KMSHA/SMHA International Grand Championship
October 13-14-15, 2011

Kentucky Horse Park • Alltech Arena (indoor)
Lexington, KY

 

2011 High Points

 

2011 International Grand Championship Highlight Video.
 

Link to KMSHA YouTube Page

 

 

DOWNLOAD FINAL SHOW RESULTS

 

2011 Versatility Award Winners

JAMES POWELL The Trainers Award
Travis Robinson won this riding and showing in hand
Little Miss Hollywood Star for Carolyn Keaton
Princess Isabelle for Rondall Reed
Bourbon and Coke for Bill Hansen

CARSON MASTER The Juvenile Rider Award
Langston Harvey

GENERAL JACKSON The AOT Versatility
Onvetta Herrin riding Dancer's Rainmaker

AL PREWITT The Most Versatile Horse
WW Style N Grace with owner Natalie Wright

JR ROBINSON The Best KMSHA Image Horse
CGF Flair For Fury shown by S.T. Tipton for Mary Lipginski of Whispering Oak Farm

SPOTTED MOUNTAIN HORSE The Most Versatile Spotted Mountain Horse-adult and juvenile rider
Rainbow's Sunny Sue ridden by owner Nicole Miller and Gary Miller

 

 

 
 

Click on links to view detailed information below:
 

 

 

Download Kentucky Horse Park Map and Information.

As a helpful tool for this weeks KMSHA International Show.  Can't wait, it's going to be the biggest and greatest Mountain Horse Show of the year! Lot's of great Entertainment planned for the Grand Championships on Sat. Oct 15th. Come out and see for yourself. 

 

 


 

Raffle & Grand Prize Drawing

Call KMSHA at
(859) 225-5674!
 


(click on images to download PDF)

     

We are offering everyone a chance to win a beautiful chocolate and white Spotted yearling Filly, named  STF ANNABELLE LEE which was so generously donated by Debbie Goheen of Cynthiana, KY. Thank you Debbie.  Tickets will be $3 each or 5 for $10 and are sale now through the International Show. 

Also a drawing by the Judges will take place at the end of the show Saturday night, which will include all first and second place winner’s chosen in any Championship or Grand Championship class, giving them a chance to win a beautifully made trail saddle, donated by Henry Miller Saddles of Vanceburg, KY.

Many thanks to Henry for the saddle and joining us at the Big Show!

   

 


Showbill


Fees & Important Information

CLASS ENTRY FEE’S (After Oct 1st, 2011)

  • REGULAR CLASS $40

  • CHAMPIONSHIP $50

  • GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP $60

PRE ENTRY (Up to Oct 1, 2011

  • REGULAR CLASSES $35

In order to qualify for the Pre-Entry class discount, each horse must be pre-entered in 2 of their respective classes and pre-paid by October 1, 2011. You may enter each horse in more classes at the show for the pre-entry price but ONLY if you have pre entered and paid for 2 or more classes by October 1, 2011.

You must have a valid Veterinarian’s excuse to receive a refund.

  • CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES

CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES $50

    KMSHA requires that you show and complete a qualifying class in order to compete in a Championship, we do not require that you place in that class.

    A qualifying class is a class in the same division as the Championship,

    e.g.) any Trail Pleasure class is a qualifying class for the Trail Pleasure Championship.

  • GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES

GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES $60

If you show your horse in 2 qualifying classes and a Championship Class your entry fee into the Grand Championship class is $FREE, yes, we are dropping your entry fee if you show your horse in 2 qualifying classes and a Championship in your division.

No, Conformation, Juvenile, Fun Show Classes, and other Versatility class (except the You and Me classes) do not count as qualifying classes.

  • PAYBACKS

REGULAR CLASSES $70, $50, $20

CHAMPIONSHIPS $150, $100, $50

GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS $500, $250, $100

  • STALLS

STALLS PRE-PAID BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2011 $125

STALLS RESERVED AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2011 $150

  • SHOW OUT OF TRAILER

HEAD FEE PER HORSE PER DAY $25

  • DQP

DQP PER HORSE PER DAY $6

 


Hotel Information

Mention KMSHA (KY Mountain Saddle Horse Assoc.) receive a 20% discount at the Host Hotels.

Call early for reservations.

 

  Best Western
132 Darby Drive
Georgetown, KY 40324
Phone: (502) 868-0055
Reservations: (877) 868-6555
www.bestwestern.com/lprop_18085

(click on above image to download their ad)
     
  Comfort Suites
121 Darby Drive
Georgetown, KY 40324
Phone: (502) 868-9500
Reservations: (877) 868-9600
www.comfortsuites.com/hotel/ky011
       
       

 


Sponsorships

ATTENTION SPONSORS AND POTENTIAL SPONSORS

ALL $1,000 OR HIGHER SPONSORSHIPS (see Farm Sponsorship Package below) WILL HAVE THEIR ENTIRE BARN, FARM OR STABLE ADDED TO THEIR SPONSORSHIP BENEFIT PACKAGE

  • PRE-ENTRY CLASS FEES $35, ALL HORSES ENTIRE SHOW

  • PRE-ENTRY STALL PRICE $125 ALL STALLS ENTIRE SHOW

What does this mean to me? For every paid in full "BARN SPONSORSHIP" of $1,000 or more you will get the Pre-entry class fee of $35 for every horse listed in your barn, without having to enter them in classes by October 1, 2011. You will get all of your stalls for the $125 Pre-entry stall fee without having to pay for them until the International. These added benefits mean that you will not have to collect from your customer's (customer horses trained and listed under your barn's name) in advance for classes and stalls in order to pay by October 1, 2011 and you will not have to name horses for classes until just before the show. Yes, you and your customer's may go together to obtain a Sponsorship that qualifies, your barn must pay in full for the Sponsorship by October 1, 2011.

