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2025 Horse Fair Preview · Ask The Experts

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  Speaker 1: Thirteen ten, Wiba and Madison in the morning. We are
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  Speaker 1: just a few days away from the Great Midwest Horse
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  Speaker 1: Fair April eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth at the Alliant Energy Center.
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  Speaker 1: And joining us this morning with the Midwest Horse Fair
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  Speaker 1: is Terry gm Ani. Terry, how you doing this year?
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing great, John. I appreciate having a sign to
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  Speaker 2: talk about our wonderful fair. We have a jam pack
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  Speaker 2: schedule plan and it's going to be awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Taking any better with the pronunciation of your last name
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  Speaker 1: this year, Terry.
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  Speaker 2: Sure, you did great?
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  Speaker 1: Thank you?
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  Speaker 2: I always ali got it?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, perfect, perfect. You know, it's it's a really cool event.
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  Speaker 1: And for people that maybe are new to Madison or
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  Speaker 1: Dane County, or this may be their first year planning
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  Speaker 1: to go to the to the horse fair, let's talk
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  Speaker 1: about what makes it so special and what makes it
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  Speaker 1: so unique? You bet so.
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  Speaker 2: Twenty twenty five, this is going to be our forty
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  Speaker 2: fourth fair and we are proud to host the largest
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  Speaker 2: three day horse fair and really, you know, Madison, Wisconsin
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  Speaker 2: becomes the epicenter for the equine community for the weekend
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  Speaker 2: and so we you know, a host over this year,
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  Speaker 2: we'll have about eight hundred horses at the fair, and
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  Speaker 2: we'll have over thirty seven different breeds and disciplines we have.
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  Speaker 2: Last year we launched a new initiative to host rare
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  Speaker 2: and critical breeds, So we're going to have some breeds
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  Speaker 2: that there's only five hundred of them around the world.
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  Speaker 2: And so you know, it's about sixty thousand folks join
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  Speaker 2: us across the weekend and there's tons to talk about.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure we're going to get into that.
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  Speaker 1: We are for sure, and as we as we talked
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  Speaker 1: this morning with Terry, we'll cover a lot, but doesn't
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  Speaker 1: mean we're going to cover close to everything. And that's
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  Speaker 1: why it's so important to head on over to the
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  Speaker 1: website Midwest Horsefair dot com. That's Midwest Horsefair dot com.
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  Speaker 1: You can get tickets online. You can learn more about
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  Speaker 1: the event as well. Again that website Midwest Horsefair dot com.
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  Speaker 1: And again that's gonna be running the eleventh through the
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  Speaker 1: thirteenth at the Alliance and Center right here in Madison.
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  Speaker 1: You can buy tickets online. Obviously, the the the horses
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  Speaker 1: are the stars of the weekend and for folks that
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  Speaker 1: that maybe they have horses or are or are hoping
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  Speaker 1: to have a horse someday. There's really cool as well.
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  Speaker 1: I know there's shopping opportunities for folks that want the gear,
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  Speaker 1: want to want to have those those really neat things.
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  Speaker 1: You guys actually have a whole area, I should say,
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  Speaker 1: areas areas devoted just to that, don't you.
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  Speaker 2: You're right so, and I would say people who have horses,
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  Speaker 2: people who maybe want to have horses there, people who
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  Speaker 2: just love horses, you know, they can come to our
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  Speaker 2: fair and really get to experience the special bond between
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  Speaker 2: horse and rider and just the special animal that the
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  Speaker 2: horse is. But you are right. So we have almost
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  Speaker 2: four hundred exhibitors who provide everything for horse and rider
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  Speaker 2: from head to toe, and so the shopping is amazing,
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  Speaker 2: and we also have really wonderful food vendors, so there's
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  Speaker 2: great things to eat, and you know, it's jampacked. Folks
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  Speaker 2: really probably need to come all three days to experience
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  Speaker 2: all that we've got going on.
