10/30/2026
🎃🐴 TRANSITIONS EQUESTRIAN CENTER HALLOWEEN FUN SHOW! 🐴🎃
Get your costumes ready, grab your horse, and prepare for a SPOOKTACULAR day of laughs, silly challenges, friendly competition, and Halloween fun!
📅 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH
We have 31 FUN classes planned, including ground games and riding classes! There is something for everyone, and COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED!
🎃 GROUND CLASSES
1. WORST SHOWMANSHIP
Do the worst showmanship possible! Silly behavior, costumes, and creativity are encouraged!
2. COSTUME CONTEST – HORSE AND HANDLER
Two contests in one! Enter the Individual Halloween Costume Contest or the Horse and Handler Costume Contest. Dress up, be creative, and show off your Halloween spirit!
3. CARROT ON A STICK CONTEST
Grab a stick with a carrot and navigate the course without touching your horse. Fastest team wins!
4. BRIBE YOUR HORSE
Use three carrots to guide your horse through an obstacle course without touching the horse. Fastest time wins!
5. DOLLY PARTON RACE
Run down with up to two helpers, make a bra, and fill both sides with apples. The fullest bra and fastest time wins!
6. DIAPER RACE
Run down with up to two helpers, make and put a diaper on your horse using apples, and race back. First back with the diaper still on wins!
7. HORSE BOBBING FOR APPLES
Walk your horse to the bucket on foot. Your horse must pick up and eat an apple without your help. Lead your horse back to the starting line. First one back wins!
8. BOZO BUCKETS
From the ground, toss balls into a series of buckets. The farthest bucket wins!
🐴 RIDING CLASSES
9. BOZO BUCKETS ON HORSEBACK
Toss a ball from horseback into a series of buckets. The farthest bucket wins!
10. MUSICAL PLATES – WALK AND TROT
When the music stops, trot to a plate. The last rider on a plate wins. No bumping other horses and no need to dismount!
11. MUSICAL PLATES – WALK, TROT, AND CANTER
Same musical plates game, with riders walking, trotting, and cantering. No bumping other horses or dismounting needed!
12. HOPALONG SACK RACE – WALK AND TROT
Ride down the arena and have a helper hold your horse. Dismount, grab a grain bag, and hop back to the finish line. Fastest time wins!
13. HOPALONG SACK RACE – WALK, TROT, AND CANTER
Same sack race, with riders using walk, trot, and canter during the riding portion.
14. SIMON SAYS
Follow Simon's instructions. The last rider remaining in the game wins!
15. BOOT SCRAMBLE – WALK AND TROT
Leave your boots in the center of the arena. Find them, put them back on, and race to the finish. First back wins!
16. BOOT SCRAMBLE – WALK, TROT, AND CANTER
Same boot scramble, with riders walking, trotting, and cantering.
17. DIZZY STICK
Ride down, spin ten times with your forehead on a stick, then run back. Spotters will watch the horses!
18. TOILET PAPER PARTNERS – WALK AND TROT
Teams of two each hold one end of the toilet paper. If it tears, the team is out. The last intact team wins!
19. TOILET PAPER PARTNERS – WALK, TROT, AND CANTER
Same partner challenge, with riders walking, trotting, and cantering.
20. EGG AND SPOON – WALK AND TROT
Balance an egg on a spoon while riding. The last rider to lose the egg wins!
21. EGG AND SPOON – WALK, TROT, AND CANTER
Same egg-and-spoon challenge, with riders walking, trotting, and cantering.
22. WALK RACE
Race down and back at a walk only. If your horse jogs, start over. First back wins!
23. STEADY HAND – WALK AND TROT
Carry a glass of water while completing the course. The rider with the most water left wins!
24. STEADY HAND – WALK, TROT, AND CANTER
Same steady-hand challenge, with riders walking, trotting, and cantering.
25. KEYHOLE
Ride through the marked keyhole, turn within the area, and return without crossing the lines. Fastest clean time wins!
26. DOWN AND BACK
Ride to the marker, turn, and return to the finish. Fastest time wins!
27. POLE BENDING
Weave through the poles and return to the finish. Fastest clean time wins!
28. BARRELS
Complete the three-barrel cloverleaf pattern. Fastest time wins!
29. FLAGS
Ride to the flag station, pick up the flag, and complete the course. Fastest time wins!
30. RIDE A BUCK – BA****CK CLASS
Ride ba****ck with a dollar under your thigh. The last rider holding their dollar wins the money!
31. MUSICAL FREESTYLE
Ride to your own music and show off your creativity, personality, and riding skills. Anything goes!
🎃 SHOW DAY DETAILS
📅 Saturday, November 7th
⏰ Sign-ups begin at 8:00 AM
🏁 Show begins at 9:00 AM
💲 $5.00 per class
🐴 Horse rental: $5.00 per class or $50.00 for the entire day.
Ground classes will be held first, followed by a 15-minute break before riding classes.
We will take an hour for lunch around noon. Everyone is welcome to bring a dish to share!
📍 TRANSITIONS EQUESTRIAN CENTER
2525 E. 850 N.
La Porte, Indiana
🧡 Whether you are riding, helping, or cheering everyone on, come join us for a day of Halloween fun!
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*Class order and timing may be adjusted as needed.*
