Sign up for Blount 4-H Horse Project text or email updates! Please follow this link and complete the instructions! https://www.remind.com/join/4horse
The 4-H Horse Program will allow you to develop horsemanship skills. You will also learn skills through educational activities such as horse judging, horse bowl, hippology, speech and demonstration contests. You don't have to own a horse to be involved.
4-H Horse Club Meetings
Generally, the Blount County 4-H Horse Club meets the first Thursday of the month from September through May at 7pm in the Blount County Public Library - please confirm the time and location with the Extension office before you attend. For more information or to sign up for 4-H Horse e-mail list email 4-H Agent Jessica Waters at
jwaters2@tnstate.edu
To become a 4-H Member (it is FREE!) then fill out a 4-H Enrollment form at the beginning of each school year. The form can be found at
http://4h.tennessee.edu/forms/acrobat/f860.pdf. Turn your form in to the 4-H Agent.
Want to exhibit your 4-H Project Horse? We would love to have you at our shows!
In order to show beyond the 4-H Blount County level you must complete a 4-H Horse Enrollment Form and have it on file in your County Extension Office by March 1 of the year you want to show. This form must be completed each year.
Please read the 4-H Horse Championships Handbook and make sure you are acquainted with all the rules. Rules at 4-H Horse shows are put in place to promote safety and good sportsmanship. If you would like a hard copy of this rule book limited quantities are available from your 4-H Agent - Jessica Waters.
County 4-H Horse Show
4-H Members in Blount and surrounding counties are invited to participate at our Blount County 4-H Horse Show May 7th at Last Lap Ranch located at 738 Hopewell Road, Maryville Tn.
Regional 4-H Horse Show
Held in Harriman Tennessee, on the Roane State Campus. The 2016 dates are June 2nd-4th. 4-H members must successfully show one horse in a minimum of one class in the Eastern Region 4-H Horse Show to qualify for the Tennessee State 4-H Horse Show.
The Tennessee State 4-H Horse Show
Held in Shelbyville Tennessee. The 2016 dates are June 20th-25th.
4-H Horse Educational Events
Educational Events include:
- 4-H Horse Judging
- 4-H Horse Bowl
- 4-H Hippology
- 4-H Horse Speech
- 4-H Horse Demonstration
Horse Judging
The 2016 Regional Contest in Harriman is April 15th. The 2016 State Contest is June 20th.
Our Horse Judging coach is 4-H Volunteer Leader Roger Elder, a world class horseman. Horse Judging is an educational activity where the 4-H members learn how to place different classes of horses. By participating in 4-H Horse Judging youth practice making good decisions, thinking through those decisions and explaining why they made those decisions. We practice in February, March and April in preparation for the Eastern Region 4-H Horse Judging Contest, which is a state qualifying competition.
Eastern Region 4-H Judging Information A UT 4-H Horse Judging Guide may be purchased
here.
Horse Bowl and Hippology
The Regional (January 23rd of 2016) and State Contests are held in Knoxville.
Horse Bowl is a knowledge quiz bowl game played on teams of 3-4 4-H members...all the questions pertain to horses!
Hippology literally means "Study of Horses" and is a team or individual contest. Participants take a written test, ID horse related items, judge a class(s) of horses and senior members also complete a team station and team project
Speech and Demonstration Contest
The 2016 Communications Contest will be held in February
The 4-H Volunteer Leaders for the Blount County 4-H Horse Project are Roger and Sandra Elder. Please contact the Extension Office (865) 982-6430 and we will put you in contact with them.
The 4-H Agent responsible for 4-H Horse Programming in Blount County is Jessica Waters. For more information, or to get involved please contact her at the Blount County Extension Office (865) 982-6430 or by e-mail: jwaters2@tnstate.edu