Horse & Rider USA – September 2019

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The Facts

Number of top horses sold in the Congress Super

Sale each year.

TRAVEL

Ohio

The OQHA hosted its first
Congress November 3-5,
1967, at the Ohio State
Fairgrounds, drawing in
5,000 eager horsemen that
first year. Now 52 years
later, the event generates
some $382 million for the
central Ohio economy over
its month-long run.
The event hosts
traditional AQHA class-
es—everything from trail

and Western pleasure to
barrel racing and pole
bending and everything
in between—as well as
ticketed events like the
ever-popular Freestyle
Reining and Cutting
Champions Challenge.
Fans flock to the Con-
gress to watch their favor-
ite exhibitors compete on
some of the most elite hors-
es in each discipline, while
spending their downtime
shopping at the more than
250 commercial exhibits
held in the seven-acre in-
door shopping experience.

explore.

You don’t need to leave

the fairgrounds to enjoy

everything the event

has to offer. Watch

1. Heroes on Horses
   Oct. 11, highlighting
   brave men and women
   from PATH Intl., and

scope out the best spot

to take in the action

during the 2. Open Free-

style Reining Oct. 12.

eat.

The Congress wouldn’t

be the Congress without

the 3. Sweet Shop cinna-

mon rolls, baked fresh

each morning, or 4.

Schmidt’s cream puffs.

do.

Check out the 5. Cow-

boy Mounted Shooting

Association’s Congress

Classic, hosted by the

Mid-Ohio Marauders

Oct. 27 in the Celeste

Center and Buckeye

Pavilion, and that same

weekend, catch the

6. Congress Masters
   2-year-old Hunter
   Under Saddle and
   Western Pleasure.

Don’t Miss This

Daily access to the All American Quarter Horse Congress is free,

but parking on the grounds costs $25 per car per day, discount-

ed to $15 every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Planning to

stay more than two days? Get the full-event pass for $75.

All-Access

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