MHSA-Missouri Horse Shows Association

02/15/2024

Happy Valentine's Day!

02/12/2024

The Ridgefield Shows are MHSA Double Point shows.

02/11/2024

UPHA Chapter V Horse Show has been selected as the 2023 UPHA National Honor Show. We appreciate all of our sponsors, exhibitors, owners, staff, officials, and committee for upholding excellence in our tradition of showing.
We are looking forward to 2024 show May 15th-18th at the National Equestrian Center with the honorable Melissa Moore officiating.

02/10/2024

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02/05/2024

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02/05/2024

Riders and their horses are invited to come inside The National Equestrian Center for the Winter Open Ride sessions hosted on various Wednesdays in February, March and April.

Horse and rider pairs are welcome to sign up and enjoy this premium riding space for a two-hour session in the climate-controlled indoor arenas to train, practice and exercise. The registered participant receives a tack-up stall and all riders must clean up after their horses.

Cost is $35 per pair. Participants must show a current negative Coggins report prior to unloading horses. Pre-registration is required. For more information or to reserve a time slot (9-11 a.m., 11 a.m.-1 p.m., & 1-3 p.m.), call the NEC at 636-561-8080 or visit us online at 🔗https://bit.ly/stccparks_athletics-competitive

02/05/2024

H/J Members - don't forget to send in your renewals by Feb 29 to have your points count from Dec 1!

02/02/2024

02/02/2024

It's Groundhog Day, when a rodent meteorologist makes the extended forecast based on his shadow! 🦫

In case you're wondering, Punxsutawney Phil didn't see his shadow this morning, so they say we are in for an early spring. 🌷

I'm not surprised since it already feels like spring around here!

02/02/2024

Here is the stall chart for this weekends show!

01/31/2024

The Silver Fox show that was cancelled earlier this month has been rescheduled for June 29-30.

Rescheduled from January 13-14

01/31/2024

Gayle Lampe will be conducting a saddle seat riding clinic at William Woods University in Fulton, Mo., March 2-5.

01/31/2024

American Royal progress !!!New building is going up-Exciting 🤠😍🤠😍

01/31/2024

Online entry is open for our February Schooling Show!

Links are listed below. Reach out with any questions and we can't wait to see you all in a few weeks!

If you have any questions please email Connie at [email protected]

Online entry: http://shows.horsespot.net/

Stabling Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfL3qfUWQNfGRXy8oWpJVH47Cdmv1t9NlTeOwf8Qo3DUkHAsw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

01/31/2024

A member of the Equestrian Studies (EQS) faculty at William Woods University (WWU) has won one of the most prestigious annual awards from the state’s equine community. Kamerra Brown, an Assistant Professor of Equestrian Studies and Hunter/Jumper Instructor at WWU, was named Missouri Horse Show Ass...

01/28/2024

Thank you MHSA-Missouri Horse Shows Association for a beautiful and spectacular year end awards banquet this year to celebrate the 2023 show season! For those wanting photos please just select the download button. Prints are also available for purchase on the site.

Find photos at: https://JSweetphotography.pixieset.com/mhsaawardsbanquet2023/

01/28/2024

Hunter/Jumper Professor Kamerra Brown named Missouri Horse Show Association Horse person of the year...
Tonight was such a special night as I was presented with Missouri Horse Show Association Horse Person of the Year! This award is presented to someone who has demonstrated contributions to the growth, knowledge, and enjoyment of the equine industry.

Listed below are just a couple of the sweet testaments that were sent in to nominate me for such a prestigious award.

" Kamerra Brown has been such an asset to William Woods University. She has opened up schooling days, clinics, traveling and providing clinics around the state of Missouri and is such an inspiration to the students and to the Hunter/Jumper community. As a whole Kamerra has opened up William Woods to provide training and resources to the community not just to the college."

