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CLINTON ANDERSON
Clinton Anderson was born and raised in Australia where at the age of 6 his family recognized a natural ability with horses and cultivated his interest, buying him his first horse at age 9. Clinton began attending horsemanship clinics at age 12. He started his training apprenticeship full time at age 15, and at age 18, Clinton began his own training facility. After a brief apprenticeship here in 1996, Clinton returned permanently to the United States a year later, where he began training, touring and conducting clinics. In 2001, Clinton became the first horse trainer to launch a "made-for-TV" weekly training program broadcast on satellite television. The use of untrained horses and a variety of topics covering common problems faced by horse owners has made his show the network's most popular equine program. In 2003 and again in 2005, he faced the country's best horse trainers and clinicians in the prestigious Road To The Horse Competition, becoming the first person to win the event twice in a row. Clinton works hard to educate horse owners on how to be safe and effective while enjoying their horses. His training methods are easy to understand and designed to help horse owners get the results they desire.
Learn more at: http://www.downunderhorsemanship.com/
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MARTHA JOSEY
WPRA, AQHA and NBHA World Champion, Martha Josey, has continued her legendary career on many horses, reflecting her keen training and horsemanship ability. Beginning in 1964 on her great gelding, Cebe Reed, this explosive pair won 7 horse trailers and 52 barrel races in a row. With a long career of great horses and accomplishments
Martha and R.E. combined their tremendous love of rodeo with an extensive training and teaching program, with Team Josey, they host clinics and schools specializing in World Champion Barrel Racing, Horsemanship and Calf Roping at their famous Josey Ranch in Marshall, Texas and across the nation.
To learn more pleast visit: http://www.barrelracers.com/ |
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TEXAS THUNDER
Do you hear the Thunder??? The ground will rumble with Texas Thunder rolling across the country. This spectacular team of black Percheron Draft horses will be making unforgettable appearances that you don't want to miss. Priefert wants to share a bit of history with you by bringing their spectacular Draft Horse hitch all the way from Mt. Pleasant, Texas. These massive horses originated in France and have been used as workhorses in the US for generations. Each horse weighs an average of 2000 pounds and stands an average of 18 hands. Goliath stands 19 hands, 1" tall, or 6'5" at the withers and is known as the tallest living horse in the world.
To learn more please visit http://www.priefert.com/dynamic/texasthunder/about_thunder.php |
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SHAWN FLARIDA
Shawn Flarida and his family (wife of 15 years - Michele, oldest son - Cody, age 11, daughter- Courtney, age 5 and youngest son - Sam, age 3) call home Springfield, Ohio. Shawn is an Ohio native, graduating from Wapakoneta High School in Northwestern Ohio.
Shawn's 19 year career as a professional reining horse trainer has amassed National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) winnings in excess of 2 MILLION DOLLARS, making him only the second person in history to reach this milestone.
Known worldwide for his big smile and easy going nature, Shawn credits his amazing accomplishments at such a young age to hard work, dedication, and the profound enjoyment he gets from his everyday work with his many talented horse athletes and their wonderful owners.
Learning at a very young age from both his Mom and Dad (Bill and Betty Flarida of Wapakoneta, Ohio) that a good work ethic and respect for his natural ability as a horseman could lead to great things, Shawn is now recognized as one of our industries most prestigious riders. Learn more about Shawn here. |
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KIRK STIERWALT
is a accomplished cattle fitter, educator, judge, and leader in the show cattle industry. In the past 30 years he has won numerous awards at national and internationals most prestigious shows. Kirk contributes his knowledge through his active participation in 4-H and FFA programs conducting clinics, seminars and demonstrations for young people and cattle families.
The STIERWALT SHOW CATTLE SCHOOLS, both at his ranch in Oklahoma, and across the United States and Canada have been established for 18 years. Stierwalt credits his phenomenal achievements in the cattle industry to his many years of involvement in the business. Kirk enjoys teaching and educating others to help further advance the industry. His focus is to help people obtain the needed skills and techniques that have made him so successful.
Kirk and his wife Juli have two children Ky and Kyra. They reside in Leedey, Oklahoma.
Learn more about Kirk here. |
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SHERRY CERVI
Seldom in life are you given a second chance. Take advantage of all opportunities as they present themselves to you. To be the best that you can be, you must strive to surpass yourself, not the competition. You can be a champion and you can succeed at anything in life if you allow yourself to do so. Go after what you want with intensity, grit and determination. Keep focused on the goal. Always remember that there is no substitute for hard work, discipline and dedication.
