SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: Aug. 19, 2013

Media Contact: Pat Lutter, 605.460.3176

North American Six-Horse Hitch Classic Series At SD State Fair

HURON, S.D.-The South Dakota State Fair in Huron is proud to announce that it will be the host site for the North American Six-Horse Hitch Classic Series (NASHHCS) Show. 

The NASHHCS will take place in conjunction with the SD State Fair Draft Horse Show at noon on Thursday, Aug. 29 at the Hippodrome. 

This event is sponsored by O’Keef Equipment of DeSmet, Brookings Equipment of Brookings, Performance Ag of Aberdeen, Skell’s Pub & Grill of Sioux Falls, Payback Feeds of Redfield and Vitalize Water of Sioux Falls.

The NASHHCS is the “NASCAR” event of the draft horse world. Each year for the past 24 years, six-horse hitches of draft horses across the U.S. and Canada compete at state and county fairs, as well as, agricultural exhibitions to accumulate points for the NASHHCS.

Close to 200 Belgian, Percheron, Clydesdale and Shire hitches travel within their region and beyond, competing at more than 60 qualifying shows throughout North America for close to $500,000 in premiums.

The competition builds to a climax at the end of the series, when the four highest point hitches in each breed classification are invited to compete at the NASHHCS Final Championship.

The judge for the show is Shelia Grange from Platteville, Colo. Grange is very qualified as an accomplished draft horse showman who has competed and been a part of several Classic Six Series Champion Hitches.

For more information contact Joe Lutter at 605.460.3176 or lutterappraisal@qwestoffice.net or Ryon Bohl at 605.460.3227.

The 2013 South Dakota State Fair will run from Thursday, Aug. 29, through Monday, Sept. 2. Channel Seeds Preview night will be Wednesday, Aug. 28. This year’s theme is “Starry Nights and Midway Lights.” For more information on State Fair events, contact the Fair office at 800.529.0900, visit www.sdstatefair.com or find them Facebook and Twitter.

Agriculture is South Dakota's No. 1 industry, generating over $21 billion in annual economic activity and employing more than 122,000 South Dakotans. The South Dakota Department of Agriculture's mission is to promote, protect, preserve, and improve this industry for today and tomorrow. Visit us online at http://sdda.sd.gov or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SDAgDept and Twitter @SDAgriculture.

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