2024 Schedule
Shows listed have been chosen based on quality of footing and facility, show management, and ability to offer a significant positive show experience.
If a show you are interested in is not listed, please discuss with Jessica if you would like to see something added.
Vet and Farrier dates have been added where known, but many more appointments will be added throughout the year and it will not always be possible to add them to the calendar in advance due to office staff shortages. Your patience and cooperation in working around these things as they come up.
All Shows Listed are Tentative. When possible, please make your commitments at least a month out to make it easier to properly plan and prepare.
Shows may be added or deleted as the schedule unfolds. Farrier, Chiropractor, and Vet appointments will be added throughout the year.
Group lessons/Mini Clinics are all TENTATIVE. Please double check at least a week in advance to make sure the ones you want to attend are definite.
Check in regularly on what dates have been added, deleted, or changed.
Don’t forget to get your paperwork to JCTS well ahead of the first show. This means current membership cards, copies of your horses’ papers in your name, and copies of your coggins. Please send card updates/renewals as they occur. Also, remember to update SafeSport!
Clients are responsible for organizing and filling out their own show paperwork and getting it to JCTS to go in with everyone else’s before the closing date of entries. If you need help, ask.
FEBRUARY
3 JCTS Social after the holiday rat race settles down. Groundhog Day celebration and
Kickoff for the new season. Time and place TBD.
10 Saturday Group Lesson at 11 am if weather permits. Haul ins welcome. Potluck lunch.
Bring dish to pass. RSVP by February 8.
27-29 Gifted Reining and All-Around Trainer Mark Bucher (Cedar Ridge Arabians) consulting
and available for lessons. Contact me if interested. I guarantee he is not to be missed.
He is probably the best horseman I’ve ever seen in regard to timing and feel.
Audit opportunities also available if you’d rather just listen.
MARCH
2. Saturday Group Lesson at 11 am if weather permits. Haul ins welcome. Potluck lunch.
Bring dish to pass. RSVP by February 28
12 Spring Vet Day #1. Contact Lodi Veterinary Care to purchase a Wellness Package before this date if you want one. First round of spring shots, teeth, coggins for all. Spring soundness workups strongly recommended either March. 12 or April 9 as this will prevent a lot of problems later in the season. Keep accounts up to date with Lodi. Call 608-592-3232 to set up Wellness Programs and make payments. This is also a FARRIER DAY, so make your payments to Jess in advance of that.
22-24 MAHA Spring Fling Show, Winona, MN
30 Spring Barn Show. Haul ins Welcome. Potluck lunch. RSVP by March 16th.
APRIL
2 First foal of the year due! Luke x Grace Slick, foal owned by Donna Spencer-Riehle
5-7 Iowa Spring Show Concurrent Show for Double qualifications. Sport Horse in Hand and
Under Saddle Classes in addition to a full schedule of Main Ring Classes. Two great
Judges this year. THIS SHOW IS QUITE DEFINITE AS WE HAVE MULTIPLE COMMITMENTS ALREADY
9 Spring Vet Day #2. Second round of spring shots for all. Spring soundness workups recommended either April 9 or March 12 as this will prevent a lot of problems later in the season.
10. Second foal of the year due! The Finest x Paprecha, foal owned by Donna Spencer
13 Clinic for Linda Hanson, Oshkosh Area. Contact Jess to reach Linda and make a reservation to ride or audit. Nice facility with outstanding hospitality
6 Wisconsin Horse Council Judges Seminar
19-21 Midwest Horse Fair
27 Crazylegs Classic 8K Run in Madison. See if Jess can Survive!
28 Dodge County Horsem3ns Association Horsemanship and Riding Clinic, Beaver Dam.
Joint clinic with my good friend and fabulous fellow horseman, Lee Sackett, at the Sackett Ranch.
MAY
3-4 Ray Lacroix Consultation. Limited options to ride/school/audit may be available, and
the opportunity is definitely not to be missed. He is extraordinary in every aspect. Don’t
wait to talk to me if you have an interest because spots will be limited and demand will
be very high.
5 Third foal of the year due! Furst Gribaldi x Afirey Grace, foal owned by Stephanie Likens
10-12 NIAHAC Show, Springfield, IL
16-19 Buckeye Sweepstakes Show, Ohio
30-June 2 Region 11 Championships, Springfield, IL, FAIRLY DEFINITE
JUNE
8 Dane County 4H Clinic
13-16 Region 10 Dressage/Sport Horse Qualifier and Championships
15 Judging Dawson Pointe Show, Oregon, WI
18-23 Region 13 Championships, Ohio
JULY
18-27. Youth and Midsummer Nationals, Oklahoma City, FAIRLY DEFINITE
AUGUST
2-4. WAHA August Show
14-18 Region 14 Championships, Wilmington, OH
September
Aug 31-1 WDHA AVS Show, Oshkosh, WI
9-24 Sport Horse Nationals, Wilmington, OH
October
17-26 US Nationals. Location to be announced.
Please note, this is a very tentative list and we will not be attending all of these events. It’s more of a date listing of options at this point. Additionally, some schooling shows and dressage shows will be added. Many shows have not published firm dates and locations yet, so lots of things are in flux. This calendar is merely a starting point for planning.
If there’s something you’re definitely interested in attending, be sure to let me know ASAP, as I will also be taking judging assignments as they are offered and will not save all these dates for showing unless I know people are committed to going.