In my life, I have had the good fortune of making my goals and my dreams become reality by winning two WPRA Championships. I have set new goals for myself to breed, raise and train my own horses to ultimately compete on them at the National Finals Rodeo and other major barrel racing and futurity events.
This is my passion. This is my life.
-- Sherry Cervi (http://www.sherrycervi.com) |
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Missy Wryn
My specialty is problem horses with dangerous behavior. I developed my training program “W”Holistic Horsemanship
when it became apparent that I needed to work with the whole horse since most behavior problems have a painful source
that needs to be addressed.
At my center, the Natural Horsemanship Center of Oregon, I treat and train the whole horse applying “W”Holistic
Horsemanship techniques, but equally important my training incorporates licensed and certified professionals to address
pain and other physical challenges. My clinics and DVD’s teach horse owners how to be their horse’s herd leader deepening
the trust, confidence and safety between them and to consider the source of behavior problems before arbitrarily
training the behavior. Problems are not always training issues…
Learn more at (www.WHolisticHorsemanship.com) |
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MATT GAINES
Born and raised on the back of a cutting horse and in the lone star state, it is no surprise that Matt Gaines calls Cutting Horse Capital, Weatherford Texas, home. Even though he was an accomplished youth and Non-Pro rider, he pursued a career in Agriculture Business and obtained a degree from Tarleton State in Stephenville, Texas in 1992. Showing and training cutting horses was always on his mind and with the help of a great show mare named Tari Lynnea, paid for his college education. After college Matt went to work for a tack and saddle company, but it didn’t take long for him to realize that training and showing cutting horses was his true calling.
He turned in his Non-Pro card in 1994 and the rest is history. Now with 4.5 million dollars in career earnings and numerous championships under his belt, Matt is an industry leader and continues to raise the bar in the cutting horse arena. This quiet and classy cowboy lives by the words, “You can’t win if you are afraid to lose” which defines him in every aspect. When Matt isn’t riding he enjoys playing golf and partaking in his kids sports activities. Matt cares about and respects his horses. He knows that his success is a result of their wellbeing. For these reasons Matt has chose eZall as the grooming products for his barn. He feels that with the daily use of this line of products his horses continue to look like winners in and out of the show arena.
“I like my horses to look like champions in and outside the arena. I have used numerous grooming products over the years and eZall is the only one that I feel has really helped me achieve that. Because of the amount of sweat and dirt that acquires on my horses from their daily workout, it is important to be sure that they are washed thoroughly. With eZall Total Body Wash, I know that this is achieved everyday. My horses coats and shiny, their manes and tails are soft and thick and I know this is a direct result of using eZall religiously everyday. Thank you eZall!!”
Matt Gaines |
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DENNIS REIS
I have been working with horses and people who love horses most of my life. I started competing in rodeos on a national level when I was in high school and continue to compete in PRCA sanctioned events. I have worked with many horse trainers, started a lot of colts, and supported my horse habit with a shoeing business.
All of this has given me a lot of experience that allows me to tell you I have discovered a “better way”. I no longer use the traditional methods of mechanical devices to restrain horses and rely on fear and intimidation. I have found techniques that get “better results”. They are based on understanding the true nature of horses and “communicating” with that nature.
