2025 NC NBHA State Finals
November 13-16, 2025
WNC Ag Center
1301 Fanning Bridge Road Fletcher, NC 28732
You must have competed in at least three (3) NC NBHA sanctioned shows within your declared district to attend State Finals.
- $30,000+ in added money and awards!
- 12 Wildcards
- Molly's Custom Silver Buckles to divisional championship round winners!
- Circle Y Saddles to Open Championship Divisional winners!
- YETI coolers, Hay Chix nets, Equine Medic bags, BOSS buckets, and MORE to be awarded!
- 555 Photography
- LIVE Webcast & Videographer: 321 Action Video
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Download2025 NC NBHA State Finals Host Hotel
Host Hotel
Comfort Inn - Asheville Airport
15 Rockwood Road
Fletcher, NC 28732
Call 828-687-9199 and ask for the “NC NBHA State Finals” group rate when booking! October 13th is the deadline for the special event pricing!
2025 NC NBHA State Finalist Jackets
Leather Jacket
Order by September 19th for a guaranteed delivery to the 2025 NC NBHA State Finals by Rocket Donkey. Orders can still be made after this date, but delivery to show is not guaranteed.
Softshell Jacket
Order by September 19th for a guaranteed delivery to the 2025 NC NBHA State Finals by Rocket Donkey. Orders can still be made after this date, but delivery to show is not guaranteed.
Softshell Jacket w/ Embroidery
Softshell Jacket w/ Embroidery
Order by September 19th for a guaranteed delivery to the 2025 NC NBHA State Finals by Rocket Donkey. Orders can still be made after this date, but delivery to show is not guaranteed.
Show Information
Important Dates
- Online entries and reservations open September 22nd at 7pm EST.
- Online pre-entries close on November 2nd, at midnight EST. Entries received after the deadline until the first horse runs in the class with a $30 late fee per rider.
- A 70% refund, less the processing fee, will be issued for scratch requests made between November 3 - November 9, 2025, and must include a valid Vet/Med note. All Vet/Med outs need to be emailed to justinhill1998@gmail.com.
- A full refund will be granted to scratch requests made prior to November 2, 2025 at midnight EST.
- NO refunds on entries after November 9, 2025.
- Exhibitions and Warmups will be sold online Monday, November 10th at 7pm EST.
Horse Paperwork Requirements
- 12 Month negative coggins required for ALL horses.
- 30 Day Health Certificate for all OUT OF STATE horses.
- Paperwork is subject to being checked by state veterinarians and/or their representatives. Please be prepared.
Facility Arrivals
- The facility will open at 12pm sharp on Thursday, November 13th.
- No early arrivals. No exceptions.
Personal Golf Carts, Crickets, and other Motorized Vehicles
- Personal golf carts, utility vehicles and crickets permitted.
- NO golf carts, crickets, or other motorized vehicles are allowed in the barns. First offense= Warning. Second offense= Disqualification.
Vendor Information
- Please complete and submit the Vendor Registration form found on our website.
Qualifications for 2025 NC NBHA State Finals
- To be eligible to compete in the NC NBHA State Finals all participants must have competed in three NC NBHA sanctioned shows as an active member within their declared district from December 14, 2024 until November 14, 2025.
- Direct any qualification concerns to your District Director, immediately.
Added Money
- The Open has $4,500 added to each long-go and $6,000 added to the Finals. The Senior championship round has $1,500 added. The Youth championship round has $3,000 added.
Class Information
- The Senior and Youth 4D are a 1 long-go championship round.
- The Open 4D will consist of 2 long-go rounds and a Finals. Open Round 2 will run in reverse order beginning with the addons. It will be a clean slate short go. If a rider qualifies in both go-rounds on the same horse, they will only make 1 run on a qualifying horse and show management will drop down to the next qualifying rider in the division of Round 2 to advance to Finals. A minimum of 15 qualifiers from each division from each go-round will advance to the Finals. The State Director reserves the right to take more contestants back to the finals in any given class after reviewing # of entries in the class. This will be posted and advertised prior to the start of the class.
- Dress Code for Open long-go rounds will be a NC State Show Sponsor T-Shirt, or Western Attire. Sponsor t-shirts are by pre-order only and must be picked up prior to your first run at the show office.
