5th   Virginia Equine Extravaganza
October 31-Nov 2, 2008
Richmond Raceway
Richmond, VA

Harvest Party:

Kids in Costume, Free on Friday!!! 

Children 11 and under dressed in costume will be admitted free on Friday Oct. 31

Trick or Treat with Vendors
5:30 Costume Contest with Prizes.

TICKETS

Tickets for the Virginia expo are available online through 11:00pm October 28 and can be picked up at Will Call at the expo ticket booth.  After October 28  tickets will be available at the door only. More info.

Discounted 3 day passes are available online ONLY.  Order today and save!  Ticket Info

Cash only at the gate.

Brock Griffith wins North Carolina Trainer Challenge!

Brock Griffith wins NC Trainer Challenge.  In an amazing display of natural horsemanship at the NC East Coast Trainer Challenge Brock Griffith emerged as the winner in what was considered by all an exceptional and close competition.  All three trainers did an amazing job with their young, untouched horses.  In what the judges called an amazingly close competition, Brock scored the highest overall and emerged as the winner.  Commentator and exceptional horsewoman Julie Goodnight said she would have any one of the three trainers work with any of her horses.    2007 Winner, Tommy Garland, went on to compete in the prestigious Road to the Horse colt starting competition in TN.

Come to Virginia to see who will join East Coast Trainer Challenge Hall of Famers Tommy Garland and Ed Dabney.

The competition is included in the price of admission to the expo and will be held  Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM and 11:45 AM Sunday.

Trainer Challenge admission is included in general expo admission price.

Congratulations to Piedmont Paso Fino Horse Association from Louisburg, NC,  the winner of the Breed Competition at the North Carolina Equine Extravaganza.  They win a free booth at next year's event!

Three days of everything equestrian.  Join us in Virginia for this east coast equestrian expo featuring three full days of clinics, demonstrations, seminars, shopping and equestrian fun.  Equine Extravaganza brings the best in everything equine to our attendees.  John Lyons and Richard Shrake head up our star line up of top trainers including some of the best clinicians the horse industry has to offer.  Demonstrations on dressage, eventing, jumping, western pleasure, gaited horses, general training, driving and more are combined with great family entertainment, educational seminars, breed demonstrations, the best vendors the horse industry has to offer,  trailer shopping extravaganza and exciting Trainer Challenge finals!

Whether horses are your passion or your profession, you'll find a wealth of demonstrations, information and products to satisfy your specific needs at the Equine Extravaganza®  Our vendors represent some of the best shopping the horse industry has to offer.   And our clinics and seminars represent one of the most comprehensive collections of topics anywhere in the country.

See Highlights!
Great Trainers
      John Lyons, Richard Shrake, Tommy Garland Trainer Challenge and more!!!Trainer Challenge, National Finals!
Kids Corral, Harvest Party, Costume Parade
America's Ultimate Horse Idol
College Round Table
Over 100 Clinics, Demos and Seminars
Breed Parade, Stallion Showcase
 

Sign up for the John Lyons 3-Day Horsemanship Clinic following the Virginia Show.  Click here for details.  Nov. 4-6, 2008

See John at the Virginia Extravaganza for all three days!!

East Coast Trainer Challenge Finals, Virginia
3 Trainers, Three Untouched Horses, 3 Days!!

Richmond, VA, OCT. 31-NOV 2.

Winners from North Carolina, Northern Illinois and Arkansas Trainer Challenges will come to Virginia for National Finals

North Carolina Winner: Brock Griffith

October 31-Nov. 2: Brock Griffith, winner of the NC East Coast Trainer Challenge will face off against winners from upcoming Arkansas and Northern Illinois Trainer Challenges.  This exciting colt starting competition finals will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with the final exhibition of each trainers progress in the finale on Sunday at the Equine Extravaganza.  Each trainer will have one hour each day to use natural horsemanship techniques to get his colt ready to accept saddle and rider. 

Championship Finals, Virginia:  Brock Griffith wins NC Trainer Challenge.  In an amazing display of natural horsemanship at the NC East Coast Trainer Challenge Brock Griffith emerged as the winner in what was considered by all an exceptional and close competition.  All three trainers did an amazing job with their young, untouched horses.  In what the judges called an amazingly close competition, Brock scored the highest overall and emerged as the winner.  Commentator and exceptional horsewoman Julie Goodnight said she would have any one of the three trainers work with any of her horses.    2007 Winner, Tommy Garland, went on to compete in the prestigious Road to the Horse colt starting competition in TN.

Come to Virginia to see who will join East Coast Trainer Challenge Hall of Famers Tommy Garland and Ed Dabney.

The competition is included in the price of admission to the expo and will be held  Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM and 11:45 AM Sunday time.

Trainer Challenge admission is included in general expo admission price.

College Roundtable: Angelia Almos, Finding the Right Equine Program

Healing Through Horses: Melisa Pearce: Touched by a Horse,

“Our lives are shaped and seasoned by unforeseen circumstances. Our being human means we choose our own responses and reaction to them….often maturing as we grow. Through friendship and with guidance, our own truth is formed as we step into our destiny. 

Horses have been my dearest guides, most profound teachers and my sweetest and most trusted confidants on life's journey. Many people spend enormous amounts of energy explaining what man can teach the horse. I believe that the point of their existence may have misinterpreted, for it we enter their presence in stillness, we find it is they who are the teachers.”       By Melisa Pearce 


Equine Extravaganza Official T-Shirt Design

We love the inspiring messages of Touched By a Horse and have chosen to incorporate one of those messages in the official art of Equine Extravaganza is pleased to unveil the above image and message from artist Jan Thompson with quote by Melisa Pearce as our official art work for the show.  T-Shirts will be available at Circle City Screen Printing & Embroidery, Booth 515, 517 in Sponsor's Row.

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