September events at the T. Ed Garrison Livestock Arena

Published: August 27, 2012

These September events are scheduled at Clemson University’s T. Ed Garrison Livestock Arena. For a full list of events, visit www.clemson.edu/garrison.

Summer's End Horse Show
Sponsor: Clemson Collegiate Horseman's Association
Location: Main Arena
Date: Sept. 1-2
Time: 8 a.m.–6 p.m.
Contact: Julia Hunsucker, 843-862-5423
Email: jhunsuc@clemson.edu
Open horse show includes English, Western and gaited classes.

SCQHA Horse Show
Sponsor: S.C. Quarter Horse Association
Location: Main Arena
Date: Sept. 8-9
Time: Sept. 8 opens at 9 a.m.; Sept. 9 opens at 8 a.m.
Admission: Free for spectators
Contact: Jackie Barnes, 843-607-5614
Email: mrsjackiebarnes@bellsouth.net
Website: www.scqhaonline.com
Full slate of AQHA classes includes roping and cutting.

Shetland Sheepdog Club of Georgia Agility Trial
Sponsor: Shetland Sheepdog Club of Georgia Inc.
Location: Main Arena
Date: Sept. 14-16
Time: 7 a.m.–5 p.m.
Admission: Free for spectators
Contact: Chris Danielly, 770-787-7470 or 404-218-0231
Email: CDanielly@aol.com
Website: www.sscgeorgia.org
This three-day dog agility event features competition for titles at various skill levels.

Early Act First Knight Jousting
Sponsor: Anderson Rotary Club
Location: Main Arena
Date: Sept. 19
Time: 9 a.m.
Contact: Glenn Brill, 864-260-1092
Anderson elementary and middle school students start the year with a spectacular event called the Tournament of Champions that features knights in armor jousting on their warhorses. The character education program sponsored by the local Rotary club teaches students how to become noble, service-oriented people, and why it is important for them to do so.

Boys Home Benefit Bull Ride
Sponsor: Brown Family Ministries and Thunder Run Ranch
Location: Main Arena
Date: Sept. 21-22
Time: 7:30–10 p.m.
Admission: $10; free for children 10 and under
Contact: Mark or Angie Brown, 864-908-0108 or 864-908-9224
Email: angie@brownfamilyministries.org
Website: www.brownfamilyministries.org
Brown Family Ministries Boys Home of the South Invitational Bull Riding. PBBA and NBR professional bull riding and barrel racing with live music from the Brown family. Proceeds benefit the Boys Home of the South.

“Farmageddon” Film
Sponsor: S.C. Agcom Co-op
Location: Cattle Complex
Date: Sept. 22
Time: 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Contact: Chad Funk 864-940-4911
Email: wfunkp@aol.com
Website: www.scagcomco-op.com
The S.C. Agcom Co-op is hosting a free showing of the film “Farmageddon, the unseen war on American family farms.”

Anderson County Livestock Show
Sponsor: Clemson Cooperative Extension, Anderson County
Location: Cattle Complex
Date: Sept. 28-30
Time: Sept. 28 5–11 p.m.; Sept. 29 9 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sept. 30 1-5 p.m.
Contact: Chris Talley or Jessica Simpson 864-226-1581
Email: talley2@clemson.edu or jdavis4@clemson.edu
Website: www.clemson.edu/extension/county/anderson
The three-day Anderson County Livestock Show is open to all youth in South Carolina and surrounding areas to show beef cattle, dairy cattle, dairy goats, meat goats, poultry, swine, rabbits and sheep.  

Palmetto Paint Horse Club Fall Futurity
Sponsor: Palmetto Paint Horse Club
Location: Main Arena
Date: Sept. 28-30
Time: Opens at 8 a.m. daily
Admission: Free for spectators
Contact: Julie Kennedy, 803-413-4554
Email: bluemesa12@gmail.com
Website: www.pphc.net
The Fall Futurity is a four-judge American Paint Horse Association show including slot classes for APHA Regular Registry and Solid Paint-Bred horses.  

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