Gates open at 9 a.m. for Arkansas Horse Festival
Posted on Saturday, March 29, 2008
The ninth annual Arkansas Horse Festival’s gates open at 9 a.m. today on the grounds of the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Arena on Garland Avenue in Fayetteville. Admission at the gate is $5, allowing for all-day access to the festival’s outdoor activities. Children 12 and under are free. Spectators can also see a festival show in the indoor arena for an additional $10 per seat. Shows are at 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Seating is limited.
The two shows will include The One Arm Bandit, The Texas Trick Riders, highspeed drill teams, a stage coach and wagons, a Spanish dancing horse, a trained zebra, dozens of draft horses and a parade of breeds.
Outdoor arena performances include “Meet the Breeds,” jousting and medieval games by Mounted Fury, Cowboy Mounted Shooting by Boston Mountain Gunslingers, freestyle dressage by Frisians, a Gypsy dressage routine by Circ de Jose and a cavalry camp.
In the outdoor arena, clinicians will present tips and techniques to improve horsemanship, philosophies of colt starting, foundation training and problem-solving methods.
The D.E. King Equine Pavilion (the horse barn) will showcase ferrier James Luman demonstrating natural trimming. Steer roping will also be taught.
Show times and other information are available at www.horsefestival.org.
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