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Southern Saddlebred Spring Fling joins ESC
April 22-25 will mark the 9th year for Southern Saddlebred horse shows and Spring Fling will be the organization’s 17th competition at the TN Miller Coliseum in Murfreesboro, TN. What was born as an auction business has grown, instead, into one of the strongest shows for American Saddlebreds, Hackney and Roadsters in the Southeast. “We’ve tried to ‘answer the call’ for whatever the industry has asked of us,” said Jackie Hale, “and being involved with Equine Sports Council is another way of meeting a need.” Event: Southern Saddlebred Spring FlingLocation: TN Miller Coliseum | Murfreesboro, TNDate: April 22-25, 2020Associations: ASHA Star, Monarch Series, Equine Sports Council Southern Saddlebred shows have operated…
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The Illinois American Saddlebred Pleasure Horse Association joins the ESC Network of Horse Shows
Equine Sports Council is very honored to have the Illinois American Saddlebred Pleasure Horse Association (IASPHA) join our horse show network. IASPHA started in 1973 with one pleasure horse show, and now hosts three shows with multiple affiliated horse shows that all earn credits towards end of year Champion and Reserve high point awards. For over 40 years IASPHA has been very successful in realizing its goals, and is one of the largest American Saddlebred charter clubs in the nation with a very active membership. Equine Sports Council welcomes to it’s network the 2020 IASPHA Spring Show, 2020 IASPHA Summer Show and the 2020 IASPHA Fall Show. All three shows…
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The Monarch National Championship joins the ESC Network, with 50+ Shows Offering Qualifying Classes
Over 50+ shows have joined the Monarch Series to date. Equine Sports Council’s mission – to provide rules, standards, support and promotion for horse shows across the country – closely mirrors the Monarch mission and we are thrilled that their National Championship has joined the ESC Network. In 2019 a vision was formed to support mainstream American Saddlebred horse shows across the country and offer a “Crown Jewel” for this core market. This concept resulted in the Monarch Series, now with over 55 qualifying shows offered all across the United States. The National Championship will be held October 1-4, 2020 at the Illinois State Fair Grounds. Equine Sports Council and…
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Mark Staehnke Joins Equine Sports Council as an Advisor
Equine Sports Council (ESC) is pleased to announce that Mark Staehnke has joined ESC as an advisor. Mark has been involved in Morgan Horses for most of his life. As most know, Merriehill Farm has for decades been a major factor in breeding, showing and promoting Morgans with innumerable Regional, Grand National and World Champions developed at Merriehill. Mark has a long record of personal involvement having served as a Regional Director and Vice President of Finance of the American Morgan Horse Association, President and Treasurer of the American Morgan Horse Institute and over a decade as a Member of and Chairman of the USEF Morgan Rules Committee. Currently, Mark…
