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also asked questions related to the how many of these events are likely to be moved to <br />the Washington Horse Park,as well as the likelihood of organizing new events. <br />Most organizationshave two types of events.The first category is small events, <br />involvinga single day and a small portion of the organization's membership.These <br />tend to be more frequent,but involve much smaller numbers of horses per event <br />(averaging 65 in our sample).These events are usually spread out among multiple <br />facilities,often local fairgrounds.We estimated that very few of these events would be <br />held at the WSHP -we assumedone per organization.This resulted in 260 horse days <br />from four events. <br />The other category of event involves a larger number of horses (averaging 150 in our <br />sample)and multipledays.In assessing potential demand,we included one major <br />event for each organization,unless the organization official indicated that all events <br />were held at one other location and a new venue was desired (e.g.WSHJA,with five <br />events at Monroe which could all switch).In the case of one organization using Oregon <br />fairgrounds (AMHA Region 8),we concluded it was unlikely the WSHP will acquire any <br />business.In calculatinghorse days for multiple day events,we added one day to each <br />event.It is our understandingthat most competitorsarrive the day before major events, <br />resulting in another day of stall rentals.This overstatesdemand,for while stall,feed <br />and shavings will be purchased,other revenuesources such as arena rentals or food <br />concessionswill not occur.Based on these assumptions,surveyed demand was <br />10,630 horse days from 11 multiple day events.The survey included 24 multiple day <br />events at all locations,so our assumptions result in approximatelyhalf of surveyed <br />multiple day events switching to the WSHP.We will consider this number,10,630,as <br />our conservativeestimate of demand. <br />Our survey did not contact all Washington equestrian organizations,although it is likely <br />that we contactedthe majority of the larger organization.There may also be <br />25