Information
You Might Need
including consignment
Sale Information:
Next Sale:
November, 2008
Friday
TBA PM
-
Saturday Starting time: TBA AM
Friday night February Sale Features
All times are Eastern Time Zone
Questions?
answered promptly
(slower as the sale nears, due to
large number of emails being handled)
[ Telephone numbers are at
the bottom of this page]
[ Email for papers received verification
click here ]
[ New numbers for SMS at the Expo Sale Office ]
Horse Check in Times:
- Expo Arrival -- Please try and get your horses settled in a little early, (just like airport check-ins) if you show up at the last minute it's hard to get checked in at the office and get horses Vet. checked ect. Be on time. Don't miss your sale order.
- Sale Ring Order -- Horses must sale in order; if you miss you place you will go to the back of the line for that day.
- How do I get in and where do I park my horse trailer? As you come down the Pavilion road you will see the big building on your left; go past the front of the Expo and turn left (second entrance) into the parking lot... (watch for signs and check in with attendant)
Paper-work: * **
- You must have the following submitted to our office in advance to sale a horse and be listed in the printed sale catalog.
- $200.00 consignment fee (checks must clear first).
- A Six (6) month negative Coggins test. (send a copy and bring the original)
- TWHBEA registration papers SIGNED (don't forget to sign them).
- A thirty (30) day Veterinarian health certificate (send a copy [fax] and bring the original)
- * As soon as possible check in when you arrive. (our sale office is just inside the Expo's main front doors)
- ** Completed paper-work is a must! If your registration papers aren't signed your horse cannot be transferred or registered to the new owner! We must have the original signed and in our office prior to the sale ready for transfer.
- *** Any questions must be cleared through the office before cut-off date to be listed.
*Registration Form:
Cut-Off Date: is <
10 days before first
day of sale>
- We have an online printable registration form. You can fill it out and then mail it along with your all your paper work. Or you can fax it to speed up your check in...... Call Kenny for fax. (numbers below)
- To go to the printable registration form now Click Here
- Consignment address is on the the form and listed in contacts below.
H I O:
- The affiliated Horse Industry Organization is: Kentucky
D Q P:
- There is a Designated Qualified Person at all of our sales.
Barn Stalls:
- Stalls and straw are available. (See pictures in the facility section)
- Check with the stable crew when checking in your horse for stall locations.
- Straw is available see one of the SMS crew.
Horse Viewings:
- There will be a barn stall assignment list with stall #'s and horses will be assigned hip #'s.
- This list will be posted at the front and side entrance of each barn. Need help, see crew or come to the SMS office in the front of the Expo Center.
Consignment Fees:
- $200.00 consignment fee - 10% commission
Payment to Sellers for horses sold at the sale:
- SMS will date all papers as of the sale date. Payment for horses is in about 2 weeks.
Health Check:
- All horses must check in at the veterinary check station prior to entering the sale ring.
Ring Sale Times:
- Sales start at the posted times (see above) and go until the last horse is sold that day.
- If your horse misses it's assigned ring sell order when called; it will be moved to the bottom of the daily line-up.
Trailer Parking:
- There is plenty of room on the west side of the Expo Center. Watch for signs near the front entrance of the Expo to direct you. Horse check-ins and trailer parking is past the Pavilion; the second and turn left ... the first one is closed at the front. ALL traffic will enter through the second entrance.
RV's and Trailers with Sleepers -- -- Parking-Hook Up -- For
Fees contact:
'Walters State Great Smoky
Mountains Expo Center'
Call
(865) 674-6000
or (606)
598-2928.
- There are electrical and water hook-ups only, NO waste hook-ups. There is plenty of parking and nice large facilities with clean restrooms and showers. The restroom facilities are adjacent to the parking lots and barns. There are clean handicap equipped restrooms inside the Expo as well. We have great facilities. No Porta-Potties here! If you need assistance with your RV or Trailer see one of the attendants in the lot or come to the office. For further info on fees and hook-ups call Walters State (see contacts below). To enter the RV area go turn left at the second gate into the parking lot.
Sale Times:
- Friday Nov. TBA PM until the last entry for the day is sold.
- Saturday Nov. TBA AM until the last entry is sold.
- * Horse sold on Friday need to be removed from barns as soon as possible to make room for Saturday horses.
- ** When you get checked in with your horses you will be given a hip # for a sale slot for each horse. We will attempt to sell as close as possible to the time you are given. Some horses may be scratched and this may move the time slots. We use portable radios to relay any messages of change to the barns and sale ring to let buyers and sellers know of the changes. If your horse doesn't show up in the sale ring at the slotted time, after being called, your horse may be moved to the bottom of the sale order for that day.
ON-LINE Pre-Sale Catalog: - link below
Current
Status: OFF-line link -->
<click here> ("click here" is
green when
active )
- The PRE-SALE ONLINE CATALOG is only a guide and meant for your pre-sale information only. The Online information is provided to help you make your plans for attending the sale. It may not represent the final listing or final sale order of a horse. The sale order will follow the printed catalog as close as possible, considerations given to scratches, deletions, or substitutions.
- The PRE-SALE ONLINE CATALOG is a BIG, BIG file. Your modem speed and your telephone service connection determines how fast it loads. It may take your computer a couple of minutes to load it... If you do have trouble loading try clicking your refresh button on your browser, it will start the loading process all over. When active click the on the Catalog Link at the top of any page.
VENDORS:
- There is a setup fee that is charged for vendors inside on the concourse or outside on the walks or parking lots. Currently the vendor fee is $40.00 // Call (606) 598-2928. Come to the office and pay your vendor fee before setting up your booth!
- Vendors if you have a booth inside and outside you will pay for two (2) booths.
HORSES SOLD OUTSIDE THE SALE RING:
- All horses sold on the grounds during the SMS sale are subject to 10% commission fees. Those not adhering to the sellers policy may be bared from future sales.
- Those illegal parking at the soccer field will be towed.
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Contact one of our sale team below for more information or consignment:
Mail Consignments to:
Smoky Mountain Sales
P. O. Box 280
Smiths Grove, KY. 42171To add comments that you want included by the ring announcer about your horse as it goes through the sale ring click the link below. Please be brief !
click here