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UPHA Foundation Golden Ticket Raffle



The UPHA Foundation is offering you a “Golden” opportunity to purchase raffle tickets to “WIN” your choice of ANY UPHA Live Auction item offered at the 2025 UPHA National Conference, in New Orleans, LA. 

Ticket Price: $100
Only 250 Tickets are available for purchase.

How to Purchase:
Tickets can be purchased from Nancy Becker, at [email protected] or by calling 859-351-4317, or from Anne Tasch at [email protected] or by calling 203-561-5980. 

The winner will be chosen through a random drawing on Saturday evening, January 11, 2025, just prior to the start of the Live Auction. To claim your Live Auction item, you must be present or reachable by phone at the time of the drawing. 

Here are just a few of the fantastic Live Auction items that will be offered:

1) BBQ Brawl Bonanza with Bobby Flay: Two guests will visit Carson Kressley on the set while filming “BBQ Brawl” in Austin, TX. Join Carson for a meet and greet with Bobby Flay, an “on the set” lunch, and a private behind-the-scenes tour. Accommodations for two nights are provided at the Four Seasons Hotel Austin. Airfare is not included.
Generously Donated by: Carson Kressley

2) A Six-night stay at 360 Splendor del Pacifico, Costa Rica. Two (2) Ocean view luxury side-by-side one-bedroom condominiums (sleeps 4 per unit), perched atop the north ridge of Flamingo Beach, all with breathtaking views of Costa Rica’s North Pacific coastline. In a gated community, 360 Splendor del Pacifico offers a full-service concierge desk, a saltwater infinity pool, and a 5,000-square-foot rooftop terrace with panoramic coastal and ocean views. 
Generously Donated by: Mary O’Keefe

3) Horse Show Packages with THE BEST AMENITIES (will be auctioned individually): Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show, Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show, and The Royal Treatment at the UPHA/American Royal National Championship.
Generously Donated By: The Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show, The Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show and the American Royal Association 

4) DeRegnaucourt Ltd. Riding Suit
A custom-tailored formal or informal suit. 
Generously Donated by: DeRegnaucourt Ltd.

5) Freedman Saddle 
Choice of either a Victory Pass HP, World Cup HP, Hunter SG or Centennial Hunter. 
Generously Donated By: Freedman’s

You must be in to win so make sure to purchase your tickets today!

To learn more about the UPHA Foundation and the programs it supports click here.

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