County Contests
County competitions are offered in 4 categories for cloverbuds, juniors and seniors.
Horse Judging is held in October each year and introduces 4-H youth to assessing conformation and quality of horses. This competition requires both horse knowledge and public speaking skills. See the useful links tab for the horse judging manual. The 2023 contest date and location TBD
Visual presentations take place in March and offer 4-H members the opportunity to speak persuasively to an audience on any topic of their choosing. Members first present to their clubs and then have the option move on to the county competition.
Horse Bowl and Hippology will be January 6th, 2024 in Westford MA. They are competitions that test 4-H'ers general knowledge of equines. Horse Bowl is a quiz-bowl style competition with buzzers, and Hippology offers written testing. See the useful links tab for the books and materials used for these contests.
National Contests
Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup is held every November in Louisville, KY.
The top four senior competitors at the state competitions are invited to train for national competition.
Congratulations to our Middlesex County 4-H members who competed in Kentucky in 2022:
Hannah Denison, Horse Bowl, 5th place team
Nora Tripp, Horse Bowl, 5th place team
Sophia House, Communications, Champion team
Charlotte Ferillo, Communications, Champion team
Hannah Swanson, Horse Bowl, 5th place team
Hannah Wolman, Hippology
Samantha Nappi, Communications, Champion team
Amanda King, Horse Judging
