Four Beats for Pleasure Mission Statement

The purpose of the Four Beats For Pleasure is to promote to the general public the joys of horse ownership in general and the smooth-gaited horse in particular.  Four Beats For Pleasure exists to provide a forum for smooth-gaited horse enthusiast to meet and exchange their views, to provide educational opportunities for members and the public, and to facilitate events for smooth-gaited horses to be exhibited. Four Beats For Pleasure is designed primarily as a marketing and promotional organization for the Tennessee Walking Horse.  Four Beats For Pleasure is open to easy-gaited horse enthusiasts as a whole, without bias. Breeds represented include, but are not limited to: Tennessee Walking Horses, Missouri Fox Trotters, Rocky Mountain Horses, Spotted Saddle Horses, Racking Horses, Paso Finos, Icelandics and others.  In all instances, Four Beats For Pleasure recognizes the Registry representative for each breed, and encourages its members and the public to abide by the rules of those breed registries.   

 August 6, 2007

 The 2007 Firecracker Jubilee/Liberty Bell Classic is in the books and once again they were shows to remember!!

There were approximately 87 individual horses at the show and somewhere around 800 entries. Wow!!  I do remember

that it did not snow any day of the show which came as a big surprise, ha ha.  Saturday evening did cool off quite nicely so

everyone was refreshed for the championship classes.   Betty Mitchell did her usual superb job of managing the two shows,

Betty Temple ably juggled the show secretary job and showing her two year old colt "Taz".  A big thank you to these two ladies,

again you did a great job.  Another big thank you to Shannon and Leon Gibbs who managed the stall and camper assignments,

delivered shavings, ringmastered, set up the rings for Versatility classes and in general did whatever needed doing.  Our farrier's

wife Heather Parker jumped in and helped out in the office, assisted with the stalls, gave out ribbons and again did whatever needed

doing.  If you get a chance, please let Christina and Michal Boucher and the Youth Group know how nice the Center Ring looked.

Thanks also to Judy Hadley for all her help in the ring, she makes a great ribbon girl!

We had numerous compliments from exhibitors on what a nice show we had and they appreciated our efforts to put on a nice show.

Please also thank our class sponsors when you see them, they are listed in the show program!!

April 7, 2007

The Pilot Rock Party was a great success.  No rock stood a chance against our onslaught of tractors and buckets!!

Thanks to everyone who came and helped, the ring looks great!!