Tickets are now being sold for the annual Saddlebred Raffle, with winners to be drawn during the American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) Youth Auction, in Crowne Room A of the Crowne Plaza Louisville, during the week of the Kentucky State Fair World's Championship Horse Show (WCHS).

The raffle is one of ASHA's most important fund-raisers. Only 400 tickets are sold worldwide, at $100 each, for gross proceeds of $40,000. Of that, $20,000 goes into the Saddlebred Futures Fund, and $20,000 of it is returned to winners in cash prizes. The Grand Prize is $5,000, with two prizes of $2,500 each, one each of $2,000 and $1,500, three of $1,000 each, and seven of $500.

The lucky 15 winning names will be drawn on Thursday afternoon, August 27, at 2:30 p.m., in Crowne Room A of the Crowne Plaza. Ticket holders need not be present to win. Then, the lucky winners or their representatives will draw for their actual prizes on Thursday evening, August 27, during WCHS in Freedom Hall.

Ambassadors selling tickets include the following individuals:

Jennifer Robertson, Simpsonville, KY
Susan Reimer, Turin, GA -- [email protected]
Mary Anne Cronan, Louisville, KY -- [email protected]
Betsy Boone, Concord, NC -- [email protected]
Bill Whitley, Cary, NC
Louise Gilliland, McAlester, OK -- [email protected]
Germaine Johnson, Lexington, KY -- [email protected]
Art Zubrod, Versailles, KY -- [email protected]
Jimmy Robertson, Simpsonville, KY -- [email protected]
Jeff Streepey, Louisville, KY -- [email protected]
Chuck Herbert, Evansville, IN -- [email protected]
James Nichols, Metairie, LA -- [email protected]
Alan R. Raun, Cumming, IA -- [email protected]
Mary Ann Pardieck, Columbus, IN -- [email protected]
Judy Werner, Waterloo, IL -- [email protected]
Nelson Green, Nicholasville, KY -- [email protected]
Margaret McNeese, Houston, TX -- [email protected]
Lisa Duncan, Lexington, KY -- [email protected]
Scott Matton, Hartland, WI
Laurel Nelson, Versailles, KY -- [email protected]
Sandy Lilly, Princeton, WV -- [email protected]
Kristen Cater, Dunbarton, NH -- [email protected]
Barbara Molland, Petaluma, CA -- [email protected]
Paul Treiber, Hartland, WI -- [email protected]
Mark Strong, Boston, MA -- [email protected]

ASHA is organized under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and all contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Association’s Kentucky License for the annual raffle is Number 0557.
For more information, contact Brenda Newell at [email protected].