for an elegant evening of entertainment, benefiting a worthy cause. The  event will be held on Saturday, July 18, at the National Western Events Center, 1515 E. 47th Ave., Denver, CO 80216. Cash Barn and Seating will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a presentation of colors and a riding demonstration by The Westernaires at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served at that time. The Colorado American Saddlebred State Championship Show will begin shortly thereafter at 6:30 p.m.

            Tables of 8 can be reserved for $1,000 ($400 tax deductible), and individual seats for $125 ($25 tax deductible). For more information, contact Becky Murr at MurrBecky@aol.com or Stacey Kipper-Perrelli at Stacey0975@aol.com. Learn more about the Colorado American Saddlebred Horse Association at www.ColoradoSaddlebred.com.