A message from the President about the 2008 Minnesota Horse Expo:

The winds howled and the rain came as vendors set up and horses came to the Minnesota Horse Expo. On Wednesday and Thursday it rained from 7:30AM to 7:30PM with a 40 mile an hour north wind. On Thursday the clinicians arrived from out of town to find the weather we had but they accepted the weather and proceeded to be a great part of the Expo.  On Friday, the general public lined up at the four ticket booths to hear the Clincians and see the demonstrations, etc. The attendance at all of the speaker sessions were nearly full as well as the vendor areas. We talk about Minnesotans (horse people) being tough and I guess this goes to prove it. I watched the general public go from building to building to attend the sessions and people carrying bags of purchases from the vendors. I want to say thank you to all of the general public, the Directors and Staff of the Minnesota Horse Exposition, Inc., the volunteers, the clinicians, security and the staff of the Minnesota State Fair for a job well done in such miserable weather. We had a GREAT Expo and my hat is off to all the staff of the Minnesota Horse Exposition, Inc. for working over a year to put the '08 Expo together. THANK YOU!

Glen G. Eaton
President
Minnesota Horse Expo, Inc.