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  Speaker 1: It should be, it should be fine. And I know
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  Speaker 1: you always bring some some specially get touched on some
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  Speaker 1: of them. I know there's always some special shows as well.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us about this, uh this, uh uh. I know
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  Speaker 1: that there's an appy black apple Lousa that you guys
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  Speaker 1: have featured this year. Let's can we talk a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about some of those some of those horses and
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  Speaker 1: some of the other things that you're that you you're
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  Speaker 1: going to see this year at the at the horse Fair.
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  Speaker 2: Sure. So some of those the rare breeds that we have.
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  Speaker 2: One of them is ak Caltechi. They kind of have
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  Speaker 2: they're known for their kind of golden shimmery coat and
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  Speaker 2: so really amazing to see them in person. We also
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  Speaker 2: are going to have Dale's Ponies. There's less than five
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  Speaker 2: hundred of them in the world. They're native to Great Britain.
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  Speaker 2: And then we have the Dakota, who's also a critical
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  Speaker 2: breed and their ancestors kind of ran wild in the
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  Speaker 2: Missouri bad Lands. In addition to all the other amazing
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  Speaker 2: beautiful breeds of horses and stallions.
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  Speaker 1: That we'll have, and I know, Friday and Saturday night
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  Speaker 1: a huge highlight for a lot of folks is the rodeo.
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  Speaker 1: And this year you guys will have the bulls, the
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  Speaker 1: bronx and the barrels as well, won't you.
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  Speaker 2: We are we are privileged to host the largest attended
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  Speaker 2: PRCA rodeo in Wisconsin. So we have the seven standard events.
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  Speaker 2: The Rodeo will kick off at actually at seven forty
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  Speaker 2: five this year because we're starting our evening shows with
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  Speaker 2: an International Liberty Horse Association competition, So we've got ten
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  Speaker 2: competitors coming from across the country who will be demonstrating
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  Speaker 2: liberty set to music and performing and so that's a
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  Speaker 2: special that's going to be starting at six forty five
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  Speaker 2: pm this year, So our evening shows are starting a
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  Speaker 2: little earlier, but we've kind of got this special act
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  Speaker 2: one that folks will get to enjoy.
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  Speaker 1: What is Stallion Avenue.
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  Speaker 2: So Stallion Avenue is a part of our fair where
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  Speaker 2: stallion owners bring their stagns. So I think we we
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  Speaker 2: have over thirty almost thirty five different stallions that folks
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  Speaker 2: will get a chance to meet and learn more about,
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  Speaker 2: and so they demonstrate throughout the weekend and it's really
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  Speaker 2: a great feature at the fair. In addition, in that area,
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  Speaker 2: we happen to have a special drawing that goes on
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  Speaker 2: throughout the weekend, so it's folks all. A lot of
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  Speaker 2: our exhibitors give special baskets and different types of things,
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  Speaker 2: so that's kind of just a fun area of the
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  Speaker 2: fair to go and get a chance to win something to.
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  Speaker 1: Talking this morning with Terry from the Midwest horse Fair.
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  Speaker 1: The website Midwest Horsefair dot com. That's Midwest Horsefair dot
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  Speaker 1: com all one word. You can buy tickets online. You
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  Speaker 1: can buy the three pack of tickets as well, so
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  Speaker 1: you can get out for the entire weekend. They've also
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  Speaker 1: got great tools for trip planning and other things for
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  Speaker 1: the event. And let's talk about kind of the logistics
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  Speaker 1: of this all. Terry, I know you work very hard.
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  Speaker 1: You and your team work very hard year round to
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  Speaker 1: put this event together. Let's talk about a Lin Energy Center.
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  Speaker 1: The grounds that you guys have there a really good
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  Speaker 1: venue for what you guys do, isn't.
