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Regional Horse Meeting�April 13, 2024

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The county you represent
Your role (horse project leader, 4-H’er, volunteer, parent, staff)
Please identify whether you are an adult or youth
If more than one person viewing this with you please summarize the number of youth and adults.

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REGIONAL HORSE MEETING

Topics

Breakout time in regions
Horseless Horse Skills Classes
Building a horseless horse program in counties
Ranch pleasure classes
Mini horse clinics and shows
Bonus trips
Drill Team Camp
Boot Camp
Education on Miniature horse

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BREAKOUT ROOMS

When breakout rooms open select your appropriate breakout room
If you are unable to select I will ask you and can move you to a room

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BREAKOUT ROOM REGIONS

Northwest Region consists of the following 4-H programs

Becker Kittson Red Lake

Clay Lake of the Woods Rpseau

Clearwater Mahnomen Traverse

Douglas Marshall Wadena

East Ottertail Norman Wilkin

Grant Pennington West Ottertail

Hubbard Polk

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BREAKOUT ROOM REGIONS

Northeast Region consists of the following

4-H programs

Aitkin Itasca Morrison

Beltrami Kanabec North St. Louis

Cass Koochiching Pine

Carlton Lake South St. Louis

Cook Mille Lacs Todd

Crow Wing

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BREAKOUT ROOM REGIONS

Central Region consists of the following

4-H programs

Anoka Hennepin Scott

Benton Isanti Sherburne

Carver McLeod Stearns

Chisago Meeker Wright

Dakota Ramsey Washington

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BREAKOUT ROOM REGIONS

Southwest Region consists of the following

4-H programs

Big Stone Lyon Rock

Chippewa Martin Redwood

Cottonwood Murray Stevens

Jackson Nobles Swift

Kandiyohi Pipestone Watonwan

Lac qui Parle Pope Yellow Medicine

Lincoln Renville

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BREAKOUT ROOM REGIONS

Southeast Region consists of the following

4-H programs

Blue Earth Goodhue Rice

Brown Houston Sibley

Dodge LeSueur Steele

Faribault Mower Wabasha

Fillmore Nicollet Waseca

Freeborn Olmsted Winona

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ENTER BREAKOUT ROOMS

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HORSELESS HORSE SKILLS

New last year
Opportunity to build your horse program
Helps your current youth grow as mentors and leaders
Gives young people the chance to experience horses
Creates excitement for youth and horses
Provides a new showcase opportunity

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HORSELESS HORSE SKILLS

Local Options

The horseless horse program is open to youth statewide but can be tailored or flexible locally depending on county youth interest. Counties can elect to have youth involved in three ways: individual participation, enhanced participation, or an organized mentor participation program. Here is what those might look like locally:

Individual Participation: Youth participate independently in the Horseless Horse Round Up virtual series, with no additional educational opportunities available locally.

Enhanced Participation: Youth participate in a hybrid program including the virtual series and minimal additional local educational opportunities, such as project days, day camps, short series, etc.

Complete Mentor Program: Youth participate in virtual or in person Horseless Horse Round Up series and volunteers provide supplemental educational experiences and an organized hands-on mentorship program. This could include monthly sessions or seasonal weekly sessions.

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HORSELESS HORSE SKILLS

Local Showcase Experiences

Horseless Horse Static Exhibit: Member showcases learning through an exhibit (typically part of static judging).

Horseless Horse Skills Class: Member uses a mentor’s horse live during the local showcase (for counties offering enhanced or county wide participation programs).

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HORSELESS HORSE SKILLS

State Horse Show Experiences

Horseless Horse Static Exhibit: Judged on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. of the State Horse Show

Horseless Horse Skills Class: Judged on Friday at 1 p.m. or after horse training of the State Horse Show

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HORSELESS HORSE SKILLS

Level 1 Booklet

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QUESTIONS?

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RANCH PLEASURE 2024

Will stay same for this year as last

Classes 10th grade and up
Classes 6-9th grade

RIDER must choose between western pleasure and ranch pleasure
Evaluate for 2025

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MINI HORSE CLINICS 2024

Miniature horse committee is working to set up clinics and solidify state miniature horse qualifiers
Mini horse is unique in that not all classes offer miniature horse classes so regional structure is in place.
Watch for details coming soon.

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BONUS TRIPS 2024

Two types of bonus trip

Programming Excellence

Programming Excellence rewards programs that do an outstanding job of delivering high quality project learning to 4-H’ers.

Requires a cover sheet, 400 word description and 2 pages of captioned photos or newspaper publicity describing the success and impact of the program.

Quality

Quality rewards programs whose members have competed well in all areas of the horse program.

Requires cover sheet, 200 word description and 2 pages of captioned photos or newspaper publicity and a completed 3 page award spreadsheet.

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BONUS TRIPS 2024

Due June 1
^{Applications are online and available on the website. Search bonus trips to state fair and state horse show.}
^{The past two years of results data you will need for the quality spreadsheet is located on the MN 4H Horse Website under State 4-H Horse Show and click on the results tab.}
^REMEMBER:^{This application is for volunteers and youth to complete and not staff.}
^{Results are posted around the last week of June on the bonus trip website under winners tab.}
^{20 winners are selected to earn an additional state trip to the Minnesota State Horse Show for your county.}

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QUESTIONS SO FAR

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MINIATURE HORSE

Miniature horse committee working to strengthen, clarify and make the project better

Regional model will look different
Contemplating the addition of a roadster class
Clinics
Judges training will be held

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HORSE EXPO – APRIL 26-28, 2024

Looking for volunteers before, during and after
Horse Expo is the largest fundraiser for the MN 4-H Horse Project
Youth Horse Association donates to our program and we can help by providing workers

MN 4-H Horse Program budget for 2024-2025

To run the horse program costs $213,284!!!

YOUR HELP IS IMPORTANT!

TO SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER GO TO:

MINNESOTA HORSE EXPO page and click on the red tack swap button for more informaiton

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DRILL TEAM

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MORE DRILL TEAM

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BOOT CAMP

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BOOT CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS

MQHA offers scholarships for participation in boot camp.

The scholarship application is available on the MQHA website on the Youth page under Boot Camp information.

Due May 1

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QUESTIONS??

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LEARN MORE ABOUT MINIATURE HORSES

Clara Thompson, State 4-H Horse PDC youth representative and miniature horse exhibitor. Clara is on the state miniature horse committee as well.

Welcome Clara!

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Renee Kostick�Extension Educator�Brainerd Regional Office�322 Laurel Street, Suite 21�Brainerd, MN 56401�hinkx001@umn.edu�218-232-5174�

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