Once again we are excited to offer the UPHA Chapter 16 Pro/Am Fundraiser Class at our Gasparilla Charity Horse Show!
Classes have been added to Little Gasparilla and Gasparilla Charity Horse Shows, and online entries are now open!
UPHA Chapter 16 is proud to support the Concerns Of Police Survivors organization with proceeds from this year’s Gasparilla Charity Horse Show. Each year, between 140 and 160 officers are killed in the line of duty and their families and co-workers are left to cope with the tragic loss. C.O.P.S. provides resources to help them rebuild their shattered lives. There is no membership fee to join C.O.P.S., for the price paid is already too high. C.O.P.S. was organized in 1984 with 110 individual members. Today, C.O.P.S. membership is over 54,000 survivors. Survivors include spouses, children, parents, siblings, significant others, and co-workers of officers who have died in the line of duty according to Federal government criteria. C.O.P.S. is governed by a national board of law enforcement survivors. All programs and services are administered by the National Office in Camdenton, Missouri. C.O.P.S. has over 50 chapters nationwide that work with survivors at the grass-roots level. C.O.P.S. programs for survivors include the National Police Survivors’ Conference held each May during National Police Week, scholarships, peer-support at the national, state, and local levels, “C.O.P.S. Kids” counseling reimbursement program, the “C.O.P.S. Kids” Summer Camp, “C.O.P.S. Teens” Outward Bound Adventure for young adults, special retreats…
The UPHA Chapter 16 is looking forward to welcoming everyone back to the Sunshine State for the UPHA Chapter 16 Spring Horse Show (March 8-9) and the UPHA Chapter 16 Gasparilla Charity Horse Show (March 12 – 16). Peter Fenton will serve as the Manager of both shows again this year and he has put together a great team to join him. Tiffany Wheeler will judge all divisions for the UPHA Chapter 16 Spring Horse Show. A few classes have been added for the Spring Show: Class 9A Morgan Western Walk/Jog 11 & Under Class 20 Morgan Hunter Walk/Trot 11 & Under Class 50A Morgan Western Walk/Jog 11 & Under Stake Class 56 Morgan Hunter Walk/Trot 11 & Under Stake There are a few TBD options still available for purchase ($100.00) in case you are looking for a certain class to get your show season started. Steve Wheeler will join us for the Gasparilla Charity Horse Show and will judge the American Saddlebred, Hackney, Harness, and Roadster Divisions. Coby Holowacz will also be in the ring to judge the Morgan Division. The Equitation and Miscellaneous judging duties will be handled by both judges. Added classes for Gasparilla Charity Horse Show: …