2023 Paso Fino and Open Gaited Horse Shows

April 22-23, 2023 - Carolina Classic Horse Show at T Ed Garrison Arena in Pendleton (Clemson), SC

This is a traditional, yearly Paso Fino show, and we also have Rocky Mountain Horses showing with us this year. Sanctioned by PFHA and RMHA. On Friday April 21, we will have a Trail Horse Clinic and Test with the program sanctioned/approved by PFHA. Our clinician and tester will be Rick Shaffer who helped to develop the program.

We also welcome all trail riders to join us for the weekend to ride on the public trails across the road and to participate in the non-point trail class each day during the show and the progressive barn party on Friday evening and the exhibitors dinner on Saturday evening.

May 20, 2023 - Summer Celebration Open Gaited Horse Show at Lone Hickory Arena in Yadkinville, NC. This will be our seventh annual event, and we have classes for all gaited horses as per the FOSH and PFHA rulebooks. This show is especially suited to amateur riders, beginners, novice or horses who need practice and schooling in a low-key show environment. There are classes for everyone, and attire is casual. This is a sanctioned B show for the Rockies, and so their attire, tack and procedures will follow RMHA show rules.

New for 2023, there will be professional trainers who are members of the Piedmont PFHA who will be on hand for tutorials and coaching for exhibitors upon request at no charge.

June 16-18, 2023 - Asheville Alive Paso Fino Horse Show at WNC Ag Center in Fletcher, NC.

Traditionally one of the largest regional Paso Fino shows, we are restructuring our show this year, and it will be a charity show. Our Piedmont PFHA region is committed to promoting the Paso Fino breed to the public, and we hope to bring back the spectators who were lost in the past few years. We typically have exhibitors from most of the east coast states at this show. Sanctioned by PFHA.

August 19-20, 2023 - Second Annual Southeast Summer Championship Open Gaited Horse Show at Great Smoky Mountain Expo Center in White Pine, TN. This format proved successful and popular with our first show in 2022, having over 90 horses in attendance. In 2023, we have classes for all gaited breeds and specifically for Paso Finos, Rockies, Mountain Horses and probably Racking Horses, plus many OGB classes as per the FOSH rulebook. Sanctioned as 2 A shows for RMHA and sanctioned by PFHA as a point show.

For more information on any of these shows, please contact Milda Minter at pasofinotrainer@gmail.com or 336-225-0214.

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