2014 Fallen Horsemen Memorial Horse Show Honors Those Who Have Contributed to the Horse Industry
The winner of the $1,000 Indian Artifacts Hunter Under Saddle Classic was Whoo Hoo with owners Todd and Laura Salome in the irons, trained by Nicole Giumenti.
What: The 4th annual Fallen Horsemen Memorial Horse Show
When: Aug. 30th, 31st and Sept. 1st, 2014
Where: The Champions Center, Springfield Ohio
Why: The Fallen Horsemen Memorial Horse Show is many things to many people. Perhaps that has helped the event triple in size since its inception in 2011. The FHMHS provides a time to reflect, a time to visit with old friends, a time to educate young people about the history of the equine industry and those who have supported it. Most of all, the FHMHS is a time to remember the more than 70 horsemen and women who have been honored at this event over the last four years.
The Fallen Horsemen Memorial Horse Show is an all-breed open horse show and a labor of love founded by Tammy Denlinger-Lickliter. It was created to honor fallen horsemen and women (including Lickliter’s grandfather and grandmother Harry and Mary Denlinger) who have made contributions to the equine industry.
“It really had a snowball effect, and people were more than eager to support the idea,” Lickliter says. “This whole process has been such an incredible journey, even to the point of reuniting some family members in an effort to document the history of these amazing people. I was surprised at how rich in equine history this part of the country is.” Most of the honorees come from the Miami Valley of Ohio and surrounding areas.
The winner of the $1,000 Doug Stettler Western Pleasure Classic was A Diva By Moonlight, owned and shown by Randy and Kim Haines, of Lima Ohio.
This year, the horse show rented 200+ stalls, had 1,200 entries, paid back 12,545 and added ten new honorees to the list. Dr. Pam Bucklew of Top of the Hill Farm in Springfield, Ohio donated 45 AQHA trophies along with three NSBA trophies donated by Larry and Marti Lambert of Georgetown, Kentucky. The trophy plates were replaced with FHMHS plates and awarded in 48 classes.
If anyone is interested in sponsoring at any level or sponsoring a loved one, farrier, vet, trainer or even 4H advisor, go to the website www.fhmhs.com and click on the sponsorship. The sponsorship money is then paid forward to exhibitors in the form of cash and prizes. In 2014, the FHMHS had several $1,000 and $500 classes, 22 $250 added classes, and 18 $100 classes. Additionally, all classes paid back a percentage of entry fees and awards are presented in every class.
With the proceeds of the event, the FHMHS is a Gold Level sponsor at the Tough Enough To Wear Pink horse show for breast cancer research working with Kay Tracey and Chip Jackson from TETWP. We also awarded cash to one of our honorees families this year to help with medical expenses and made a donation to both the Miami Valley Horse Show Association for year-end awards and a donation to the Charles Menker Memorial Youth Scholarship fund started in 2014.
In 2014, these ten people were added to the list of honorees:
- Bailey “Stretch” Bradley of Hilliard, OH
- Bub Kennard of Lebanon, OH
- Cathleen Evans of Cincinnati, OH
- David Kuhbander of Beavercreek, OH
- Gary Hall of Trotwood, OH
- Chip Noble of Xenia, OH
- Bruce Hart of Arcanum, OH
- Kirby Rulon of Bloomington, IN
- Bill Horn of Cable, OH
- Doug Stettler of Zanesville, OH
*additionally, The FHMHS honored Indian Artifacts in the $1,000 Indian Artifacts Hunter Under Saddle Classic
The 2015 Fallen Horsemen Memorial Horse Show will be held at the Champions Center in Springfield Ohio September 5-7th. For more information on the Fallen Horsemen Memorial Horse Show and the history of the equine industry in the Miami Valley of Ohio, visit our website www.fhmhs.com. Find us on Facebook or contact Tammy Denlinger-Lickliter at 937-672-5629
Scroll below to view more photos from the 2014 event, courtesy of FHMHS.
