The World’s Championship Horse Show’s largest prize continues to increase, reaching a $150,000 purse for the Five-Gaited World’s Grand Championship, making it the largest prize in the Saddlebred industry.
Four organizations and families contribute to the grand prize.
● 5R Farms – Helen Rich
● Barbara Blacklaw Memorial Fund
● The Goodman and Manilow Families
● Kentucky State Fair Board
In 2019, a $1 million endowment was the gift from William Blacklaw in memory of his wife. The growth of this account is disbursed annually to provide additional prize money to ribbon winners in the Five-Gaited World’s Grand Championship competition held on the final night of the World’s Championship Horse Show.
The Kentucky State Fair Board produces the annual World’s Championship Horse Show alongside the Kentucky State Fair.
-- via KSF Board