National Shooting Horse Association

The Mission

Elevate the sport. Honor the horse.

NaSHA was built on a simple business principle: focus on a couple things, and do them well.
In a world where everyone’s trying to do everything, excellence often gets lost in the noise. The shooting horse discipline doesn’t need more overlap or competition — it needs clarity, consistency, and collaboration. Our goal isn’t to be everything to everyone; it’s to focus on the two areas that make the biggest difference for the sport and the horse.
Education: supporting riders and instructors with tools, structure, and clear standards that make learning accessible, consistent, and horse-first.
Earnings Tracking: ensuring the shooting horse discipline is accurately represented alongside reining, cutting, barrel racing, and other established equine sports so it can gain the recognition and credibility it deserves.
By focusing the efforts of our talented board on these two things — and doing them well — NaSHA helps connect the work already being done in the sport, strengthening the foundation for everyone involved.
 We are not a sanctioning body and do not host or govern public competitions. We don’t compete with associations—we support them.

Elevate

Earnings tracking is a critical piece of recognition and growth for any equine sport — and it’s one of the biggest gaps holding mounted shooting back from broader visibility. NaSHA’s goal is to help close that gap through collaboration, not competition.

Our aim is not to create a new or competing earnings system — organizations like EquiStat already do that successfully. Instead, NaSHA is focused on supporting and aligning with existing event reporting, offering to organize and format results so earnings in the shooting horse discipline can be accurately represented alongside reining, cutting, barrel racing, and other established equine sports. With the strong data and reporting already maintained by our national associations, this effort should be both achievable and mutually beneficial for the entire sport.

This work benefits everyone involved — associations, producers, and competitors alike — by giving the sport the credibility and visibility it deserves within the larger performance horse community.

NaSHA values privacy and integrity — we do not sell, share, or misuse competitor or event data. Our purpose is to celebrate accomplishment, not collect information.
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Educate

NaSHA was created  in part to lift the sport by lifting its teachers.
We believe that when instructors have the right tools, structure, and visibility, riders and horses thrive — and the entire discipline rises with them.

Our goal isn’t to tell clinicians how to teach, but to make it easier to teach well. Through clear frameworks, access to proven materials, and a platform that gives credibility and reach, NaSHA helps instructors elevate every clinic, every rider, every horse.

Because when education improves, everything does.

👉Join the NaSHA network, share your expertise, and help us make it easier than ever for riders and horses to start off right — together.

Connect

For riders, getting started in the shooting horse discipline can be overwhelming — limited access to clinics, uncertainty about where to learn, and a lack of consistent information. NaSHA’s platform was built to change that.

We provide riders with a central place to find quality, credible learning opportunities — from clinics and workshops to educational resources that make entry into the sport simpler and safer. Every opportunity listed on the platform is rooted in professionalism, transparency, and horse-first training values.

Whether you’re brand new or looking to advance your skills, NaSHA helps connect you with the right people, programs, and tools to keep progressing — because a stronger start means a stronger sport.
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