State Directors

Brad and Pattie Marshall
6800 Risner Dr
Plainwell MI 49080
616-292-5674

February 6, 2025

NBHA members, I am sure a lot of you have heard the NEWS for 2025. I'm truly very sorry for not being the first one to give you this information. That being said, I do think it is very exciting.

All of you know we have limited venues to accommodate our shows. Michigan weather can be so uncooperative. We are very fortunate to have the Midland facility back October 3-5th 2025, and we had a wonderful State Finals thanks to Haylee. The only problem we faced was the kids missing school. Brad approached Scott from MSU and they have August 8-10th available. Brad and I met with Megan from IBRA as this has been the weekend of Michigan IBRA State Finals for years. After discussion we decided to combine forces and merge our shows to have 2 State Finals and one big BLOWOUT!!

The NBHA long go will be ran first with the option to roll to the IBRA Open. No one will be forced to enter a class or become a member of an association they don't wish to. A membership in good standing and 3 show rule will still apply for anyone entering NBHA classes.
I know many will have the concern of costs but this will be a savings as it will be 1 camping and stall fee and you will be able to run for a great deal more money without having to pick 1 association over the other.

So 2025 State Finals will be August at MSU and we will continue our partnership with Midland in October as an All District Fall Bash before the NBHA Open World show.

Change is hard and I'm sure I'll make more mistakes but I think with all the different barrel organizations out there we have to learn to work together and try to have the best interests of all the Michigan barrel racers in mind. I really think with all of your help we can make this A SHOW LIKE NO OTHER, A BLOW OUT OF THE CENTURY!!!

PLUS.......we just confirmed that Todd Adair will be coming back and doing the announcing!!!!

Brad & Pattie

State Directors

January 15, 2025

Hello, members of Michigan NBHA!
I wanted to let you all know that as of today we welcome Brad & Pattie Marshall back as the State Directors of Michigan NBHA!!

 
As an added bonus I will continue with sponsor and stallion auctions!  Sponsor form and incentives is posted on this website!
I hope you all have a great upcoming 2025 season!
 
Haylee Fisher

August 30, 2023

Hello, members of Michigan NBHA! I wanted to let you all know that as of today I am your new Michigan State Director. While I know there is a lot of work to be done, I am really, really excited and grateful for this opportunity.
For those of you who don’t know me, I’ve been a member of NBHA for 23 years. My family primarily bred and trained reining horses but recently our focus has been back on barrel racing. I have been the director of MI02 for three great years and it has been a honor to help grow the sport of barrel racing in our area. My husband, Chris, and I have a horse farm in Maple City, Michigan. We really try to put our efforts into the youth in our area as it’s something we feel very passionately about.
Michigan NBHA has some unique challenges to overcome. My hope is that we can all come together to make our NBHA experience what we all know it can be. I hope that you can look forward to next year with optimism and enthusiasm about being a member. I promise to work hard for you, and I hope that you will, in turn give Michigan NBHA a second chance.
I hope you all have a great end of your district seasons and will be in touch soon with updates about the upcoming 2024 season!
Haylee Fisher

March 11, 2023 update

Update on the state show: for every $500 in sponsorships you get, you will receive a $100 credit towards your entry fee! There will also be an award for the highest total sponsorships received by a member. Make sure your name is on the form so I know who to give credit to for getting the sponsorship.

February 22, 2023

Hello Everyone,
Please find the State Championships sponsor form here. I am asking for everyone to help this year. Due to not being able to have the All District show the past 2 years and the lower entries at the championships last year we are running a little bit low on cash. I’m not asking everyone to go out and get $2500 sponsors, what I am asking is everyone please do a little bit. If 200 of our members secured a $100.00 sponsor that adds up to $20,000!!! Sounds a lot more achievable doesn’t it?

Each member that gets $300.00 or more in sponsorships will get a FREE 2023 State Championship T-shirt. Everyone that gets sponsorships of any amount will be recognized on our website and Facebook page. Please write your name on the top of the sponsor form so when I receive it I will know who to give the credit to. We will accept any donation. If a sponsor would like to give something tangible instead of cash that’s great too. If you need a sponsor form modified for a sponsor I can do that too. All help is welcomed and appreciated . Let’s get out there and get those SPONSORS !!!!!