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PRESS RELEASE RE 2008 INDIANAPOLIS CHARITY HORSE SHOW
The Indianapolis Charity Horse Show, Inc. has found it necessary to change its dates for 2008
and subsequent years.
The dates for 2008 will be June 4th through June 7th. Unfortunately, these are the dates for
the Rock Creek show. We, the officers and committee members, regret the necessity of
being in direct competition with Rock Creek as it will probably damage both shows to some
extent.
In April of this year we were informed by the Indiana State Fairgrounds that they had an
opportunity to host ten (and possibly more) high school graduation ceremonies in the Pepsi
Coliseum. To do so would be a great monetary benefit to the fairgrounds so our dates we
have had for 33 years were preempted by these ceremonies to be held in the Pepsi
Coliseum.
We would like to stress to other horse shows (particularly Rock Creek) and to
stables/trainers and exhibitors that there were very few dates available to us at the
fairgrounds. We enlisted the help of the president of the national UPHA; the chairperson of
UPHA Chapter 11 and various trainers that have supported this show for many years. There
was a lot of dialogue regarding our problem, but after they had all discussed various dates, it
was apparent that the June 4th through the 7th were the only dates that would inflict the
least damage on the Charity show. Other dates available at the fairgrounds would have had
the Charity show too close to Midwest and/or Lexington Jr. League – both of which would
have been damaging to the Charity show.
One benefit the stables, trainers and exhibitors will, in all probability, enjoy with having later
dates will be the fact they can have the use of the Pepsi Coliseum for the day before the
horse show starts. This year, and for the past several years, the Pepsi Coliseum could not be
readied for the horse show until Tuesday morning and was not usually finished until late
Wednesday afternoon, which left very short time for people to get into the ring.
We sincerely regret the necessity of having the same dates as Rock Creek. These discussions
and subsequent answer to our problem were not entered into lightly but the only other
alternative would have been to cancel all future Indianapolis Charity Horse Shows. We all
felt that this horse show, having such a safe show ring, fulfilled a purpose of letting young
stock have a safe first showing experience and it is a great ring for new horse/rider
combinations to ‘hone’ their skills early in the season.
If you have questions regarding this press release, please feel free to call the management.
Phyllis Harris, Manager 317‐336‐7569
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