- Senior, Youth, and Open championship rounds and awards require a cowboy hat or helmet, long sleeve collared shirt, jeans, and boots.
- The Consolation Race will consist of contestants that did not qualify back to the Open Finals. Entries will be accepted until the first horse runs in the Consolation Race.
- Each divisional winner of the Consolation Race will be invited to run in the Open Finals. These entries will be addons of the Open Finals draw.
- The No Penalty side pot is open to anyone entering in the Open long-go rounds and gives the contestant a chance to earn money with a hit barrel but completed pattern!
- Payback will follow NBHA rules, i.e. Total number of entries determines the number of payback positions. The purse is equal to all entry fees minus 30%, plus 100% of the added money.
Finalist Information
- Senior, Youth, and Open championship rounds and awards require a cowboy hat or helmet, long sleeve collared shirt, jeans, and boots.
- The Senior and Youth 4D are a 1 long-go championship round.
- A minimum of 15 qualifiers from each division from each go-round will advance to the Finals. The State Director reserves the right to take more contestants back to the finals in any given class after reviewing # of entries in the class. This will be posted and advertised prior to the start of the class.
2D Futurity
- Open to 2021 or 2022 models having not competed prior to November 15, 2025.
- The futurity will be two-go rounds with an average with $500 added and 90% payback. A ¾ second split will determine the second division. The entry fee and added money will be split 30/30/40 between the two go-rounds and average respectively. The purse is equal to all entry fees minus 10%, plus 100% of the added money.
- The futurity is open to anyone including non-NBHA members or NC NBHA members that may not have met their three (3) show minimum to participate in the State Finals. A minimum of ten (10) entries must be received to pursue. This determination will be made when entries close on November 2nd at midnight. Should the minimum entries not be met, all monies associated with the futurity will be refunded. The stall reservation for the futurity horse(s) entered may be refunded as well, if requested.
Stalls/RVs
- Stalls and RVs are non-refundable. You may privately sell them with notification to the state director by EMAIL at justinhill1998@gmail.com or by TEXT at (910) 705-6900.
- NO outside shavings are allowed. This is a facility rule.
Haul Ins
- Tie-out/haul-ins are allowed at $10/horse per day.
- Haul-ins must pay for all horses on the trailer, No exceptions.
Show Information Continued
Exhibitions & Warmups
- Exhibitions and Warmups are non-refundable. You may privately sell them with notification to the state director by EMAIL at justinhill1998@gmail.com or by TEXT at (910) 705-6900.
- Warmups will be limited to one per horse. For example, if you enter two horses, then you may purchase two warmups. No refund will be granted for purchasing excess amounts.
- Exhibitions will be limited to TWO per horse. For example, if you enter two horses, then you may purchase four exhibitions. No refund will be granted for purchasing excess amounts.
- You may purchase warmups and exhibitions for the same horse.
- Exhibitions will have a time limit of 60-seconds each.
- Warmups will be in 30-minute intervals with 15 riders and barrels. Please be respectful of other riders.
General
- A horse may not be shown by more than one person in a class (exception: NBHA Family Rule see NBHA Rulebook Section A.11.).
- You must name your horse at time of entry, with registered names, where applicable. Entries with no horse name or names such as “Horse”, “TBD”, etc. will not be accepted.
- Horse substitutions must be made before the 1st horse runs in the class.
- Anyone substituting 2 or more horses after the draw will have their horses redrawn by the show office in their draw positions. The contestant will be assessed a $50 substitution fee/horse.
- Rider substitutions are not permitted.
- Returned check fee = $35 plus any additional bank fees.
- To be stalled together, online reservations must be submitted together.
- All entries must pay either a stall fee or tie-out/haul-in fee. No exceptions.
- In the event of a tie for first place in any championship class, a runoff, coin toss or agreement between riders and the State Director will determine the winner. Regardless of the winner of the tiebreaker, payback will be divided equally. State title, prizes, and other incentives will be awarded to the winner of the tiebreaker.
- Contestants have 3 minutes to begin their run from the time they are called.
- A 5% convenience fee will be assessed for all credit card transactions.
- Dogs must be on a leash at all times.
- ALL NBHA rules apply. See NBHA Rulebook for details.
- The decisions of Show Management will be final and binding.