Kentucky State Fair announces the judges for the World’s Championship Horse Show
Thursday, February 1, 2024

The judges for the 2024 World's Championship Horse Show have been selected. Over the course of the eight-day show, the panel will judge 236 classes culminating with the Five-Gaited World's Grand Championship.
World's Championship Horse Show Judges:

• Tammie Conatser, Nicholasville, KY
• Steve Crabtree, Elizabethtown, KY
• William Greenwell, Warsaw, MO
• Anne Judd, Lutz, FL
• Kent Swalla, Columbia, MO

The 121st World’s Championship Horse Show is Aug. 17-24, 2024 at the Kentucky Exposition Center inside Freedom Hall.

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Kentucky State Fair announces the judges for the World’s Championship Horse Show Thursday, February 1, 2024

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Kentucky State Fair announces the judges for the World’s Championship Horse Show
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