The South Florida Bridle Club is hosting the 4-H Fun Show this Saturday December 13, 2008.
Photo credits to Melanie Peterson, South Florida Bridle Club and Mad Bull Graphics.
This event is for young equestrian riders who may not have the money for the entry fees to the Winter Equestrian Festival held in Wellington Florida every year. The entry fee for the riders is only $5 and if they bring an unwrapped toy for charity they will not have to pay the entry fee.
Melanie Peterson is the founder and director of the South Florida Bridle Club 4-H. 
She had been spending the last year marketing this event and raising awareness and funds for the event. It is really cool because she has teens who are holding the positions of officers in the club.
The show may be a 4-H show but it is run as an 'A' show. All the rules are the same as set by the USEF, United States Equestrian Federation so that once you are familiar with riding and competing in this even you can move smoothly into the Winter Equestrian Festival and not have to learn new rules. This creates a familiarity and consistency for the young riders.
But the priority of this event is to have fun while learning. There will be English showmanship classes, flat classes, cross rails, short stirrups, walk stirrups and lead-line classes.
Then there will be an event called the, "Bareback Sit-A-Buck." In this event you ride bareback. You put a dollar between your leg and the horse. You start with the dollar on your thigh. When there are only 5 riders left you move the dollar down to your knee and then down to your calf. The last person left gets to keep all the money that fell on the ground. That sounds like a lot of fun.
Melonie Peterson and her officials welcome more riders so come on out and enjoy the fun.
For more information you can go to the South Florida Bridle Club website by clicking here.
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