Big Orange Bash #20!

--Getting ready for BOB #20 to be held in June 2026!    :-)

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--Carol will start accepting entries on January 1, 2026.  (Yes, a few seconds into the New Year!)

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--We've also created a different entry form for judges.  Just ask Carol for a copy if you are interested.

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--The 2026 class list is very similar to last year's, with just a few minor changes involving Draft breeds.

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--We are honored and humbled at the many compliments we received after last year's BOB!  Wow!  You folks are the greatest!  And as always, we greatly appreciate your patience, enthusiasm, and loyalty!!

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--Operational details:

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--The University charges visitors $10 every day for parking anywhere on campus.  Our fundraising recipient, the Large Animal Clinic, has once again offered to handle the paperwork and purchase our parking tags.  However, for a 2-day BOB this will total about $1000.  Since this expense will be charged against their operating budget, we’ve courteously added the $10 fee on our Entry Forms to reimburse the Clinic through our donation.  Thank you for understanding!

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--We'll hand you a University parking tag when you unload your horses at the show hall.

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--Last year's campus-wide steam outage (between semesters) just happened to end on the day before last year's BOB.  That meant it was chilly in the show hall during Friday's setup.  Then temperatures returned to normal for the Saturday/Sunday show, thankfully.   We definitely dodged a bullet! 

 

--However, this year they've announced a much longer steam outage so they can make major repairs on the steam system.  Their helpful advice to everyone going into buildings is to add layers of warmth such as sweaters, leggings, long pants, etc.  Of course this makes things complicated by having to remove those layers to deal with the hot weather when going outside.  Sorry about that!

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--Note - large HVAC systems use reheat to bring the air back up to desired temperature after deeply chilling it to maximize removal of humidity.  But without steam to warm the reheater coils the air will blow quite cool!

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--For Mini / Micro showers:

 In Halter Mini classes, if there are enough micros on the table, the judge will split them and add a micro class.

 In Performance classes, if there are enough minis on the table, the judge will split them and add a mini class.

 ("I would love to do separate mini / micro classes but I think my brain would explode if I add any more classes.")   :-)

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--Once again we'll have an announcer: Ken Barnes.  Having an announcer makes our show run MUCH smoother.  Thanks, Ken!

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--We offer class sponsorships!  Would you like to sponsor classes, groups of classes, or entire divisions, in memory of a favorite horse, or pet, or person?  Click the 'Sponsors' tab for details.

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--We've chosen to divide the raffle donations received on Saturday into two groups labeled "Saturday Drawing" and "Sunday Drawing".  Of course any additional donations received on Sunday will go into the Sunday group.  This means people present on Saturday can put tickets in both groups, whereas people not present on Saturday can only put tickets in the Sunday group.  Is this a good system?  Any suggestions on other methods of handling raffles in a two-day show are welcome!

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--By the way, for those people who weren't present for the raffles they won, we happily delivered their winnings to them at Breyerfest.   :-)

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--BOB is applying for NAMHSA approval, so 1st and 2nd place horses would earn NAN cards to qualify for the Nationals.

 

--We are continually updating this BOB website.  How are we doing?  Suggestions are welcome!   :-)

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