HORSE EXHIBITORS: Please read below as we do not send out any sort
of premium list before the event because this is not a horse show, but an open house so watch your emails for any event
updates.
Revised 1/4/08:
1. There will be a NEW food vendor on site for the event from 7 AM this year. We are securing another
vendor from last year per your requests. They did not open early in 2007 because I had an emergency at home and could
not arrive early enough to make them open on time. So I am getting yet another food vendor who will be open on time
for exhibitors at 7 a.m. That is my plan and lets see if they follow through this year.
2. There is no electricity in the stall area that I know of, but please do decorate your stalls like you
were showing at a class "A" show. We want to put on a good event for the public to see that we go first class.
Thanks! It looks better on camera when we have more than just a horse in a stall. Have a small table with breed
brochures and your business cards, a photo album and a couple of chairs so people can sit by your stalls. If you decorate
you will get more people stopping then just walking by another horse in a stall.
3. Bedding is not provided at this event in order to keep our costs low. We will have a few bales
of shavings on hand in 2008 for those hauling a long way or no room if you reserve them in advance. Please order them
in advance from Margo at 509-796-2140 leave message or please bring your own. I can get some on Friday from the
feed store IF you order in advance and IF you clean your stall down to bare dirt when you leave. Thanks.
4. Be forewarned that the stalls are the small like 9' X 11', but they do have shows at this facility all year
long. This is a low-keyed event and will stay that way. We chose a smaller, centrally located facility to
drag in the public and the media as this event is in the middle of town. Please stable your stallions accordingly
and if I messed up the stall chart with stallions next to each other then please let me know right away. We will fix
it and I have no problem moving you around. If you need to tie up your stallions if they are having fits in the stalls then
please do so. We do not want any obnoxious horses at this event to turn off the public to horses. We are promoting
horse breeds as well as our own barns by having this event.
5. Please clean your own stalls after the event or you will be billed another $30 per stall
for a cleaning fee as us cleaning your stalls when we have to clean our own stalls too. That means stalls
will be stripped completely please and leave dirt, not bedding. We want to keep the costs low for folks for this event
so please clean up after yourselves. If you do not clean out your stalls down to the
dirt then you will not be allowed back to the event down the road. Thanks!
6. Please be finished setting up by 10 AM as people will arrive early. The event runs 11 AM - 4 PM
as I am trying to reach the media for the 5 o'clock news. There is no take down until after 4 PM. Thanks.
Anyone who takes down early will not be asked back the following year when we do this event again. This is an
annual event and we plan on promoting horses this way for many years to come.
7. This arena is an outdoor arena and we are a go, rain or shine. Horses are water proof and so are
people. We have will have bought a lot of advertising for this date and want to hold the event as it is all paid for
already. The hard core horse people will still show up, but we might lose a few lookers and nose petters from the city
if it rains. But the weather is almost always nice that weekend though for years as I used to plan another outdoor event
too on the same weekend. It was perferct for us all three years from 2005 through 2007.
8. I will be there Friday afternoon
if you want to set up early or you can haul in and set up on Saturday AM. Either day is fine pulling in and setting
up as long as you are done on time by 10 a.m. on Saturday morning. The last of the horse trailers should plan
on being pulled in and unloaded by 9 AM and then moved before you set up your stalls please. If you need to stay overnight
that is more than fine too at no extra charge. I am seeing about hauling in an RV and staying overnight as well in 2008
for security purposes.
9. Please stay off the park grass with your horses or horse trailers. Park rules. Thanks.
Vendors need to be aorund the barn areas and off the grass as well in case they have sprinklers running again this year.
10. New in 2007 and again in 2008: added a few play day classes. See the new event
schedule on this site. If you want a class added let me know. Happy to do that so you can show off your horses.
10. Make sure you park your truck and horse trailer on the far end of the arena away from the stalls after you
have unloaded. Please leave the closer parking spaces open for the public. All trucks and trailers need to be
pulled out and parked by 9 AM in case we always get early folks on Saturday. If we opened at 6AM then we would
still have people looking at 5 AM!
11. Please have fun and greet the public who come to see us. This isn't a horse show and that's why we
get a bigger audience. We need to talk to everyone who comes by for the day because that is why we are here. You
will need to sell your own horses and promote your own barn so be prepared to have your marketing materials ready.
