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      CommentAuthorRawlie
    • CommentTimeJun 9th 2010 edited
     

    2010 US NATIONALS

    Show Posters: A limited number of posters for the 2010 Grand National Championship Show will be available. If you would like to reserve a poster, please e-mail Gwyn Wright. Price per poster is $20. The deadline for pre-orders is August 1, 2010. Posters will be available for pick up at the National show in September. If you require the poster to be mailed, shipping charges will apply.
    Farm Sponsorships are now on sale!  There has been no rate increase from 2009. For more information on all sponsorships, including class and ribbons, please e-mail Cathy George.
    Prize List: Please be on the look out for a tri fold “brochure/order form” on its way to your mailbox soon! If you are in need of a hard copy of the prize list, this is the order form that needs to be sent in to the office to reserve one for you. 
    Ribbon Presenters: You're invited to see the Grand National Show from the Best Seat in the House. It's a wonderful opportunity to be at ground level and to be close to these fabulous horses and their riders. Ribbon presenters are able to see so much more than watching from the stands or sponsor tables. It's also a lot of fun to have a beautiful Pleasure horse proudly present itself to you for a ribbon - or an electrifying Performance horse stop right in front of you - or to feel the thundering footfall of an approaching Fino champion coming to receive its special ribbon.
    Please sign up and join me in participating in this unique and thrilling experience.
    Contact: e-mail Babs Buffington.
    For more information regarding the 2010 GNCS, please visit thePFHA website at www.pfha.org and click on the National Show logo. This is a link for the information page that might answer some of your questions, as well as a list of e-mail and phone contacts.

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      CommentAuthorRawlie
    • CommentTimeJun 10th 2010 edited
     

    SEPTEMBER 19-25, 2010, PERRY, GEORGIA, USA:  The 2010 Grand National Show will be here before you know it. Check out this link for the 2010 LOGO,  www.pfha.org/images/2010-Logo.jpg, In an effort to try and create “brand recognition”, this year there will be no theme but a logo that can perhaps be used in some form or fashion, in years to come. As always, items for the Silent Auction will be needed. I am asking Regional Delegates to let their regions know that a Regional Basket would be great again this year. Many thanks for the participation in the past several years. Everyone has come through with some wonderful and exciting baskets. For more information on who to contact for the SILENT AUCTION or anyone else on the SHOIW COMMITTEE - www.pfha.org/documents/pdf/2010%20Show%20committee.pdf - please click on the link and you will find phone numbers and email addresses.

    Here are a few updates to let you know what it going on with the show. There are some new items so be sure and click on the links to find out more about them. Look for the tri-fold order form for the prize list, coming soon to you in the mail. If you would like a “hard copy” sent to you, please make sure you mail it into office by the deadline date. The prize list will be available on line (after May 30th) as in year past. THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE NO ON-LINE ENTRIES. You will need to mail, e-mail or FAX your entries to Four Winds West, but please, choose one avenue by which to send them to control confusion with duplicates entries. REMEMBER THAT YOUR ENTRY IS NOT CONSIDERED COMPLETE UNTIL PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN FULL.

    A familiar face or two will be back this year as Four Winds West has once again, signed on for the show. They did a great job in 2009 and I, as well as many others, are looking forward to working with them again. Please do not hesitate to contact them (or myself) with questions or concerns regarding aspects of the show. The contact information can be found on the SHOW COMMITTEE LINK, www.pfha.org/documents/pdf/2010%20Show%20committee.pdf.

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      CommentAuthorRawlie
    • CommentTimeJun 10th 2010 edited
     

    Cathy George will be handling the CLASS AND FARM SPONSORSHIPS,  www.pfha.org/documents/pdf/2010_ClassSponsorshipsForm.pdf, as well as the FARM SPONSORSHIPS, www.pfha.org/documents/pdf/2010_FarmSponsorshipsForm.pdf.  Her contact information can be found by clicking on the links. Don’t delay! Contact her soon to take advantage of early payment discounts offered on select farm sponsorships as well as make your table reservation early. Individual tables, if available, will be offered 1) if they are available and 2) only after assignment of sponsors have taken place. The individual tables, if any are left to sell, will be available for purchase after September 18, 2010. Our Big Screen and vendor spots will also be available for purchase through Cathy.

