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Appaloosas will be spot-lighted at the 2008 Reichert Celebration
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Feb 14, 2008, 11:35

The number one all-breed western pleasure futurity show in the nation adds even more reasons to celebrate this summer. The Reichert Celebration is coming to Tulsa, Oklahoma August 8-17, 2008. New to the show schedule this year will be an Appaloosa Horse Club, ApHC-approved show held August 8, 9 and 10, with four judges. The ApHC Heritage Class will be part of the Friday evening performance and the ApHC Rope Race will add to the Saturday evening performance. “We are extremely proud to be adding an Appaloosa horse show to the Celebration as we believe it will add even more excitement and interest to an already exciting show. The Rope Race is a fun class that no one will want to miss,” said JR Reichert, of The Reichert Celebration.

The Reichert Celebration is held at the Tulsa Expo Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 2007 show brought over 2,000 horses to the city last summer to compete for over $1.5 million in cash and awards. The Celebration includes a full NSBA futurity show, AQHA shows, APHA shows, PHBA shows and the Reichert Pleasure Stakes and Premiere Signature Classes. In addition to the horse show, the Reichert Pleasure Stakes Sale features yearling prospects who are eligible to compete in the closed Reichert Stakes Classes the following year as two year olds. The popular sale program has added three year old class eligibility for these stakes horses as well.

Along with the competition, the Reichert Celebration offers the best in equine entertainment with a huge trade show, exhibitor parties and social events all week. The Premiere Signature Classes are held each evening during the week where talented horses and riders compete for huge purses and specially-designed awards, following opening ceremonies of fireworks, energy and excitement.

In addition to the competition in the show arena, exhibitors often compete in games and contests to win lucky prizes, such as show saddles, Arena Werks drags, custom jewelry and much more.

The 2008 show will mark the tenth Reichert Celebration and plans are underway to make it the best Celebration yet. If you’ve attended past Reichert Celebrations, you know this is no small task. The Reichert Celebration began in Waterloo, Iowa in 1999 with an AQHA show and NSBA show. In 2004, the Celebration moved to a larger facility in Lake Saint Louis, Missouri and featured the first ever $100,000 purse paid out to a western pleasure class winner in the Equine Sports Medicine Two Year Old Western Pleasure Challenge. In 2006, the Celebration moved to the new facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma and expanded the show schedule even more, bringing more show, more money, more prizes and more fun to the party.

To keep updated on the 2008 Reichert Celebration, visit www.ReichertCelebration.com. For information on the Reichert Celebration, contact The Reichert Celebration, PO Box 380, Williamsburg, IA 52361, (319) 668-2699.

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