The San Luis Obispo County 4-H youth development program’s Countywide 4-H Horse Project is organizing the Back in the Saddle Open Horse Show as a fundraiser for our program.
All breeds of horses (and mules) and all riders are welcome to enter. Proceeds will directly help pay for shows, clinics, and awards, with a goal of reducing or eliminating clinic and show fees for the members of 4-H horse projects in SLO County.
Show Date SUNDAY APRIL 28
Pre-Entries Due WEDNESDAY APRIL 24.
Post entries accepted with $25 per rider surcharge through show day.
Adds/drops during registration are fine
Please pay fees in advance, details below
Location is Knudson Training Stables, 3880 Union Rd, Paso Robles
Judges: Rachele Scobie & Pam Turnbull. Trail design: Patty Knudson
SHOW OFFICE SCHEDULE
Saturday April 27, 4-6 pm for early registration & Sunday April 28, open at 630 am
SHOW SCHEDULE - subject to change
Main Arena
8 Halter
845 Showmanship
945 Ranch Pleasure
1045 Ranch Riding
1245 6u Leadline Western Pleasure
1 - 130 Lunch Break
130 Western Pleasure
245 Horsemanship
415 Champagne Pleasure
Trail Pen
630-1030 Warm Up open
1030 Western Trail
1 pm 6u Leadline Trail
130 - 2 Lunch Break (Trail warm up open)
2 - 4 Ranch Trail
DIVISIONS
Leadline 6u
10u Walk Jog
17u Walk Jog
18+ Walk Jog
Open Walk Jog
17u Loping
18+ Loping
Open Loping
17u Walk Trot Ranch
18+ Walk Trot Ranch
17u Ranch
18+ Ranch
Open Ranch
CLASSES (full class list below)
Showmanship
Horsemanship
Western Pleasure
Trail
Ranch Halter
Ranch Pleasure
Ranch Riding
Ranch Trail
Champagne Pleasure*
*CHAMPAGNE PLEASURE
The Champagne Pleasure class is just for fun - riders will start with a full glass and whoever has the most water left at the ends wins! Riders may add at the gate for this one. This class does not count for division point totals, but fun prizes will be awarded.
AWARDS
Participation ribbons will be awarded to every rider. Classes will be placed to 5th place and class place pins awarded. There will be a Champion buckle and Reserve ribbon awarded for each division, except Leadline. Leadline riders will each receive an award or prize.
RULES & DETAILS
Age for division purposes is rider age as of 1/1/24. Riders can cross over between Walk Jog and Loping divisions in their age group. Amateur riders only in the 17u & 18+ divisions. All riders can cross enter the Open classes. Leadline handlers must have liability releases signed if they are not also competing. Junior horses 5 years or younger can be ridden two handed in a snaffle or hackamore. 10u Walk Jog and all the Walk Trot Ranch division riders can ride with two hands
in their division classes. Ranch riders may show in any humane bit, bitless bridle, or bosal. The West Coast Horse Show
Rulebook will be used as a guideline for this horse show.
PATTERNS
Patterns for showmanship, horsemanship, ranch riding, and trail have been published. They will be emailed out to entered
riders and a link is posted on the Back in the Saddle Facebook page.
LIABILITY RELEASE FORMS
Click this link to print the liability release forms for the arena: Knudson Training Stables
Liability Release or open the pdf version that will be attached to your
confirmation email. If you rode at last year’s Back in the Saddle then no need to fill this out again! We’ve got them on file. Please print and sign these forms and then email them
to slohorseproject@gmail.com, text a picture of them to 805-674-5831, or
bring them to the show. As the 4-H Youth Development Program is run by the
University of California at Davis, an additional liability form for the UC will
need signing at the show during registration.
DIRECTIONS
3880 Union Rd, Paso Robles: Head east from Barney Schwartz Park about 1/2 mile, the property has black fences and there is a sign at the gate that says Seven Chips. There will
also be a Back in the Saddle sign. Follow the driveway past the houses, all the
way back around the arena. Please leave your pet dogs at home, but service dogs are always welcome. Also, please pick up poop around your trailer – let’s not leave a mess.
STALL RESERVATION
Stalls are sold out. $40 overnight fee. A limited number of stalls are available if you want to keep your horse overnight on Saturday or Sunday. Stalls include hay and shavings.
ENTRIES & FEES
$25 per class
$14 drug fee per horse
No arena fee
No award fee
$25 late fee for entries after 4/24
Optional:
$40 per night stall fee
$20 Event T Shirt
$20 Gourmet Hot Dog Lunch
1/4 pound Dog & a drink from Yabba Dabba Dogs!
Entries are due before the April 24 pre-entry deadline, but we will take them after that with a $25 late fee. It's ok to enter now and pay later. Please pay in advance by credit card or just bring a check to the show. It will save a lot of time day of if most fees are paid in advance.
Make checks out to “SLO 4-H YDP”
Mail checks to:
Michelle Mitchell
SLO County 4-H Horse Project
1661 Mulberry Lane
Paso Robles CA 93446
On a computer the above link will open a new tab.
If you are on your phone, it works best to complete your entry, then wait for your entry confirmation email and click on the link from there.
On the website that opens, fill out the form and select "Back in the Saddle Show Fees". Enter your "Total Registration Fee", then submit by clicking "Save Survey Information". You will be re-directed to a secure site to enter your payment info. The UC web system is wonky and isn't always available, so please try again later if the payment screen won't load.