Vendor Contracts

Vendor's Welcome for KMSHA International Grand Championship Show.  Submit Contract or call office at KMSHA at 859 225-KMSH for reservations and information. 

 


 

Special Announcement to our Friends and Members:

Due to a scheduling conflict of interest among several Mountain Horse groups, for the weeks of Sept 5, 2011 through Sept. 17, 2011 whereby 3 Grand Championship Shows had been set to run on top of one another, a major alteration has occurred.
 
The KMSHA has gone to great effort to work diligently with the Kentucky Horse Park for an alternative date.
Knowing that this is almost an impossible task, once the KHP schedules events each season, there is no change since both the KHP indoor arena's are entirely booked now through the season.
Fortunately, the KMSHA and KHP have reached an agreement to move the KMSHA/SMHA International Grand Championship Show from September 7-10, 2011 to  October 12-15, 2011 to be held in the new heated Alltech arena.

We invite all other Mountain Horse Groups and all of our mutual members to attend our Grand Championship Show in October 2011 and as well, wish our friends RMH, UMH and MPH have great Championship shows and much success of their own in 2011.

Sincerely,

The KMSHA/SMHA Board Of Directors
 
     
2010 KMSHA/SMHA
INTERNATIONAL GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP

What a Successful 2010 International Show it Was!

 

     

If you missed the KMSHA/SMHA International Grand Championship Show October 28 thru 30, 2010 you missed the most exciting Mountain Horse Show of the season. What a true “Extravaganza” it was.

The new Kentucky Horse Park Indoor Arena was packed with many Mountain Horses from all discipline’s and boasted 740 class entries overall, for three day event.

Members were generally very pleased with the wonderful turnout of horses and competitors.  740 entries were counted that went through the DQP and into the show ring.  Close to 400 horses were entered in the show and approximately 300 stalls were rented.  

All categories had great representation, Youth, Amateur, Novice, and Professional. Fun, showmanship and friendship was the general feeling of both the crowd and the exhibitors. There was also a sensitive and emotional air about showing in the same place that the World Equestrian Games had graced just a few weeks earlier. The KMSHA/SMHA International Grand Championship was an unmatched performance.

Overall, it was a very classy event and the horses that competed were superb. You could just tell that the quality of horses there were the top of the line. The competition was heavy and the winners deserved the best. Numerous classes where over twenty horses had entered had to be split. Even the entries that didn’t place in several classes, left feeling very important and satisfied about the judging and competition at hand. During the show, several remarks were overheard like, “this is the way it used to be”, “look, everyone’s smiling and having a good time”, “the horses are so beautiful”, “I certainly won’t miss this event next year”.

If those remarks didn’t make you feel good, nothing would. A great show event such as this one will make a lot of good happen for our breed. It promotes the breed over the World as the breed of choice, it stimulates horse sales, breeding, awareness and most of all satisfaction that the Kentucky and Spotted Mountain horses are the future and are the survivors. The quality of our horses is outstanding and getting even better and people who count, are seeing the difference for themselves. These events make way to new buyers and new members, which is our goal. The goal has never been changed or altered and is clear for all to see.

Thanks to all those who made the KMSHA/SMHA International Grand Championship Show for 2010 such a great success!

 Members, Exhibitors, Sponsors and Friends, we are so proud to say with our hearts, that the “KMSHA/SMHA is truly on the top of the Mountains”

We thank you all for your sincere and loyal support. Continue to help us keep our dreams alive!

                                  The KMSHA/SMHA Staff and Management

 

2010 High Point Results

Click here to download 2010 International Grand Championship RESULTS

Photography courtesy of Memories by Chris.  Click to view proofs from KMSHA 2010 International Show.


11.20.10 --New 2010 International Grand Championship Highlight Video. Just Released. " The KMSHA really knows how to open a Show"!!!

   Click here to view this and the KMSHA Drill Team Performance and the other 2010 show videos on YouTube

 

     
 

 

2009 International Grand Championship Information

       
12.23.09 .. Highlights of the 2009 IGC:
  • A Member's View of the 2009 International Grand Championship, by Ruth McMurtry .. read more>

  • 2009 Special Award Winners ... read more>

  • 2009 Trainer's Challenge ... read more>

  • SMH and the International Grand Championship for 2009... read more>

 

12.15.09
2009 High Point Final Standings

 

10.31.09
Download Results

 

10.25.09
KMSHA 2009 International Grand Championship will be featured on HorseTV.  See the promotional video that will be playing on their website and cable channel. 


       

2008 International Grand Championship Information