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  Speaker 2: It it is? The Alliant Energy Center is really perfect
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  Speaker 2: for our event. And you know, there's got a lot
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  Speaker 2: of parking. We still encourage folks to get their early
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  Speaker 2: parkings included in our admission tickets, so I want to
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  Speaker 2: get there early each day. But then you know, they've
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  Speaker 2: got two amazing barns. I think we'll have over seven
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  Speaker 2: hundred and fifty stalls in their barns with them. We
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  Speaker 2: have four arenas, and then we have the Coliseum, which
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  Speaker 2: is a special venue that's where we host our rodeos
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  Speaker 2: and also lots of our different clinics and demonstrations that
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  Speaker 2: happen all throughout the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: For folks that are looking to get tax You got
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  Speaker 1: you got a tax shop out there.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we've got a lot of tax sellers on this
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  Speaker 2: so we also we get to host the four h
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  Speaker 2: Tax Sale, which is very popular and it's their largest
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  Speaker 2: fund rage fundraiser of the year, and so we host
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  Speaker 2: that at the fair. We have several different tax sellers.
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  Speaker 2: Teer's Tax a favorite of folks. They have a large
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  Speaker 2: up at the fair, so tons tons of that opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: Talking this morning with Terry Gmetti, she is with the
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  Speaker 1: Midwest Horsefair online Midwest Horsefair dot com. That's Midwest Horsefair
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  Speaker 1: dot com three days of course April eleventh, twelfth, and
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  Speaker 1: thirteenth at the Alliance Energy Center. Website's got a ton
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  Speaker 1: of great information. As mentioned, we're probably not going to
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  Speaker 1: have time to talk about all the different things going on.
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  Speaker 1: The website's a great place to go if you've never
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  Speaker 1: been to the Midwest Horse Fair, it's a great year
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  Speaker 1: to check that out. It's so much fun for everybody. Again,
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  Speaker 1: you can learn more online Midwest Horsefair dot com. That's
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  Speaker 1: Midwest Horsefair dot com. Terry. Before we wrap up this morning,
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  Speaker 1: I do want to ask you. I know, one of
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  Speaker 1: the great things is getting your insight to these to
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  Speaker 1: this event each year. Is there anything this year and
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  Speaker 1: already or something we haven't had a chance to talk about,
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  Speaker 1: something that you're really looking forward to this for this
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  Speaker 1: event this year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for asking, because we actually we have a
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  Speaker 2: very special famous equestrian who is planning to visit the
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  Speaker 2: horse Fair this year. Her name is Amber Marshall. Folks
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  Speaker 2: may also know her as Amy Fleming on the eighteen
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  Speaker 2: year TV series Heartland, so she is a native to Canada.
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  Speaker 2: She'll be joining us during the day at the fair
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  Speaker 2: and then our evening shows. And she's also going to
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  Speaker 2: be joined by a special equestrian, a famous in the
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  Speaker 2: equestrian world, Dan James, who's her real world trainer on Heartland,
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  Speaker 2: and he's bringing five of his Heartland famous horses, so
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  Speaker 2: folks will get a chance to see them do a
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  Speaker 2: demonstration during the day on Saturday and Sunday. But we're
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  Speaker 2: super excited to have her join us in Wisconsin and
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  Speaker 2: the United States, and folks have been very excited for
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  Speaker 2: the chance to see her in person.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, that's going to be a fantastic event. Again, today
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  Speaker 1: is today. Get your tickets now, there's no reason to wait.
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  Speaker 1: It's easier to buy them right online. As Terry mentioned
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  Speaker 1: parking concluding as well, included as well with your tickets,
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  Speaker 1: you head on over the website Midwest Horsefair dot com.
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  Speaker 1: That's Midwest Horsefair dot com. You can buy those tickets
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  Speaker 1: right online. Again, get yourself a three D because you're
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  Speaker 1: probably gonna need each and every day you're probably gonna say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: why don't you guys have a fourth day, which is
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  Speaker 1: maybe coming someday, someday soon. For now, April eleventh through
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  Speaker 1: the thirteenth at the Alliant Energy Center. Terry, it's always
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  Speaker 1: great talking with you. You have a fantastic day and
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  Speaker 1: we'll see you at the horse Fair.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Sean, you too.
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  Speaker 1: And again that website Midwest Horsefair dot com. That's Midwest
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  Speaker 1: Horsefair dot com. More of Madison in the morning it
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  Speaker 1: comes your way next right here on thirteen ten. Wiba