12. You can bring your dogs and kids too! If any dogs are there please clean after your own doggy.
If the dogs get annoying then we may have to restrict them down the road for our event. And let's assume that if we
get a barking, annoying dog then you will move them to your horse trailer in the back 40. (Please do not leave a dog
locked in a stall for the event or I will remove them to find them a forever home. I also am a dog rescuer in my other
life and you will never see your dog again. ;-) Hahahaha.) Nice dogs on leashes
are allowed. All others will be killed. KIDDING, but an annoying dog can ruin
our whole event. It is a small barn area and it echos loudly. If you see any loose dogs please ask their
owners to put them in their cars or on a leash. Thanks.
13. Please clean up your horses as best you can as we are taking photos all day to advertise this event for the
following year and we should be getting news photographers coming as well again this year. Those who do not clean up
after their own animals will not be asked back. Thanks.
14. I have already secured the TV cameras for the morning of this event from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. unless we are preempted
for another event or big news day. Please dress spiffy and have shiny horses if you want to be on TV. Those that
had their horses saddled by 7 a.m. were featured on TV last year. I want YOU to be on TV as I am managing this event.
I hate talking on camera so the TV crews are there to promote your barn, not mine.
15. This venue is not a class "A" show facility. It is an outdoor arena and the stalls have
too much dirt out of them or rocks (I will remove the annoying ones that I see or you can too), etc. The location was
chosen as it is in town and we need to reach new horse people. And it is a cheap venue for us to have this event so
we keep the costs way down for you, the exhibitor. The location is priceless though as we do get people to come out
to see the horses. THERE IS NO PLACE TO WASH OR CLIP HORSES HERE SO PLEASE DO THAT IN ADVANCE AT HOME. Most folks
do not bathe their horses in advance but brush them well before arriving. I also use a damp towel to get off any last
second dirt. Usually it is too cold to bathe them this time of year, but please do spend time brushing them out.
Thanks.
16. Please remember to bring out your horse breed brochures AND your barn fliers. Please hand
out breed promotion materials please as well as promoting your own horses. Please have some at your stalls and the local
horse clubs will do the same. Call your breed association to get brochures and flyers please. Call your
club and have them set up a breed booth is free too. Thanks.
17. Look for the newspaper people. I have secured them three years in a row and I expect they will
be there in 2008 too. If you want to be in the media then let me know. I will be happy to send them your way.
18. I will be taking horse photos during the event again. I am a professional equine
photographer. But I will also be taking event photos during
the event too for national articles and for the web site. If I can secure a second horsey photographer for the day then they
will be in the arena as well. I will ask Lori from 2007 back if she will attend but we need to buy some of
her nice photos so it is worth her time to attend please. If you need your horses photographed
for sale and/or stallion shots it is up to you to catch us and make us shoot your horses please otherwise I am shooting the
event for this web site and other media. But it looks like last year's photographer will be back too as on January 2008
so catch her for photos please.
19. Please have a good time at this event. We had a lot of fun the first three years so if you
need anything fixed or changed do not hesitate to tell me. We will fix it and make it better only if you tell us.
We want all our exhibitors back again.
20. Thanks in advance for bringing out your fat and furry horses to our event. We scheduled this early
in the year so we could try to avoid breeding and show season as much as possible. We all know how much work it is to
take horses off the farm this time of year so we sincerely appreciate you supporting our fun event.
21. I have secured an announcer in 2008 and I am investing in more speakers to be closer to the barns.
If you want Jim the Announcer all day to say something then speak to him directly or better yet write it down please. Jim
will be happy to toot your horn about your horses. These were the only thing I saw we really needed to make the event
more professional.
22. I also have a 4H group associated with Wheatland Morgans from Palouse to be volunteers. If you
see kids/parents standing around bored and you need help please put them to work. I am sure they might want to earn
some extra cash for the day like stall cleaning, etc. so help them with this end to if you have extra cash and no extra time.
Thanks!
Any other questions?
Sincerely,
Margo Mossburg
Event Manager & Founder
Dragoon Morgans & Studios
509-796-2140 please leave a message as I am probably out working horses or dragoonfr @ hotmail.com (remove spaces
before emailing.) I am easier to reach via email.
