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Nebraska riders will compete June 9-12 and June 16-17 in University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension 4-H District Horse Shows. Competition categories include Western pleasure ponies, junior and senior divisions of Western pleasure horses, Western horsemanship, English pleasure horses, English equitation, reining, pole bending and barrel racing, said Kathy Anderson, UNL Extension horse specialist. Riders awarded blue and purple ribbons at district shows qualify to enter the 2009 4-H Horse Exposition in Grand Island July 12-16 and automatically will be entered into state classes. It is the exhibitor's responsibility to enter the Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Horse show in September. The annual district shows are held at county fairgrounds across Nebraska. This year's dates, times, locations and local contact persons are: -- June 9, 8 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time check in, 9 a.m. MDT show time, Imperial, Kim Cook, (308) 334-5666 -- June 10, 8 a.m. check in, 9 a.m. show time, Ord, Scott Brady/Penny Root (308) 728-5071 -- June 11, 8 a.m. check in, 9 a.m. show time, Columbus, Tanya Crawford, (402) 563-4901 -- June 11, 8 a.m. check in, 9 a.m. show time, Weeping Water, Tim Lemmons, (402) 267-2205 -- June 16, 9 a.m. MDT, check in, 10 a.m. MDT show time, Bridgeport, (308) 262-1022 -- June 17, 8 a.m. check in, 9 a.m. show time, Nelson, Crystal Fangmeier, (402) 768-7212 For more information about the district and state horse shows, including complete schedules and rules, visit the Web at http://www.animalscience.unl.edu/extension/equine/4H/districtstateshows.html. Nebraska 4-H is part of UNL Extension in the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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