GET YOUR HORSE FIX: Calendar of equestrian events in the Roanoke region Sept.12-13

Riders compete in a hunt seat equitation on the flat class at the 2014 Virginia 4-H State Championship Horse and Pony Show.

VIRGINIA HORSE CENTER 

Virginia 4-H State Championship Horse and Pony Show will be at the Virginia Horse Center Sept. 10-13.
About 700 horse/rider combinations are qualified for the show. Find a schedule of classes here.

• Roanoke County will send Riley Samantha Carr, Nikkolette Marie Paxton, Lina Catherine Prillaman and Sarah Ann Shinault.
  

  A rider gallops across the arena during the gymkhana classes at the 2014 2014 Virginia 4-H State Championship Horse and Pony Show.

   

• Botetourt County will send Kristen Dyer on The Riddler. Craig County will send Claire Nicole Deplazes, Laurel M Pollock and Morgan Marie Sowers. 
• Franklin County will send Michaela  Marie Bentley, Rebecca Sarah Carpenter, Baylee Nicole Greer, Rebecca Lynn Halm, Bailey Cheyenne Hatcher, Emily Anna Oakley and Jessica Dawn Salb. 
• Montgomery County will send Sarah Hope Cartee, Shannon Catherine Downs, Hannah Elias, Sophia Grace Gaither, Makenna Nikkole Hallinan, Ruth Jean-Maria Martin, Audrey Ann Mosby, Austin David Skeens, Chloe Ava-Maree Thomas and Kathryn Laurel West. 
• For a full list of entries sorted by county, click here.

LOOK AHEAD

• Schooling Jumper Show, Sept. 19, Harmony Equestrian Center, Fincastle, Va.
• Baroque Equestrian Games & Classical Horse Competition, Sept. 18-20, Virginia Horse Center 
• Virginia State Barrel Finals, Sept. 18-20, Virginia Horse Center 
• BREA Fall Horse Trials & Team Challenge, Oct. 18, Green Hill Equestrian Park, Salem, Va.
• ASHAV Horse Show (Saddlebreds), Sept. 23-26, Virginia Horse Center 
• Glenmore Hunt Pony Club Horse Show, Sept. 26, Virginia Horse Center 
• Adult Dressage Camp, Sept. 24-27, Penmerryl Equestrian Center, Greenville, Va. 
• Franklin County Equestrian Club and Annual County Fair Horse Show, Sept. 26, The Ginther Farm, Rocky Mount, Va.
• Nutrena East AQHA Level 1 Championships, Sept. 29-Oct. 4, Virginia Horse Center 
• Field Day with our Gentle Giants (Draft, mule and donkey demos), Oct. 3, Simms Farm, Forest, Va.
• BCHA Fall Lunch & Learn, Oct. 4, Green Hill Park Equestrian Center, Salem, Va. (Previously scheduled horse show is canceled.)
• Old Dominion Saddlebred Show, Oct. 9-10, Virginia Horse Center East Complex
• Sprouse’s Corner Ranch Series Fall Horse Show, Oct. 10, Buckingham, Va. 
• Patrick Henry Girls Home Benefit Show, Oct. 17, Rustburg, Va.
• Friday Night Thunder – Under the Lights Speed and Games Show Series, Oct. 23, Sprouses Corner Ranch, Buckingham, Va. 
• New London Horse Show Series, Oct. 24, Coyote Crossing Cattle Company, 4178 Headens Bridge Road, Bedford, Va.  
• GHPEC Halloween Fun Show, Oct. 25, Green Hill Equestrian Center, Salem, Va.
• Cross View Show Series – Halloween, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Green Hill Equestrian Center, Salem, Va.
• Fall Virginia Horse Trials, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Virginia Horse Center 
• Southwest Virginia Hunter Jumper Association Finals, Nov. 6-8, Virginia Horse Center Anderson Coliseum
• Hear the Beat Horse Show – Christmas Edition, Dec. 12, Virginia Horse Center Anderson Coliseum