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Calendar of Events

2008
Click on a specific month below or scroll down.

January               May               September
February             June               October
March                 July                November
April                   August            December

January

10-13      USEF Convention                                              John Seger
              (Louisville, KY)

12-Feb 4 Fort Worth Stock Show (QH & Paint)                  Doug Landreth
              (Fort Worth, TX)

14-15      USDF Trainers' Conference with Jan Brink           Mary Phelps
              (High Meadow Farm-Loxahatchee, FL)

24-28      Dude Ranch Association Convention                   Noreen Burns & Maureen Gray
              (Cody, WY)

25-Feb.2  Arizona Sun Country Circuit                              Doug Landreth, Debbie Kail, 
              (Westworld-Scottsdale, AZ)                               Ryan Kail

February
8-10        USET Olympic Dressage Fund Raiser               John Seger & Lisa Seger
              (Wellington, FL)

8-10        Cosequine Wellington Dressage Markel/USEF   Lisa Seger
              Young Horse (Wellington, FL)

15-18       Gold Coast Series 1-Langer Equestrian Group  John Seger
               (LA Equestrian Center; Los Angeles, CA)

15-24      Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show                       Harold Straus, Mary Ann Kean
              (West World Arena; Scottsdale, AZ)

16-24       NRCHA World Championships                          Diane Paris
               (Stephenville, TX)

26-Mar.1  American Farriers Association Convention         Pat Mullins
               (Albuquerque, NM)

29-Mar.3  AQHA Convention                                           Don Faison, Doug Landreth,
               (San Francisco, CA)                                       Debbie Kail, Ted Grose,
                                                                                    Pat Mullins

29-Mar.3   CDI Mid-Winter Dressage Show                      John Seger & Lisa Seger
                (LA Equestrian Center; Los Angeles, CA)

March
6-9          March Mania Paint Horse Show                       Diane Paris
              (Tulsa, OK)

13-16      Silverdollar Circuit                                           Doug Landreth, Debbie Kail
              (South Point Equestrian Center; Las Vegas, NV)

20-23      Spring Breakout QH Show Circuit                     TBD
              (Lexington, VA)

27-30       CDI Festival of the Horse Dressage Show       John Seger & Lisa Seger
              (LA Equestrian Center; Los Angeles, CA)
April
7-8         Welcome Back to White Fences III                 Mary Phelps
             (Loxahatchee, FL)

7-13        AQHA East Coast Champs                            Doug Landreth
              (Lexington, VA)

11-13       Gold Coast Grand Finale                               Mary Phelps
               (Jim Brandon Equestrian Center; West Palm Beach, FL)

12-13       GDCTA Spring Show                                     John Seger & Lisa Seger
               (Conyers, GA)

16-May 6  Easter Bunny Circuit QH Shows                   Doug Landreth
                (Raleigh, NC)

23-27       Rolex 3 Day                                                John Seger & Lisa Seger, 
               (Lexington, KY)                                           Mary Phelps

26-27       Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge III      Mary Phelps
               (Jim Brandon Equestrian Center; West Palm Beach, FL)

May

8-11         AQHA Region 8 Experience                          Doug Landreth, Trina McCarroll
               (Amarillo, TX)

9-11         Dressage at Sandhills                                   John Seger & Lisa Seger
               (Pinehurst, NC)

9-11         Paxton Farm CDI Cincinnati                           Mary Phelps
               (Cincinnati, OH)

14-18       Sun and Surf Circuit QH Shows                      Doug Landreth
               (Del Mar, CA)

15-18       AQHA Region 10 Experience                          Ted Grose
               (Clemson, SC)

17-18       Dressage at Lamplight-Spring Opener             Mary Phelps
               (Wayne, IL)

22-25       KDA Spring Show and CDI                             Mary Phelps
               (Kentucky Horse Park; Lexington, KY)

22-26       Memorial Day Classic Hunter/Jumper              John Seger
               (LA Equestrian Center; Los Angeles, CA)

23-25       Markel/USEF Young Horse                            John Seger & Lisa Seger, 
               Western Selections (Flintridge, CA)                Mary Phelps

23-26       Memorial Paint Horse Show                            Diane Paris
               (Waco, TX)

23-Jun.1   Texas Classic                                               Doug Landreth, Trina McCarroll
               (Fort Worth, TX)

29-31       APHA Workshop                                            Diane Paris, Pat Mullins
               (Fort Worth, TX)

31-Jun.2   Markel/USEF Young Horse                             John Seger & Lisa Seger
               Eastern Selections & CDI Dressage Show (Raleigh, NC)
June
1-3           CDI 3/Y Raleigh & Capital Dressage Classic    Mary Phelps
                (Hunt Horse Complex; Raleigh, NC)

