Presented by The Idaho Buckskin Breeders Assocation
June 27th, 28th and
29th 2008
Caldwell Idaho
The show grounds will open on Thursday, at 9:00 a.m. The show office will be open on Thurs. approximately 12:00 am to 6:00pm. Exhibitors arriving before the grounds officially opens need to call ahead to make arrangements. If you arrive after hours, stall assignment will be posted at the office and at the east arena entrance.
The arena will be open on Thursday for use by registered (or pre-registered) exhibitors. Please yield to grounds crew as the arenas will be groomed and watered during these times also.
The show office will open at 7:00. The show will start at 8:00 each morning. Friday is the TGIbF (Thank Goodness it's Buckskin Friday) show. This is a double judged, ABRA approved show and the "kick off" event of the Congress. While ABRA dress code is required, we encourage all participants to save the fancy attire for Congress and join us for our annual beach party show.
Loud colors, Hawaiian shirts, flowers and fun are encouraged. We will once again have a fun trail challange designed by the master Jody Groehler, join the fun!
This is everyone’s opportunity to have some fun, share some smiles, say "hi" to old friends and make some new ones before the Congress competition starts. Plan on having a good time. Friday's show is now included in your Congress Passport!
Click here to download Friday's showbill.
The show office will open at 7:00. The show will start at 8:00 each morning. Saturday is the opening day of the Congress. Halter classes, rail and trail classes will be held in the indoor arena at the Fairgrounds. Dun Factor will be held outside in the sun. Silent Auction starting at noon. Freestyle Reining will is the last event of the day. It is open to ALL BREEDS of horses, and will be held in the indoor arena.
Click here to download the Congress showbill.
Saturdays night (7:00) everyone is invited to the Dog Tired chili dog feed. The event is sponsered by the silent auction and is free for exhibitors, owners, show staff, sponsors, volenteers and husbands cohersed into being there. We sit on straw bale, eat to much, laugh a lot and swap stories. Everyone is invited to come out and have a good time.
Canyon County Fairgrounds does not allow glass contrainers on the grounds. Show management is open to a $500 fine if broken glass is found on the grounds, or glass containers are found anywhere on the grounds (including the trash cans). The Western States American Buckskin Congress and the exhibitors party are family events. Everyone is responsible for their own behavior.
The show office will open at 7:00. The show will start at 8:00 each morning.
Click here to download the Congress showbill.
Click here to download the stall reservation form
Friday, June 27, 2005 ~ Canyon County Fairgrounds, Caldwell Idaho
Bonnie Schuelke, American Falls, ID
Billie Cress, Buckeye AZ
Saturday, June 28, & Sunday June 29 ~ Canyon County Fairgrounds, Caldwell Idaho
Larry Thurber, East Concord NY,
Mike Adams, Rochester, IL
Todd Foltz, Fort Wayne IN
The western States American Buckskin Congress is an ABRA sanctioned event. All horses competing in ABRA approved classes must meet the requirements set forth by ABRA, including registration and membership. Competitors will be required to provide proof of ABRA registration for each horse entered. Owners and exhibitors of all horses must provide proof of membership when entering events. If proof of membership is not available, owners and exhibitors will be required to purchase a membership at the show.
Amateur and Youth competitors must provide proof of eligibility for competition in their division. Amateur and youth memberships may only be approved by ABRA and can not be purchase at the time of entry.
Pre-entries require photocopies of registration papers and membership cards. If entering at the event, submitting photo copies for our use will be greatly appreciated. Having copies on file will help us resolve any problem in numbers or spelling that come up during the show and for submitting show results to ABRA.
When you copy your papers, it is a good idea to place your membership card on the lower border in the corners where they do not obstruct any registration information. Coping together will keep them for bring separated.
We don't want to turn any one away, but there can be no exceptions to ABRA policy. Please, remember your paperwork.
