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Date: July 2008

The Arizona Festival of Horses
Daily Clinics, Riding Clinics, Trade Show, Demos & Equi-Dance!

The second annual Arizona Festival of Horses begins on December 12, 13 and 14, at WestWorld in Scottsdale Arizona. The Arizona Festival of Horses is a three day horse fair and exposition, for horse owners and horse enthusiasts, featuring world-class clinicians, breed and stallion demonstrations, lectures and demos on horse related topics, and a trade show of equine products. In addition, Right Toyota Presents...Equi-Dance! featuring two dynamic evening shows of action-packed equine entertainment!

Top-notch clinicians from all over the U.S as well as Arizona will gather to instruct at the Arizona Festival of Horses. Featured clinics and demonstrations include: Jody Cunningham featuring The 10 Foundation Maneuvers; Sandy Hotz providing Dressage instruction; Richard Shrake with Resistance Free Horsemanship; Karen Scholl teaching Horsemanship for Women; Al Ragusin featuring Methods of Training; Kenneth Koch, Jr. demonstrating Wild Horse Training; Tommie Turvey with Liberty and Trick Horse Training and Daily 72 presents Rick Lamb: The Horse Show Live! In addition, Tommie Turvey, Equine Extremist, Al Ragusin and his Spanish Dancing Horse, The Golden West Cowgirls, just to name a few will provide heart-stopping entertainment in the evening performances of Equi-Dance, presented by Right Toyota, both Friday and Saturday evenings at the festival. A schedule of events and specific clinic topics are available online at www.festivalofhorses.com or by calling 785-494-2820.

According to Lise Streit, Operations Manager for the Arizona Festival of Horses, "We're thrilled to bring back the second Arizona Festival of Horses, featuring equine education and entertainment for people of all disciplines and horse interests. We'll have many different events running concurrently, in addition to our equine trade show and fantastic evening entertainment. From dressage to western horsemanship, to Right Toyota’s Equi-Dance, and we have something for every horse owner and horse lover!"

Equi-Dance! presented by Right Toyota, is fantastic equine entertainment for horse lovers of all ages! Excitement, thrills, comedy, family fun and a few surprises will all be a part of this must-see entertainment for everyone who appreciates horses. Equine Extremist Tommy Turvey will headline the evening show, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats with Trick Riding and his stunts with horses. And the thrills mount with the Golden West Cowgirls performing. See Dressage horses glide and Reining horses slide, as they "dance" to music. That’s just a minor measure of the major equine delight in this extraordinary evening "show-off" of what horses can do! This special evening show will be presented at 7:00pm, both Friday and Saturday at the Arizona Festival of Horses.

The equine trade show offers rows of commercial booths selling a wide selection of horse trailers, farm machinery, feed, clothing, equipment, gifts and countless products and services for horse fans. "Our equine trade show is just in time for the holidays!" said Craig Streit, Trade Show Director for the Arizona Festival of Horses. "What a great opportunity to do Christmas shopping for those horse lovers on your list - all in one place!"

Event hours for the Arizona Festival of Horses are Friday December 12 from 10am to 7pm; Saturday December 13 from 9am to 7pm; and Sunday December 14 from 9am to 5pm.

One admission ticket provides access to all daytime events including clinics, breed demonstrations, lectures, the trade show, and more. Daily admission is $15 for adults; Children 6 to 12 years $6; Children 5 and under get in free. Adult weekend discount passes are also available. Attendees of the Arizona Festival of Horses are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance, for easy entry into the festival. At the event, cash only will be accepted for tickets.

Right Toyota Presents...Equi-Dance will be presented Friday December 12 and Saturday December 13, at 7:00 each evening, and requires a separate ticket from the festival admission. The admission price for Right Toyota Presents...Equi-Dance is $17 for Adult, $7 for children ages 6-12. Tickets for the Arizona Festival of Horses and Equi-Dance are available online at www.festivalofhorses.com.

The Arizona Festival of Horses is presented by Festival of Horses, LLC., a professional equine venue production company that brings together the common interests of horse people and promotes the entire equine industry.

For more information, or to purchase tickets for the Arizona Festival of Horses, go to www.festivalofhorses.com or call 785-494-2820.

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Arizona Festival of Horses:
Three days of first-class clinics and exhilarating equine entertainment, breed demos, 4-H Day, sensational shopping and Right Toyota Presents...Equi-Dance! Featuring: Jody Cunningham, Sandy Hotz, Tommie Turvey, Karen Scholl, Al Ragusin and more! Dec. 12-14, Scottsdale, Arizona at "WestWorld". More Info: 785- 494-2820, www.festivalofhorses.com.