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NEXT EXPO & TRAINING CHALLENGE – OCTOBER 4, 2025

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Professional Trainer Adoption Fee Incentive


Each trainer who competes in the Challenge competition and whose horse is adopted, will receive 20% of the paid adoption fee (half price of listed fee). The standard professional division adoption fee is $4,000, meaning $2,000 is paid to the rescue and the trainer gets $400 (20% of $2,000). Some horses in the professional division may have lower fees due to age, health conditions, etc., and those trainers will receive a bonus of 20% of whatever adoption fee is paid to the rescue.

In order to receive this bonus:

  • The trainer must compete in the Professional Division (under saddle).
  • The trainer must follow/comply with all the Training Challenge rules per the 2024 Bluebonnet Rescue Challenge Rulebook.
  • The trainer must post on their Training Challenge horse’s official Facebook page in accordance with Facebook post guidelines in the rulebook a minimum of three times per month.
  • The horse must be in at least a body condition score of 4.5 per the Henneke Body Condition Scoring chart at the time of the competition, as determined by the Program Coordinator, Fostering Coordinator, and/or Executive Director.
  • At the time of the competition, the horse must be current on Coggins, vaccinations, dental work, and farrier care in accordance with the rulebook.
  • The Adoption Fee Percentage will be awarded if the horse:
    • Is adopted before the competition and the trainer does not compete and the horse does not attend the Expo/Challenge competition.
    • Competes and is adopted at the event.
    • Competes but is not adopted at the event AND the trainer takes the horse home after the event to foster and the horse is adopted by Oct. 31st.
  • The horse must stay with the adopter at least 60 days, and the bonus will be mailed to the trainer at the end of those 60 days.