    The CLASS SCHEDULE, www.pfha.org/documents/pdf/2010%20NATIONAL%20SHOW%20SCHEDULE.pdf, is very similar to the 2009 schedule with the change being that the youth portion of the show will start on Thursday morning instead of the afternoon. The schedule, until that point, is almost exactly as it was the previous year but please take not of the latter portion of the schedule.

    There are quite a few new things to consider this year. Again, please click on the links for more information. This information will also be repeated in the prize list after May 30, 2010.

    1. Please be aware that the judging system for 2010 is very different from years’ past which has been the F1/F2 MOS system. This year, the “Five Judge System” or the “Olympic System,” (also known as the “High Low System”) will be implemented. Please click on the link provided for a full explanation of the process involved in this type of judging system.
     

    2. We will no longer use the multi-purpose or beef/dairy barns. The NEW HORSE BARN, www.pfha.org/documents/pdf/New%20Horse%20Barn.pdf, is currently under construction with new amenities to suit our needs as well as a covered practice ring adjacent. To get an idea of the placement of this barn please click on the MAP OF GROUNDS link, www.pfha.org/images/GNFA%20map%202010.jpg  provided here. The new barn is “building 22” with the covered practice ring, “building 21”.


    3. The exhibitor dinner will be held again on Wednesday evening (which isn’t new) but what is new is that we will have the dinner in the new Livestock Equine Arena, “building 19” on the MAP OF GROUNDS, www.pfha.org/images/GNFA%20map%202010.jpg  

    Tony Rodriguez is putting together a special performance, "PARADE OF PAST CHAMPIONS.". If you have a horse that won first place in a National or Grand National competition, please contact him at tonyrodriguez@aol.com or tonypasofino@aol.com. How nice it will be to have dinner while entertained by horses. Afterwards, stick around for some dancing! He is also going to coordinate the "PARADE OF FLAGS," so he might be in touch with some of you very soon!


    4.All yearly awards will be given out during the show, in the arena. For the past 2 years, they were awarded at dinner but this year we most likely will not have the time to do so with the "PARADE OF CHAMPIONS" during dinner. Please consult the prize list for the daily schedule of awards to be handed out to their well- deserved recipients.

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      CommentAuthorRawlie
    • CommentTimeJul 12th 2010 edited
     

    RIBBON PRESENTERS ARE NEEDED:   See the Grand National Championship Show from the best seat in the house. We're looking for Ribbon Presenters and there's no more exciting way to participate in the show short of being the rider.  See so much more than is possible  from the stands or sponsor tables.  Enjoy the thrill of a beautiful Pleasure Paso Fino proudly presenting itself to you for a ribbon or the electrifying experience of a Performance Champion stopping right in front of you.  Be there for the thundering footfalls of a Fino Stallion as he gaits up to receive a blue ribbon.  There are a few slots left so please hurry.  Sign up now for this one-of-a-kind experience.

    Contact Babs Buffington
    Email: babs6741@yahoo.com

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      CommentAuthorRawlie
    • CommentTimeJul 12th 2010 edited
     

    TENT ORDER DEADLINE FOR SPONSORS - DATE MOVED UP TO AUGUST 1, 2010:

    Contact Cathy George
    Email:  cgeorge5@verizon.net

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      CommentAuthorRawlie
    • CommentTimeJul 21st 2010
     
    Stallion Service Auction Update
    Due to an oversight, the following stallion, Raul, owned by Amanda Hamilton, was omitted from the list found in the 2010 GNCS Prize List. If you participated in the 2007 Stallion Service Auction please check to make sure that your stallion is listed. If it is not, please contact Don Vizi at dvizi@pfha.org.
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      CommentAuthorRawlie
    • CommentTimeJul 28th 2010
     

    Deadline for 1st Tier for National Show Entries!

