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IDHSNA Annual Horse Show Overview: ENTRIES CLOSE SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

DEFINITIONS & DESCRIPTIONS:

• Baby Green Horses - must be in their first or second year of showing and jump eight fences set at a maximum height 2”.
• Green Horses – must be in the first or second year of showing and may not have won a division championship at 2’6”.  They will jump a regular hunter course set at a maximum height 2’6”.
• Low Hunter Horses – must be able to jump a regular hunter course set at a maximum height 3’.
• Working Hunter Horses – must be able to jump a regular hunter course set at a maximum height of 3’6”.
• Handy Hunter Horses - must be able to jump a regular hunter course set at a maximum height of 3’3” and will be ask to demonstrate field hunter skills (i.e., open/close gate, drop pole, rein back, lead over a fence, etc.  Note that one fence will be at the discretion of the rider on how to accomplish to best demonstrate their horse’s suitability as a field hunter.
• Purebred/Partbred Irish Hunter Horses – suitable to be shown under saddle at a walk, trot, canter, and hand gallop in both directions of the ring.  A riding judge will mount and ride each horse.  The horses may be have their saddles removed and then set up and shown in hand at the walk and trot for the conformation portion of the class.
• Baby Jumper Horses – must be in their first or second year of showing and able to jump eight fences at a maximum height of 2’6”.
• Level One Jumper Horses – may not exceed their third year of show and must jump a regular jumper course set at a maximum height of 2’11”.
  

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PHOTOGRAPHER:
Photos from the 2009 IDHSNA Annual Breed Show, October 1-4 at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA, will be available at:
http://www.theredhorse.net (site coming soon!)
A New Type of Equine Photography

About Red Horse Photography:
At Red Horse (formerly J. Walker Photography), photography is art. We specialize in capturing the heart of horse sports, but we're certainly not one trick ponies. We don’t shoot at 10 frames per second and hope for a decent image. We are horse people ourselves and strive to capture the most telling and affective moments of the culmination of endless hours of preparation, practice, care, and concentration. We are always searching for the decisive moments, unique aesthetics, emotion, and power that define your milestones or everyday occasions.

View a brief Slideshow of our recent work:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwalkerphotography/sets/72157620409043404/show/

Or visit:
http://www.theredhorse.net/portfolio.php (site coming soon!)

Photos from the 2009 IDHSNA Annual Breed Show available at: http://www.theredhorse.net (site coming soon!)

Exhibitors wishing to have their classes videotaped can send a request to info@theredhorse.net.
Please include:

• First and last name of owner and/or rider/handler
• Name of horse (show name please)
• Classes for which video is requested
• Any special requests

Requests for personal portraits, conformation photos, inspections, sales video production or other activities not appearing on the official timesheet and schedule may also be sent to info@theredhorse.net. Service requests are subject to availability and time restrictions.

Pricelist for photo prints:

4x6: $10	5x7: $20	8x10: $40
11x14: $55	12x18: $65	16x20: $85
16x24: $125	24x36: $250

Show Proof Package (includes all 4x6 printed photos for a single horse throughout the weekend): $250 Show CD Package (includes all web resolution images for a single horse throughout the weekend): $50

4x6 proofs of each class will be available onsite the day after the class runs. The onsite proofs may be purchased for $6.00 each instead of the $10.00 web price if purchased from the web after the show. All
proofs will be available at http://www.theredhorse.net and at http://theredhorse.smugmug.com.

Custom Services:
On site conformation photos or portrait session outside of official scheduled classes: $150 - Includes up to an hour session, private proofing, two 8x10 prints (to be delivered 2 to 3 weeks following the show) and a CD of all web-sized digital files.

Video:
Show video: $50 per class - Includes clip of requested horse's participation in one class, delivered on DVD and as a web-ready file on CD.
Custom sales video production: $250 per horse - Includes onsite conformation shoot, any footage from show and/or footage supplied by owner, audio interview/description of horse by owner, custom editing
services, production delivered on DVD and as a web-ready file on CD approximately 2 to 3 weeks after the show.

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HOTELS:
The IDHSNA Show Committee has set up a block of rooms for the 2009 show, in two Best Westerns and one Holiday Inn Express as a group. We have initially asked for 60 rooms, however, we have the option of adding up to another 40 rooms if needed with either this hotel group or another that is four miles away. Reservations for the IDHSNA Block of rooms will close on September 15, 2009.

This group is comprised of three hotels - BEST WESTERN HUNT RIDGE, BEST WESTERN LEXINGTON INN, and the HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS. The Best Western Hunt Ridge will have 20 rooms set aside for us at $74.99/night plus tax, this is the closest hotel to the Virginia Horse Center (VHC) at ½ mile away, however, please note that they do not offer a free breakfast as they have a restaurant on-site. The Best Western Lexington Inn is 1 mile away and we have booked 40 rooms there at $74.99/night plus tax, they will open their breakfast services at 5:00 AM for 1-4 October 2009. The Holiday Inn Express will take reservations, if they do not fill up the block of rooms set aside for the VMI Reunion weekend. The fee for this hotel is a little more expensive at $109.00/night plus tax, as it is a newer hotel with more amenities. The Holiday Inn Express has an Express Start breakfast which can be opened at 5:00 AM if we have folks staying there that need it open that early.

These hotels do accept pets at $25.00 per stay per pet. Please contact MICHELLE ROBBINS or GILLIAN PEMBERTON if you have any problems making your reservations.

There is also a RV park associated with the VHC which costs $30.00/night with 11% tax. There are 7 to 10 showers available for use in the East Complex and one handicapped shower. Go to the VHC WEBSITE to make reservations.

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