5-8           AQHA Region 7 Experience                            Doug Landreth
                (Reno, NV)

10-21       Pinto World Show                                          Diane Paris
               (Tulsa, OK)

12-15       Carolina Classic                                             TBD
               (Senator Bob Martin Eastern Agricultural Center; Williamston, NC)

12-15        Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Festival of          Mary Phelps
                Champions, USEF Intermediaire I Championships, USEF Grand Prix Championships

19-26       APHA Youth World Show                                Doug Landreth, Diane Paris, 
               (Fort Worth, TX)                                              Pat Mullins

20-29       US Olympic Dressage Trials                           John Seger & Lisa Seger, 
               (San Juan Capistrano, CA)                              Mary Phelps

22-Jul.5   APHA World Show                                          Doug Landreth, Diane Paris,
              (Fort Worth, TX)                                               Pat Mullins

23-28       NRHA Derby                                                  Frank & Susan Costantini, 
              (Oklahoma City, OK)                                       Pat Mullins

25-28       Deep Run                                                      Sally Lowman
               (Manakin Sabot, VA)

July 
1-6          CHIO Aachen                                                 Mary Phelps
               (Aachen, Germany)

3-6           Region 15                                                      TBD
               (Lexington, VA)

9-13          AQHA Region 6 Experience                           Doug Landreth
                (Springfield, MA)

17-20        AQHA Region 4 Experience                            Debbie Kail, April Devitt
                (Columbus, OH)

22-26        AQHA Region 1 Experience                            Doug Landreth
                (Nampa, ID)

24-27        AQHA Region 5 Experience                            April Devitt
               (La Centre, Pennsylvania)

26-Aug.2  Arabian Youth Nationals                                 Deb Witty, Holli Gallun, 
               (Albuquerque, NM)                                         Deb Mihaloff

31-Aug.3   North American Young Rider and                   John Seger & Lisa Seger, 
                Jr. Dressage Championships (Parker, CO)      Mary Phelps

August
2-9            AQHYA World Show                                      Doug Landreth, Debbie Kail,
                (Oklahoma City, OK)                                      Trina McCarroll

8-10          Dressage in the Rockies I, II, III                       Mary Phelps, Tami George
                (Parker, CO)

9-20          Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics       Mary Phelps
                (Beijing)

21-24        Cool August Nights Dressage Show and          John Seger
                Year End Markel Award Banquet (LA Equestrian Center; Los Angeles, CA)

26-31        Bayer Select World Show                                Doug Landreth, Debbie Kail
                (Amarillo, TX)

September
11-14        Virginia QH Futurity                                      TBD
                (Lexington, VA)

12-14        Markel/USEF Young Horse National               John Seger & Lisa Seger, 
                Championships (Lexington, KY)                     Mary Phelps

23-27        Arabian Sport Horse Nationals                       Deb Witty 
                (Nampa, ID)

23-28        Dressage at Devon                                       John Seger & Lisa Seger, 
                (Chadds Ford, PA)                                        Mary Phelps

October
1-4            APHA Convention                                         Diane Paris, Pat Mullins
                (San Diego, CA)

1-5           Lexington Combined Driving Classic               Mary Phelps
               (Kentucky Horse Park; Lexington, KY)

4-26         Ohio Quarter Horse Congress                         Doug Landreth, Debbie Kail
               (Columbus, OH)

6-12          Paint Horse Congress                                   Diane Paris
                (Wichita, KS)

10-12        Central VA Paint Horse Club                         TBD
                Color Classic & Fall Futurity (Lexington, VA)

10-14        Margarita Classic Paint Horse Show               Diane Paris
                (Waco, TX)

16-25        US Nationals Arabian & Half Arabian Show     Harold Straus & Mary Ann Kean

16-19       Gold Coast Series 7 and Markel Gold              John Seger
               Coast Awards Banquet (LA Equestrian Center; Los Angeles, CA)

19-20       Silverwood Championships                             Mary Phelps
               (Camp Lake, WI)

29-Nov.1   NARHA Convention                                       Debi DeTurk Peloso &
                (Hartford, CT)                                               Pat Mullins

November
1-4            Pinto Congress                                            Diane Paris
                (Tulsa, OK)

5-16          APHA Fall Championship Show                     Diane Paris, Doug Landreth
                (Fort Worth, TX)

8-22           AQHA World Show & Sale                           Doug Landreth, Debbie Kail,
                (Oklahoma City, OK)                                    Ted Grose, Trina McCarroll

12-16        Los Angeles National                                     John Seger
                (LA Equestrian Center; Los Angeles, CA)

27-Dec.6   NRHA Futurity & Sale                                   Frank & Susan Costantini,
                (Oklahoma City, OK)                                     Pat Mullins, Mary Ann Kean

December