Promoting, Selling, and Training Quality Ranch Horses and Prospects

Our goal is to produce, train, and sell Ranch Horses that excel at ranch work, arena performance and pleasure riding.  The idea of the competition is to add value to the horses sold as prospects for a future competition.
These horses represent a variety of ages, color, experience, and skill.  We have something for everyone.  The horses for sale will be eligible for a future South West Ranch Horse Competition.


This year our SWRHA Sale is being held in conjunction with Rocking W Spring Sale on May 08/2010. Our competition will be held at Thunderbird Horse Center on August 22/2010

The South West Ranch Horse Association(SWRHA) is making some changes and we are pleased to be participating with Rick Wiebe and family in the Rocking W spring sale.  The SWRHA goal is to provide an opportunity to market and show quality ranch horses and to promote the cow horse industry in Manitoba.  Since our first show in 2003 we have accomplished this through our own sale and show, annually paying out more than $5000 dollars plus prizes between the 3 year old and open divisions according to SWRHA rules.  We feel that combining our sale with the Rocking W will provide the best possible marketing opportunity to sell a prospect or a finished ranch horse.  Our format is changing and moving our sale to May and holding the show later in the same year will give you the opportunity to show an eligible horse in the same year as purchased.  The 2010 show date is tentatively scheduled for August 22 in the Brandon area. Watch for further details about the show.


ELIGIBILITY - TO NOMINATE YOUR RANCH HORSE
There are two ways to be eligible for the SWRHA competition.  Consignors/nominators must be a current member of the SWRHA and submit a $100 nominations fee for each horse nominated through the sale.  Three year olds and older horses must be sold/purchased through the sale.  Yearlings and two year olds may be nominated through the sale for the $100 nomination fee.
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Yearlings and two year olds as of January 1st 2009 may be nominated directly to the competition by SWRHA members. The  nominations must be made by May 1st 2010.  For these young horses not going through the sale nomination fees for yearlings will be $100 and for two years olds will be $200.

SWRHA memberships and nomination fees for the sale or the young horses direct nomination must be sent to : (please include a copy of the papers if applicable)
Sonja McGhee,  P.O. Box 865,  Deloraine,  MB. R0M 0M0
Consignment and catalogue fees should be sent to the Rocking W.
The nomination fee will be used to build the prize money pot for each division according to the SWRHA rules.  Eligible horses will be identified in the catalogue and eligibility declared when entering the sale ring. 

TO SHOW YOUR HORSE
Your South West Ranch Horse can have two opportunities to be shown.  If you purchased a young horse it can be shown in the three year old division and then again once in the open division within three years.  Four year old and older horses purchased through the sale can be shown in the open division up to three years after purchase

For more information on the sale and show contact Dan Mullin at (204) 529-2131 or 
Sonja McGhee at (204) 747-3177