" Kamerra has a long list of accomplishments but her greatest is her way to inspire whomever she meets. She inspires her students, she is kind, and encouraging whether it be at a horse show or clinic. She goes above and beyond for her students and gets to know her students on a personal level to help accomplish their goals."

01/28/2024

Banquet pictures are available for free download on the website of our photographer, MHSA Board member Jamie Sweet of J. Sweet Photography. Jamie has generously donated her services and the free downloads. You can also buy prints if you desire. And, if you are looking for an equine photographer, I can highly recommend her!

PLEASE READ: Screenshots or reposting proofs is considered THEFT. According to U.S. Federal Copyright law, it is illegal to copy, reproduce, edit, or post these photographs without prior permission…

01/14/2024

01/14/2024

Please join us in celebrating our beloved school horses by nominating them for MHSA School Horse of the Year! Email the school horses barn name, show name, a photo and short bio to [email protected]. Please also include a designated person who is to accept the award on behalf of the school horse, who will be in attendance at the MHSA Banquet, January 27th. Votes will be counted at the banquet, where the winner will also be announced.

01/13/2024

Horse show friends pay attention. Everyone wants more affordable shows, better weekend prizes, added money and great year end prizes, right ? Everyone also complains that the shows have become too expensive, even though in all honesty we are now showing at some of the finest facilities ever, with great ground, excellent stalls and all weather access.

We have two choices when it comes to making our hobby more affordable. The first is to volunteer. In years past, 90% of shows were run by volunteers of the hosting affiliate. Moms would run the entry booth, dads worked the arena gate, family members took turns with arena set up and usually a non showing person would ring steward. The only paid person during the show was usually the judge. Now we have paid show secretaries , paid ring stewards, paid scribes, paid announcers, paid show managers and the list goes on and on.

The second way to help make our shows more affordable is to obtain sponsorships or join in fundraising. Again, in years past our classes were generally sponsored by a local business, our awards were often donated and club members would pull together to sell raffle tickets, 50/50 drawings, Calcuttas and the kids would have car washes and bake sales.

If you are showing at any level show in the coming year, think about ways you can help keep the shows affordable. If you'd like to volunteer at a higher level, maybe ask to join or head a committee. If you or a spouse have some free time at a show, offer to run the gate or set up a trail pattern. Learning to scribe is a fantastic way to hone your skills as an exhibitor as well as see through the eyes of a judge.

If you are asked to buy a raffle ticket or sponsor at any level, consider the benefits to both the clubs and your business by way of the advertising you'll get in return.

There's no doubt that showing horses is expensive. But if we all pitched in at any level at all, we can make a dent in the overhead of each association and usually those savings are passed along to the exhibitor.

01/12/2024

It is with great sorrow that MHSA announces the passing of Sara (Crow) Ring, former exhibitor, Board Member, volunteer, and Missouri horsewoman. Sara was born on a farm near Kirksville, MO, in 1933, and moved to Kansas City in 1954, settling first in Raytown, MO, then on a nine-acre farm in Greenwood, MO. Sara got her first pony when she was three years old and began raising and training ponies on her family farm in Kirksville while she was still a child. Throughout her life, Sara owned, trained, showed, and later bred Saddle Horses and Saddle-type horses. As early as 1950, as a contemporary of Mrs. Temple Stephens and Sally McClure, Sara was winning at rural Missouri shows with her Parade Horse, Zephyr Story. In 1968, Sara’s Tamera Thea won the Missouri Horse Shows Association High Point horse award for Palomino Bridle Path. During and following her horse show career, which spanned over five decades, Sara volunteered at many shows and held various Board of Director positions in both Missouri Horse Shows Association and Pony Express Horse Show Circuit. Sara passed away on January 5, 2024, at Foxwood Springs Memory Care Center in Raymore, MO.

01/10/2024

Capturing a precious moment at the clinic! 🐴 Dr. Devereux's daughter, Cora, receives her first lesson in leg wrapping from our talented vet assistant, Sarah. It's never too early to learn the art of horse care! 🌟