Forms for membership and registeration are available on the ABRA website. Click here
www.AmericanBuckskin.org
or download them on from the "forms" page.
General fees:
Each ABRA horse will be charged $1 per judge, to be submitted to ABRA as required for all ABRA approved events.
Each horse will be charged $1 per judge grounds fee.
Class fees:
This year brings a new set of challenges to our exhibitors and the Congress committee in the form of tight budgets, rising prices and sky rocketing fuel costs. The top priority of the board has been to keep our show costs as low as possible while providing our exhibitors a quality show experience. In the six years we have been presenting the Congress we have not raised our entry fees, but have doubled our efforts to increase sponsorships and have had fund raising efforts year round to cover the rising costs of this event.
Right about here is where you would expect to see the new and increased show fees announced; INSTEAD we are going to ask you to help us embrace a “Hard Candy Christmas” Congress this year. In keeping with our ideals for this event, we are still flying in judges from across America. We are expanding our show bill to embrace the Amateur Select program and adding an Amateur Select High Point in addition to High Points in six other divisions and “Best of Show” in four divisions. We are still offering circuit awards in every class. But rather than ask you to find more money in your budgets, we have decided to cut back across the board on the dollar amount spent on each award rather than raising entry and passport fees.
We are asking everyone to chip in cleaning up the grounds. We will be emptying our own trash barrels into the dumpsters as well as picking up the overflow. Please help us in keeping trash off the ground and out of the landscaping. Picking up your own mature from the parking lots and stripping stalls (or paying the cleaning fee) before leaving the grounds can save us a $450 in grounds fees and fines. Getting by without the rodeo arena for warm up and additional parking can save us $1000 for the weekend. Please, don’t help yourself to extra bedding, empty stalls and the water hoses, as we have to pay the expo center for everything missing or used. We need everyone to pitch in and pick up after themselves rather then shift the weight onto our regular (and tired) volunteer staff.
The Idaho Buckskin Breeders Association is a small organization of hard working people. We are proud to present this event. With the support of our members and sponsors and other ABRA enthusiasts.
HORSES may purchase a "buckskin passport" for the Congress Event. The passport is purchased for the horse, and allows the horse to compete Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in all the TGIbF and Congress classes for a single fee of $245. Passports do not include ABRA and grounds fees. The horse may have multiple riders, and compete in mulitple division (youth, amateur, novice, all ages) It is non-transferable, and non-refundable. Passports are available for PRE-PAID, PRE-REGISTERED horses only, and must purchased before June 10, 2008.
Class fees for Friday , double judged ABRA show - Use your Passport or pay per class. Amateur, Novice and All ages classes $15.00. Youth, Jr. Youth and IBBA classes $10. Per horse all day fee for Friday only - $75.00.
Congress Classes - Saturday and Sunday -
Congress class fees: Triple judged classes. Use your Pre-paid Passport or pay per class. Amateur, Novice and All ages $30 ($10 per judge), Youth and Jr. Youth $21 ($7 per judge). Leadline 6 and under is free.
Click here to download the Entry Form
Click here to download the Congress Passport - (Prepurchased, Prepaid All Around Horse Reduced Show Fee)
Stall fees: Please note, changes in Fairgrounds policies have changed the fee schedule!
Pre-paid, pre-registered, stalls are $20 per night, ($25 if not prepaid) Stalls are not bedded. Bedding can be pre-ordered (and waiting in your stall), purchased at the fairgrounds during the show or from local vendors,
Click here to download the Stall Form
Stalls must be reserved and PAID before June 10 to receive the discount. See stall forms for details.
Click here to download the Stabling and RV Parking Form
Click here to download the Congress showbill.
Click here to download the TGIbF (Thanks Goodness It Buckskin Friday) showbill.
Click here to download the Stabling and RV Parking Form
Click here to download the Entry Form
Click here to download the Congress Passport - (Prepurchased, Prepaid All Around Horse Reduced Show Fee)
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