    The entry deadline for the 1st Tier Class Fee of $75 is Monday,

    August 2, 2010, received and paid by midnight.

     

    If you anticipate qualifying after the August 2nd deadline you may still take advantage of the lower entry fee without penalty.  Entry and stall fee will be refunded if your horse does not qualify.

    Send Entries with check or credit card payment to:  

                                  Four Winds West, Inc

                                  Attn:  2010 National Show

                                  1872 N.E. 16th Ave. or PO Box 337

                                  Sumterville, FL  33585

                                   Or by FAX: (with credit card payment)

                                  (352) 689-0154

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      CommentAuthorRawlie
    • CommentTimeAug 5th 2010
     

     

    CORRECTION:  2010 Grand National US Championship Show - FABULOUS FUTURITY CLASS:

     

    The scheduled payments for 2 year old colts, fillies, and geldings that are nominated to the Fabulous Futurity program will be accepted by the PFHA office as long as  they are received by August 10th.  This program's payment schedule calls for the 2 year old payment to be made by August 1st, however, the program has a provision for a 10 day grace period that allows payments until August 10th.  The PFHA office has recently received questions about this matter from people that did not get their payment in by August 1st.  Please make sure to make your payments right away so that your colt, filly, or gelding remains eligible for the 2011 Fabulous Futurity classes at the Grand National show.  If you have any questions please call Mary Rizo-Patron, chair, Futurity Committee at 937-776-2692.

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      CommentAuthorRawlie
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2010
     

    Host Hotel Discounts Deadline is August 15th 

    Rates below Will Be Honored Until Then

     

    Comfort Inn - Exit 135
    478-987-8777
    135 Single/Double $85.00
    201 Lect Drive
    www.comfortinn.com

     

     Holiday Inn - Exit 136
    478-987-3313
    US 341 & Valley Drive
    Single/Double $75.00

    Microtel - Exit 134
    478-987-4004
    110 Fairview Dr.
    Single $65.00/Double $79.00/Suite $89.00
    www.microtelinn.com

     

    America’s Best Inn - Exit 136
    478-987-4454 All Rooms $45.99
    110 Perimeter Road

    All Rooms $45.99
    www.americasbestinn.com

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      CommentAuthorRawlie
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2010 edited
     

    Participate in the Parade of Past Champions or

    The Grand Parade of Flags

    This year on September 22nd,during the Exhibitor Dinner we will ride down Memory Lane as we present the Past Champions Parade, Stallion Exhibitions and more. If you have a horse that you would like to showcase in the Past Champions Parade or if you're interested in participating in the Grand Parade of Flags on September 25th, please contact Tony Rodriguez via email at: tonyrodriguez@aol.com or by phone at: (305) 439-1277

     

     The Parade of Past Champions and Stallion Exhibitions will be open to the General Public with seating in the arena.

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      CommentAuthorRawlie
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2010
     

    Exhibitors Party & Parade of Past Champions

    Be sure to mark you calendar for the Exhibitor Party immediately following Class #71.  Dine and Dance until midnight to the music of Betty and the Bedheads in the Livestock Equine Arena in Building 19 on the Grounds Map.  Dinner is a private function that is open to Exhibitors only.  The Parade of Past Champions and Stallion Exhibitions will be open to the General Public with seating in the arena.

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      CommentAuthorRawlie
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2010
     

    2nd Tier Entry Deadline Approaching

    August 23rd is the deadline for 2nd Tier Entries.  Entries after that will not be included in the Show Program due to early printer deadlines.  We encourage everyone who has not entered to do so before this deadline.

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