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title: Trainers!!! Time is running out!
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# Trainers!!! Time is running out!

 13 March 2025

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

Only FIVE DAYS LEFT to apply for this year's Dakota Showdown Horse Trainer Challenge!

 

Apply now: [https://www.dakotashowdown.com/trainers](https://www.dakotashowdown.com/trainers?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR24RyGd-PPOktKAmDVCpmcik6JGx93Or3ufI6S_gXRaU-UPuc0q-Ty3UJ0_aem_a5bVCBDF9VqQj1jfrPmLaA)

 

Work with a horse ready to start under saddle (Showcase), a young BLM Mustang (Foundation) or a yearling in the Rising Star Division (which is open to anyone 12 and above)

 

Check out the potential horses here: [https://www.dakotashowdown.com/2025-teams](https://www.dakotashowdown.com/2025-teams?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1ZL5ypOWEnVFUDcfYtZ6d-3AAJlWgxdJwCHjGOLPdU8DRE4CwjSS09p1o_aem_9Nmk6pagmQTM515YO4hDtA)

 

Trainers work with the horses from beginning of May to August 24-24, when they return to Yankton for the Finale and exhibit their progress.

 

The horses are adopted to approved adopters through a bidding process and trainers keep half the fee and compete for prizes.

 

We are limited to only 6 trainers per division and have several applications, so get your application in to be considered!

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