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If you are showing in any of the classes listed below at Mid-America Mane Event or North Carolina State Fair next week, and your horse didn’t show at the 2020 World’s Championship Horse Show, you are eligible to declare for the American Saddlebred Horse Association National Select Series Regional Championship classes.

The Mid-America Mane Event Horse Show will be hosting an ASHA National Select Series Region 5/6 Championship. Regional Champions and Reserve Champions will be awarded in the following classes:

• Class #82 – Three Gaited Adult Country Pleasure Championship
• Class #90 – Five Gaited Junior Exhibitor Stake
• Class #93 - Three Gaited Adult Show Pleasure Championship
• Class # 94 - $500 Open Fine Harness ”Jackpot” Stake
• Class #100 – Three Gaited Junior Exhibitor Stake
• Class #105 - Junior Exhibitor Park Championship
• Class #106 - Show Pleasure Driving Championship
• Class #108 - ASB Hunter Country Pleasure Championship
• Class #110 - Amateur Three Gaited Stake
• Class #111 – Three Gaited Junior Exhibitor Show Pleasure Championship
• Class #113 - Five Gaited Adult Show Pleasure Championship
• Class #115 - Amateur Park Stake
• Class #116 - Country Pleasure Driving Championship
• Class #117 – Five Gaited Junior Exhibitor Show Pleasure Championship
• Class #120 – Three Gaited Junior Exhibitor Country Pleasure Championship
• Class #124 - ASB Western Country Pleasure Championship
• Class #125 – Diana Schaefer Amateur Five Gaited Stake

The North Carolina State Fair Horse Show will be hosting an ASHA National Select Series Region 9 Championship. Regional Champions and Reserve Champions will be awarded in the following classes:           

• Class #64 -    ASB Three Gaited Park – Amateur Championship
• Class #149 -   Saddle Seat Equitation – 17 & Under Championship
• Class #150 -  ASB Show Pleasure Driving Championship
• Class #154 -  ASB Fine Harness Championship
• Class #155 -  ASB Three Gaited English Country Pleasure Adult Championship
• Class #157 -  ASB Five Gaited Show Pleasure – Adult Championship
• Class #158 -  ASB Three Gaited Hunter Country Pleasure Championship
• Class #159 -  ASB Five Gaited Show Pleasure – 17 & Under Championship
• Class #161 -  ASB Five Gaited – 17 & Under Championship
• Class #162 -  ASB Three Gaited Park – Junior Exhibitor Championship
• Class #163 -  ASB Three Gaited English Country Pleasure – 17 & Under Championship
• Class #166 -  ASB Three Gaited – Amateur Championship
• Class #167 -  ASB Three Gaited English Show Pleasure 17 & Under Championship
• Class #169 -  ASB Country Pleasure Driving Championship
• Class #172 -  ASB Three Gaited Western Country Pleasure Championship
• Class #173 -  ASB Three Gaited 17 & Under Championship
• Class #174 -  ASB Five Gaited Amateur Championship
• Class #180 -  ASB Three Gaited English Show Pleasure Adult Championship

To be eligible, your horse must not have shown at the World’s Championship Horse Show in 2020. Champions will be awarded a custom halter provided by the presenting sponsor, State Line Tack, along with a custom hat and ribbon. Reserve champions will be awarded a ribbon.  

Also, participants in the program will be automatically entered into a drawing for a John Deere X300 lawn mower valued at more than $3,000. More information about John Deere Giveaway available here. You must be an ASHA member over 18 and live in the continental US to be eligible for the drawing. To enter your horse in the ASHA National Select Series Region 10 Championship, you must fill out and return the horse declaration form to either the ASHA office or the horse show office.

Additional information about the program can be found in the ASHA National Select Series Fast Facts. Also, questions can be sent via email to competitions@asha.net.

-- via ASHA