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Never have we profited from a futurity in the first year we nominated a stallion...Until the Five Star Futurity! We encourage all stallion owners to take a look at this futurity...the promotion alone is well worth paying your stud up. And as for exhibitors, we had a great time! Our customers had a great time, too, and everybody won enough to at least pay for their weekend and gain some futurity experience while they were at it! Thanks for all of the hard work that was put into this inaugural year - we look forward to next year!!

Scott and Shelley Rystrom
rystromquarterhorses.com

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I wanted to pass along a well earned congratulations to your board for a fantastic event! The level of excitement and positive energy from the exhibitors was evident. As your futurity took form I looked at it thru the eyes of a previous stallion manager, sponsor, and currently as a mare owner and exhibitor. I think your group did a fantastic job of providing value to all of your target groups and see only bigger and better things for your club in the future. There was so much attention to detail - from your endless hours of promoting the futurity thru personal contacts, your professional event logo and ad design, to the way you handled the hiring of the judges, the incredible prizes and awards, the hard-working and organized show staff (the office was open at midnight before the show!), and professional photographer. One of the most important things I saw was your professional announcer. I hope that the sponsors who were not able to attend your event know how much 'air time' they got from your announcer while class results were being tabulated.

Thank you for all of your hard work!

Kristin Sadler

www.sirepower.com

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I have to say this is the biggest and best run show I have been to in a long time. The management and office staff were friendly, the classes were great and the extra effort of all involved sure made a difference. Everything ran smoothly and the decorations, BBQ, and prize giveaways were very innovative. We were proud to sponsor a belt buckle for this show and we made every effort to get people and businesses we know to sponsor some giveaways, and we have already put our stallion in for the 2008 futurity! The amount of advertising you get just for your stallion nomination is more than worth the $100 ten times over!! I hope everyone who got to experience this show can help to keep up the enthusiasm and help to get sponsors for next year as this helps a lot. Thanks to the "Magnificent 7" and I hope everyone will help them to make 2008 an even bigger and better show!

Lloyd & Susan Barta
Gibbon, NE
www.pniranch.com

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We enjoyed participating in the inaugural Five Star Futurity Challenge. It was very well promoted, well run, fully staffed, excellent sponsors, raffles with an eye to making it enjoyable for everyone. Everything went smoothly and the stallions were continually promoted throughout the day. We plan to continue to promote our foals at this fun venue and look forward to next year's event!

Jill Harp
www.rockin77ranch.com

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Maybe a walk-trot trail futurity or a for fun themed trail class?
Christy Lovenduski
christy@webwranglerdesign.com

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I agree on this show being very well run! The quality of horses that were there was inspiring. The show staff were friendly and helpful. It was a great show and with the dedicated staff it will only get better.

I also want to thank, Futurity Innovations, LLC and Laura from Wild Basin Ranch for the very generous donation of "The Five Star Secret." It was an overwhelming experience to win this colt! I am looking forward to seeing someone else enjoy this same experience next year, and hope to have the opportunity to give back in the future!

Thank you again!
Dale and Debbie Kurtzbein

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You guys did a wonderful job. The show was very enjoyable and fun, but it's always fun when you win whether it be a class or a drawing. I didn't get to watch every class, but I would only anticipate this show to grow in size. Ideally, with more stallions nominated, there will be more entries. My point is maybe take a little more time to allow people to show numerous entries. I would hope that all the classes would be offered again next year plus maybe a non pro HUS and loungeline. Thanks again for an enjoyable day. It didn't even rain!

Kari Loewe

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Christy