Founded in 2025, SHBA was created to support the breeding and showing of  pole bending horses.   Starting in 2025, SHBA will add $5,000  to open pole bending classes for horses owned, bred or previously owned by SHBA member farms.  The first show with $5,000 added will be KY19 , May2-4, 2025 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky.