Volunteers

Volunteers play a huge part in the running of Saskatchewan Horse events, without them all the amazing events that take place in Saskatchewan would not run!

A big thank you goes out to all the volunteers to partake in all the horse events!

Nominate for the Volunteer Award: nomination form

 Check out some of the great volunteers that are featured in our great province!

Cindy Klassen

Cindy Klassen puts all her free time into the Saskatchewan horse community. She is a key organizer of the Tally Ho Development Series, coordinating five schooling hunter/jumper shows each year that are open to the entire horse community.

 And if that’s not enough, she has organized and put on clinics and sits on the Saskatchewan Horse Federation Board of Directors and is a Committee Chair. 

 Without Cindy, young aspiring riders would not have horse shows to develop their riding skills at and move up the competitive ladder.

 Cindy does all of this in her free time, with no pay, and never gets enough recognition. 

 She has been nominated for the volunteer award so that she gets some of the recognition she deserves.

Krystal Rithaler

Krystal Rithaler’s dedication to the Prairie Roots Western Dressage Club and the equine industry is outstanding. 

Krystal has a wealth of knowledge in many areas of the equine industry and has always been willing to share and work towards building the love of this sport from youth up to adults and senior members of the Prairie Roots Western Dressage Club. She has faithfully stepped up, not only in this Club, but she has volunteered for the SHF Heritage Provincial Finals and many other horse events in and around the Moose Jaw area.

Krystal regularly scribes at many events and sits on the Prairie Roots Western Dressage Club Board.  She has been an integral part of helping to organize their new club.

You will see her at the end of a long day, cleaning up the venue, scooping poop, and encouraging both young and old in their riding skills.

Kyle Hutchinson

Kyle is fairly new to the horse community but has had a hidden passion for horses and has always enjoyed spending time with them and trail riding. He now has a horse of his own and has set some goals to compete during the 2025 show season and has been working hard to develop his relationship with his new horse “Ace”.

Kyle has been an instrumental part of the Tally Ho Equestrian Developmental Series; he is always willing to help out in anyway he can from set up to tear down and everything in between. Kyle helps with setting jumps, driving the tractor, placing the electronic timers, helping at the canteen, and preparing the annual supper at the last show. Kyle is always ready to help out in anyway he can.

Terry and Cindy are very grateful to have Kyle as part of their team and would like to thank him for his support through out the show season.

Bob and Cheryl Sproule   

Bob and Cheryl Sproule were noted as the couple that ensured the Melfort Fair & Light Horse Show happens. 

They took care of all the issues that arose - set trail classes, looked after the Judge, put together the prize list, labelled the stalls - and the list goes on.  No task was too great or too small for this pair of hard workers to handle. If a job needed to be done, they ensured it was taken care of.

Bob and Cheryl were at the shows very early and stayed till the end and beyond to make sure everyone was happy.    

Every show should be so lucky as to have a volunteer couple like Bob and Cheryl Sproule.