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15 Booths show everything – from breeds to disciplines.
Besides high class sport, Americana at Augsburg (September 8-12, 2010) offers visitors an at-tractive platform of information about almost everything in western riding. 15 of the mostimportant western associations present themselves at Americana, most of them around the 16x18 metre enlarged Forum-round pen in hall 3. NRHA USA is stationed in hall 5 (big show arena) with Nick Cornelissens answering all questions concerning membership, NRHA Competition Licence etc. In hall 4, Tennessee Walking Horses will be shown at the booth of Josef Walkaway Farm.
The large number of associations present at Augsburg are typical of Americana. Nowhere can visitors get such a lot of information about all the western breeds and disciplines at one place. Whether, you are a rookie or a professional, at Americana you will find associations for the west-ern horse breeds as well as for the promotion of special disciplines like reining, cutting or barrel race.
The European Reined Cow Horse Association is one of the associations dedicated to Reined Cow Horse. It has been very active at Americana for years. Its 2010 events at Americana offer a total purse of €20.000. Royal Bavarian Cutting Horse Association takes care of the cutting riders coming from Europe and the U.S.A. to the European Championship Cutting.
These are the associations present at 2010 Americana:
Erste Westernreiter Union Deutschland (EWU)
Deutsche Quarter Horse Association (DQHA)
American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA)
Vereinigung der Western Reiter in Bayern (VWB)
Appaloosa Horse Club Germany (ApHCG)
Paint Horse Club Germany (PHCG)
American Paint Horse Association
European Reined Cow Horse Association (ERCHA)
National Reined Cow Horse Association
National Barrel Horse Association Germany (NBHA)
National Cutting Horse Association Germany (NCHA)
Royal Bavarian Cutters (RBC)
National Reining Horse Association Germany
National Reining Horse Association USA (NRHA)
Tennessee Walking Horses
Spectacular evening shows
Special Americana highlights are the two evening shows with their attractive program. The first evening show is scheduled for Friday, September 10, at 8 p.m.: the “ Reining & Cow Horse Festi-val“ with the $ 44,444.44 NRHA Lawson Bronze Trophy Open and the € 15.000 added Reined Cow Horse Futurity final in Cow Work (Down the Fence). The second evening show on Saturday, September 11 is the “Cutting Spectacular“ which includes the fascination finals of the European Championship both in Cutting and Working Cow Horse. Both evening shows present spectacular show events as well.
Attraction for breeders: Stallion Presentation
Ambitious breeders of American Quarter Horses, Paints and Appaloosas should not miss this: On Thursday, September 9, at 7 p.m. 17 stallions will be presented in the big show arena. This event is free for Americana visitors and includes a reining clinic with Grischa Ludwig and Sylvia Rzepka as well as a reined cow horse clinic with Markus Schoepfer and Philipp Martin Haug.
Biggest trade fair of its kind in Europe
Americana is not only first class western sport but lots of entertainment. There is the famous Red Grizzly Saloon with its great flair and show program as well as the West-ern Town. Also there are the trainers’ forum, the Miss AMERICANA election, the Country Music Show and the biggest western trade fair in Europe with more than 200 exhibitors.
Order Set is online
Competitors will find the order set online at www.americana.eu. Please follow the button Show Participants and then Nomination forms.
Tickets
The best way of visiting Americana is a whole-show pass which includes entry during all days plus both evening shows. Of course, one-day tickets or tickets for one eve-ning show are also available. Tickets can be ordered online at www.americana.eu following the button Ticket Sale, or by mail. For this, please download the brochure for visitors and fill in the form. Tickets should be ordered in time to make sure one gets the best seats possible for the evening shows.
If you have any questions concerning the tickets, please call: +49 821 58982 309 (Monday to Thursday, 8 – 12 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m., Friday 8-12 a.m.).
For further information please look at www.americana.eu. Exhibitors, please call
+49 (0)821-58982 380, competitors: +49 (0)4209 4488.
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