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State 4-H Horse Show

Date: July 11-13, 2024.

Location: Grady County Fairgrounds

Are you ready for the show?

2024 4-H Horse Rulebook PDF


Past Events

 

Horse Communication Contest

Entries are due by Monday, January 22, 2024. 

Members must be enrolled Oklahoma 4-H members before January 5, 2024.

 

Date: February 3, 2024.

When: Check in - 8:30am, Start - 9am.

Location: Agriculture Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.

 

 

Horse Owner's Workshop

Presented by OSU Animal and Food Science Department. The Horse Owner’s Workshops are intended to benefit horse owners and youth leaders by providing quality information on equine health, management and safety. 

 

Date: March 2, 2024.

Location: Stillwater, OK - Venue TBD.

 

OK Open and 4-H Judges Seminar

Date: January 13, 2024.

When: 8am - 5pm.

Location: Stillwater, OK. Venue - TBD.

 

2023 Horse Volunteers Conference

Volunteer Training and Programming.

Date: Saturday, December 2, 2023.

When: 9am-4pm.

Registration: $20

Contact:

2023 Horse Volunteers Conference Flyer

 

Horse Science Academy

This workshop is designed for high school aged students to incorporate STEM disciplines with their interest in horses. It focuses on using math and science to make economical, ethical and sustainable decisions regarding equine health care and management.

 

Date: November 11, 2023

When: 8:30am-4:30pm

Location: Cline Center, Stillwater, OK

Cost: $40

Contact:

 

Oklahoma 4-H Horse Heritage Experience

The Oklahoma 4-H Heritage Experience will include exploring the National Western Heritage Museum, learning the behind the scenes of the racehorse industry with the Remington Backside Tour and a dinner from the Winner's Circle!

 

Date: October 21, 2023

Cost: $25

Contact:

Oklahoma Horse Hertitage Experience Flyer

 

2023 Workshop Information

 

Past Workshop Topics

 

Topics from 2021

Operant conditioning: Whose operating who?  Students explored the scientific concepts behind behavior modification, as it applies to all species, but specifically to the horse.  Students experimented with their use of positive and negative reinforcement to achieve a learning goal in an animal subject.  Equine senses and ethology were emphasized.

 

First aid - Students learned the basics of first aid, with an emphasis on biological systems and wound healing.  Laboratories included blood clotting, calculating dilutions of wound cleansing disinfectants and more. Cost of attendance is $40 until November 1: includes lunch, lab notebook, and supplies.

 

Equine Nutrition - Equine digestive anatomy –  Following a brief lecture on the unique features of equine digestive anatomy, in teams, students built their own model of the equine digestive tract.

 

Topics from 2020: The Equine Athlete

Anatomy of the equine athlete – Students  gained a greater understanding of equine biology and what contributes to horses extreme athletic ability. We began with a short introduction to the equine cardiorespiratory system and then moved to a hands on laboratory session of comparative anatomy utilizing bovine and equine specimens.

 

Fitness assessment – The in class discussion covered assessment of equine fitness and exercise, followed by a hands on lab, where we performed data collection on horses undergoing a standardized exercise test.  Students assisted in data collection including respiration rates, heart rates, temperatures and hematocrits.  Students used their results to determine relative fitness of the horses.

 

Topics from 2019

Internal parasites, strategic deworming, fecal egg counts, body weight and condition scoring, and physical exams.

 

Topics from 2018

Equine Anatomy - Students learned the scientific language to describe anatomical locations, bones and soft tissue structures of the appendicular skeleton using in class and cadaver limb dissections.

 

State 4-H Horse Show

Date: July 13-15, 2023

Location: Grady County Fairgrounds

Are you ready for the show?

 

Summer Horsemanship Camp

Date: June 19 and 21, 2023, from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location: Totusek Arena and Charles and Linda Cline Equine Teaching Center

 

It is limited to 20 youth and cost of attendance is $100.

 

It is a camp conducted through the very well established Texas A&M Summer Horsemanship camp, featuring instruction in basic horsemanship, rider position, horse body control, tack and equipment and much more.

 

Boxing and Ranch Roping Clinic

Date: May 20, 2023

Location: Totusek Arena and Charles and Linda Cline Equine Teaching Center

 

OSU Extension is pleased to bring a cooperative event with the National Reined Cowhorse Association to the youth of Oklahoma. Nationally renown clinicians Todd Crawford and Russel Dilday will present a day long clinic on working cowhorse/boxing and ranch roping.  Clinic participation will be limited to 40 riders, but unlimited auditing will be allowed. Riders will participate in dry work, boxing, ranch roping and working their horse on a flag.  The clinic is open to enrolled 4-H members. There will be a $25 cattle fee per rider.

 

Horse Owner's Workshop

Presented by OSU Animal and Food Science Department.

 

The Horse Owner's Workshop (HOW) will be held virtually at a date March 5, 2022. Seminars will be held Thursday evenings from 7-9 on dates to be determined. Registered participants will have access to recorded presentations and supplementary materials via secure Dropbox links and passcode protected links to the webinars.

Presenters will be available to address questions from the participants.


The Horse Owner’s Workshops are intended to benefit horse owners and youth leaders by providing quality information on equine health, management and safety. 

 
Registration is $10 and includes 60 day access to materials.  All registration fees will be used to support Special Clovers Equestrian program.

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