National Pole Bending Association

11/19/2025

Dear Members and Show Producers,

As most of you are aware there have been several cases of EHV reported in the speed horse community as well as other disciplines. In an effort to prevent spreading the illness and to allow us all time to quarantine, we are going to pull all sanctions through December 4th for both NPBA and IBRA. We will use this time period to learn more about the situation and how to move forward.

The Thanksgiving Preferred Show is cancelled and we will be issuing refunds this week. We will refund directly to the card that you paid with.
We will have further information as we learn more in the coming weeks.

We hope that you all have blessed time with your families this Thanksgiving and we are praying for the safety of you and your horses in the coming days.

Thank you,
Shane Cline

11/07/2025

Hey guys, be sure to mark your calendars for the 2026 NPBA championship show. We’ll be headed back to Cloverdale this year at C Bar C. We are very thankful for Garwood Arena and all they have done to support the NPBA Championship show. The Championship Show will be the weekend before IBRA National Finals so if you’re coming from a long way away and you wanna make it worth your trip you can run for great added money in both poles and then stay over for the barrels.

10/23/2025

Congratulations member David Edwards and also his awesome stallion Classified Frenchman who is one of the NPBA incentive stallions!

09/17/2025

Here are your 2025 Stallion and Futurity Final Standings. Stallion checks will be mailed out after the IBRA National Finals. Congratulations to our Champion Stallion Wheel Redneck That and our Futurity Champions Travis Smith On Designed Fer Speed.

08/30/2025

NPBA All Ages Sidepot from the NPBA Championship.

08/30/2025

Glow in the dark pole bending!

08/29/2025

The live webcast for this weekend is:

08/29/2025

The draws for tonight are posted. Please go to the tracer events page for draws and live results:

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08/28/2025

Here are maps with stall numbers for Stalls and Electric for the NPBA Championship.

08/27/2025

Here are the pre entry stall and electric reservations for this weekends NPBA Championships. We know a lot of you had requested to been in the hoop barn but that was deemed off limits by the facility. We were instructed to fill in the main arena first and then the stalls by the make up arena. We did our best to facilitate your request as we could. Stalls in the 200’s are in the main arena. Stalls in the 300’s are with warm up arena. If you have any questions, you can reach out to Bryan Isham via text or Facebook private message as we are on the road to Garwood. We look forward to seeing everyone this weekend.

08/26/2025

Exciting news for our youth before we head to Garwood this weekend. The NPBA Championships will be a Junior Patriot Qualifier. The winners will be based off the 2 Day average in the Youth. The Junior Patriot age is 19 and Under so if you find yourself in that 19 age bracket will will take your times from the Adult class for the qualifier. To enter you can scan the QR Code below. I will also attach the link with instructions on how to enter.

https://patriotevent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/How-to-Enter-a-Junior-Patriot-Sidepot.pdf

08/21/2025

We were made aware of a typo on the show flyer of the division splits for the National Championship Show next week in our Open 5D. We have been very transparent that nothing would change from last year. This typo has been corrected on the show flyer and the splits will remain .5,1,1,1 in our Open 5D class as they were last year. You have until Monday at Noon EST to pre enter. After that, all entries will be taken at the show. We look forward to seeing everyone there. To enter you can click the link below:
https://npba.us/product/2025-npba-championship/