Nebraska Horse Council

The Nebraska Horse Trails Committee sponsored a Horse Fun Day this past Saturday to raise funds for horse trails in our state.  Held at 3V Stables in Ashland, over 60 people came to participate in the mounted games, this year geared toward trail challenges, followed by the traditional speed games.  It was fun watching horses work at being patience, side passing, pulling a sled, letting their rider pick up a scary plastic bag and lots of other challenges.  With proceeds from the accompanying silent auction and raffle, the day was a huge success.

These events are made possible by some very special friends of trails.  First, we would like to thank Greg and Cindy Vossler of 3VStables for graciously donating their beautiful facilities, which is a perfect setting for this kind of event.  We could not have such an event without you!

A very special thank you to Vicki and Kirk Fraser, formerly of Springfield, for donating their snow blower for our raffle.  We hope they are enjoying more pleasant temperatures at their new home in Texas.  Polly Volz of Gretna was our lucky winner.  I guess you all know who to call when we get our first blizzard!  Congratulations, Polly.

The NHTC would also like to thank the following businesses for donating items which we used in our silent auction.  They are The Fort Western of Lincoln, NE, Lincoln Orthopaedic, Bomgaars of Plattsmouth, Bronco Billy’s of Council Bluffs.  Ed Mark Insurance, Exeter, Tanya Lynch’s Hair Illusions, The Tanning Zone, Orschleins, Nebraska Iron Works and Ameritas Life Insurance Corp, all of Lincoln.  And thank you to Horsetrailriders.com for advertising.

We also thank the following people for their donations, Tiffany Lauer, Juanita Serafini, Mary Hansen, Pattianne Belitz, Shelly Price and the lady who brought the pink brush caddy.

As chairman of the NHTC, I owe a big thank you our Fun Day Chairman, Tammy Vasa and the following volunteer workers:  Pattianne Belitz and Sandy Ries for scorekeeping, Jess Vallery chaired the raffle and took registrations.  Michelle for assisting with the silent auction and raffle tickets.  Jason Ries and Colton Vossler for helping with arena set-up and being our runners.  Bob Carrol for being the gate guy, Vickie Sich for serving as judge and provided much needed office help, Tim Kirpatrick for his humor and helping with announcing, Mary Hansen for helping with scores and Dave and the ladies who graciously helped with Closing the Silent Auction.  In addition, Jay Butterfield and his friends, who quickly set up a second arena and ran the speed classes on the fly, when we were quickly losing daylight.

Believe me the Fun Day would not have been as successful as it was without all the help of the volunteers, donated items and of course, our guests.  All proceeds from this event go to improving horse trails in Nebraska.  Well done, everyone.  Thanks again for supporting Nebraska horse trails.

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