FOND DU LAC COUNTY FAIR

12. Business card or marketing brochure on a
goat farm
13. Marketing research report on different goat
products
14. Herd management calendar
15. Notebook or web page about goat-related
careers
16. Journal of meat goat project activities
17. Completed member guide (BU7911)
DEPT. 6—HORSE PROJECT
Junior
Horse and Pony Rules/Regulations
1. Be sure to read “Animal Health
Regulations.”
2. All stalls fees for horses will be $3.00 per
head and must be paid when entry tags are
picked up.
3. The Fond du Lac County Agricultural
Society has accepted the rules and
regulations presented by the Horse Project
Committee. A copy of the rules and
regulations can be found in the Fair Office or
from the acting superintendent.
4. All Horse and Horseless project members
and FFA members, must wear a SEI
approved helmet when mounted or driving.
5. All members are required to make a
minimum of 4 starred (*) meetings, 2
separate fundraiser’s of 2 hours each, and 1
clinic according to the 4-H Horse Project
Calendar of Events in order to be a member
in good standing and show at the State 4-H
Horse Expo.
6. Not more than two adult animals per
exhibitor may be entered. Each animal must
be shown in a Fair exhibitor class as listed in
your fair book.
7. Animals entered must be identified by the
May project meeting of the exhibit year by
the exhibitor as his or her project animal and
owned by or kept under the exhibitor’s
control and management and cared for by
the project member. Health certificate
portion of identification form must be
completed at the time of identification. Stall
reservations with a stall deposit must be
turned in at that time also.
8. Only members of the immediate family, and
4-H youth paired with a Horseless Horse
youth, are permitted to show any
combination of (8) eight classes, provided
the horse is only shown once in a specific
class number. Horseless Horse can only
enter in Horseless Horse classes.
Horseless horse entries will be charged a
stall fee.
9. Novice may not cross enter into Backyard
classes and Backyard may not cross enter
into Novice classes. The only exception is
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the trail class in which the 2 classes run
together. Once you have entered into a
Novice class or Backyard class, you must
remain in the Novice class or Backyard
class for the entire show. This pertains to
horse/rider combination only.
10. Novice and Backyard classes do not qualify
for State 4-H Horse Expo. Novice and
Backyard classes are English and Western.
They are for all grades. Judging is based on
cleanliness, fitness, health, handling
abilities, and on the relationship between the
horse and the exhibitor, not on conformation
or precise showmanship or horsemanship or
pleasure classes. Horse and rider
combination can only show in a Novice class
for 2 years.
a. Novice exhibitor classes are meant for
kids who are just beginning to show.
Exhibitor is only allowed to participate in
these classes for a maximum of 2 years.
b. Novice horse classes are meant for
horses with very limited experience in
the show arena.
11. Showmanship and horsemanship classes
will be judged on the exhibitor’s performance
as demonstrated.
12. No stallion born before January 1 st of the
exhibit year shall be exhibited.
13. Abused or mistreatment of animals or failure
to properly care for them shall be grounds
for expulsion from the fair.
14. Horseless horse classes MUST only be
entered by a project member who meets the
following criteria:
a. A horseless horse project member is
defined as a 4-H member who has no
one on one access to a horse. (They do
not own a horse).
b. Horseless horse project members may
only show in horseless horse class.
c. The horseless horse person must be
working with a current 4-H horse project
member or leader. Both members (or
member or leader) may show the same
horse. This is the only horse the
horseless horse member may show.
d. The horseless horse member may not
be a sibling that resides in the same
household. (If two siblings are showing
the same horse, that is family
owned/leased, both siblings are
classified as horse project members.
e. Horseless horse members are expected
to work with the 4-H horse member or
leader to learn about exhibiting the
horse, (including grooming, clean up,
tack, riding, etc.)
f. Horseless horse members are expected
to participate in horse project activities.