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title: Trainers - it's time to apply for the 2025 Dakota Showdown Horse Trainer Challenge!
description: Trainers - it's time to apply for the 2025 Dakota Showdown Horse Trainer Challenge!
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# Trainers - it's time to apply for the 2025 Dakota Showdown Horse Trainer Challenge!

 20 February 2025

[Dakota Showdown](https://www.gentlespirithorses.org/blog/tag/dakota-showdown)

Trainers - it's time to apply for the 2025 [Dakota Showdown Horse Trainer Challenge](https://www.facebook.com/dakotashowdown?__cft__[0]=AZWprYlan-B0ddlE_kEdnzaj9fdh7wu2cm5a_m3JYQfUcEL8Js90sswHRfU0hFkJQ_5A853guw0cGBtv5dozq78LL6Gmu_iANYmFT99P6nqmhC4gSsYUHdVOMjyDxEAuVtiCDWl1kiEjlxpGfJLiY0sbC-_MSZ2wOoDb1oYuGAN2Qw3ENqoP223wfOqX2X8xVuKieYWUSa0zBi1xiytcDbSPvQnS3ze-scaUYOSai5fmdA&__tn__=-]K-R)! We've made some changes - check out the Foundation Division which now features 3-yr-old BLM mustang geldings, and the NEW Highlight Division for adoptable horses that don't fit the criteria for competition.

 

Apply today! [https://www.dakotashowdown.com/trainers](https://www.dakotashowdown.com/trainers?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3kE20Ug1BavfoS2aWdCWgqKft2e7NvbnMnkHAmDTzGnr6367veERl_xPs_aem_PGQEjflZUcHM_pgk4q2bcg)

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