Horse Progress Days

2010 Horse Progress Days Schedule

Thursday, July 1st

Bus Tour-Click for more information, or contact:
Loretta Sumpter, Crossroads Tours: 260-768-7549.

Check out the seminars and presenters found in this Program Guide and choose the ones you want to attend on Friday and Saturday. You will need at least two days to take everything in. In addition to the seminars outlined here, there will be seminars on growing produce, there will be hands on driving of horses for those so inclined, a seminar on fitting collars and harness, and hitching and unhitching of multiple hitches. There will be sheep herding demonstrations, wood carving demonstrations, and a petting zoo for the children.
Plan to come early each day and stay ‘til the end!

Evening Tour, Thursday July 1st

Meet at the Topeka Sale Barn at 5:00 pm
Travel by bus to Coutryside Banquets for a satisfying feast of authentic Amish food. After the meal you will travel to Mennohoff, a Mennonite and Amish interpretive center vital to the life of the Northern Indiana community. Return to the Sale Barn by 8:30, get a good nights sleep in preparation for two good days of activity when Horse Progress Days begins tomorrow morning! $49.95 per person

Field Demonstrations
Friday July 2nd and Saturday July 3rd 8:00 am
Beginning with manure spreaders, followed by tillage equipment,
produce equipment, and haying equipment

Friday July 2nd

• 8:00 Horse pull
• 11:30 -1:00 Hands on driving
• 2:45 Auctioneering contest (unlicensed only)
• 5:00pm Auction
• 5:30 Gary Yoder’s Arabian hitch
• 6:00 Breed presentation by Steve Jones

Round Pen
• 10:00 Horse training by Kathy Zahm
• 12:00 Horse Chiropractic by Marissa Greenslade
• 2:00 Horse training by Rick Wheat

Horse Arena (inside the barn)
• 10:00 Grazing seminar by Farmer panel
• 12:30 Harness and collar fitting by Sam Schrock
• 1:30 Benefits of a treadmill by Ammon Weaver and Dr. Jerry Sellons
• 2:45 Produce seminar by Robert Byler

Saturday July 3rd

• 8:00 Pony pull
• 11:30-1:00 Hands on driving
• 4:00 Gary Yoder’s Arabian hitch
• 4:30 Breed presentation by Steve Jones

Round Pen
• 10:00 Horse training by Rick Wheat
• 12:00 Horse Chiropractic by Marissa Greenslade
• 2:00 Horse training by Kathy Zahm

Horse Arena (inside the barn)
• 9:00 Produce seminar by Robert Byler
• 10:30 Benefits of a treadmill by Ammon Weaver and Dr. Jerry Sellons
• 1:00 Grazing seminar by Farmer panel
• 2:30 Harness and Collar fitting by Sam Schrock

Shuttle bus from Shipshewana to Topeka

Friday July 2 and Saturday July 3
Ride a shuttle bus from Shipshewana to the Topeka Sale Barn, site of the 2010 Horse Progress Days. The cost is $5.00 per person. Call Loretta Sumpter of Crossroads tours at 260-768-7549 or 260-768-7547 to find out where the stops will be and make arrangements for payment and times of departure and arrival.