Universal Horsemanship techniques require less time and put less stress on the horse because we teach the horse handler to speak the horse’s language. You will be safer and your horse will respond much more fully and reliably with training based on communication. This approach to horsemanship is within easy reach of every horse owner. It’s the heart of the intensive Reis Ranch, Mentor Series Home Study System, colt starting and Universal Horsemanship workshops that we offer throughout the year, in your area and here at Reis Ranch, Penngrove, California. |
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CAROL ROSE
The American Quarter Horse Association's #1 All-Time Leading Breeder of Performance Horses and a perennial NRCHA and NRHA breeder, Carol Rose has bred foals earning more than 28,000 AQHA points, averaging 38 points per foal and 92 points per point-earner, including 43 AQHA World and Reserve World Championships, 13 AQHA National All-Around titles, and earners of more than $3,300,000 (NCHA earners of over $1,000,000, NRHA earners of over $600,000, and NRCHA earners of over $500,000). An intense supporter of the AQHA Incentive Fund from the very beginning, Carol is the leader in all Incentive Fund categories: foals bred, nominated and owned; total money earned, and nominated sires’ earnings. She owned and stood the AQHA’s #1 Leading Sire of World Champion Performance Horses, Zan Parr Bar, whose phenomenal record continues to escalate despite an early death, and she has been the leading breeder or owner at the AQHA World Show five times. Foals bred by Carol Rose have earned more than 283 ROM awards, as well as 176 Superior Awards in halter, cutting, calf roping, heading, heeling, reining, western riding, trail, western pleasure, barrel racing and working cowhorse, and more than 500 AQHA All-Arounds. Visit her website here. |
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ANDREA FAPPANI
Andrea Fappani grew up in a world that takes more than a passing interest in the arts, the traditional Italian interests didn't turn Andrea's head from his passion for horses. And not even the acceptable dressage or jumping horses, but the all-American dream of riding western. And so his family took up the dream and Andrea was showing reining horses at the ripe old age of nine! He remained a Non-Pro through his teen years, winning the Reserve Championship title at the Italian Reining Futurity twice and Championships at both the Derby and Maturity level.
After completing High School Andrea moved to Arizona for an apprenticeship with John Slack and Todd Bergen. Quickly building his reputation with a Non-Pro Championship at the West Coast Spectacular and the Limited Non-Pro Championship and a fourth place finish in the Non-Pro Futurity at the NRHA Futurity Challenge in Oklahoma City. After returning to Italy to fulfill his obligation to the Italian military Andrea returned to the US to continue his apprenticeship under Todd Bergen in Medford, Oregon.
In 2000 Andrea won the NRHA Intermediate Open Futurity and followed in 2001 by winning the Open Championship. Andrea continued blazing his trail with a finalist placing at both the National Reining Breeders Classic and the NRHA Derby before making the decision to go out on his own.
Andrea opened his new training facility, Fappani Performance Horses, in Temecula, California in the spring of 2002 with his wife Tish and son Luca.
Visit the Fappani Performance Horses website. |
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TODD CRAWFORD
Todd trains horses and riders for Reining and Working Cow Horse events at Crawford Performance Horses, located in
Always interested in horses, Todd showed as a youth and attended Findlay College in Ohio, graduating in the first class of students to complete B.S. Degrees, at the school established by legendary horseman: Dale Wilkinson. Crawford taught at Findlay after finishing his formal education, then apprenticed with Kyle Quarter Horses before establishing his own training facilities in California, over 17 years ago.
Todd and his Students have won more than three dozen World Champion Titles in three Major Performance Horse Associations. Todd's most memorable show to date was the 1998 AQHA World Championships, where he rode the Champions in the Junior and Senior Working Cow Horse and the Senior Reining, as well as the Reserve World Champion in Junior Reining! Visit Todd's website here. |
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RAY AINSWORTH
Ray Ainsworth is “The Man Horses Talk To®”. His sincere goal is to make the world a better place for horses and their humans through communication. From a young age, Ray Ainsworth has studied the language of horses. As a winning jockey, trainer and competitor, Ray has developed and fine-tuned a resistance-free technique that he uses in teaching horses and working with behavioral issues of every kind.
Ray does not train horses; he teaches them in a way that makes him one of the world’s most unique horse teachers. He has found that through communication and non-violence, horses learn faster and retain the information longer. Ray’s approach is based on the fact that horses have a language and are capable of communicating a wide variety of messages. All horses know it. So does Ray. And so can you. Visit Ray's website here. |
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TERRY MYERS
Terry Myers is a leading trainer, champion rider and breeder, and national clinician. Myers has trained stock and hunter horses for state, national and world competition for over 30 years. His training incorporates work with both horse and rider to achieve balanced movements. His Ride-in-Sync™ philosophy helps students understand how body position affects horse performance. Myers is available for training sessions, clinics, horse training and boarding, and interviews. Learn more about Terry here. |
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SCOTT PURDUM
Advantage Horsemanship™ is a unique training program that teaches willingness, respect, and communication between horse and rider. Scott Purdum, the creator of Advantage Horsemanship™, has worked with all breeds and helps riders of any discipline become a better partner with their horse. His goal is to assist others when they have problems and to expand their horsemanship knowledge.
Scott works primarily by giving individual, customized attention to students, teaching private or small group lessons to his clients. He also maintains approximately 12 horses for full training or breaking. Some of his work includes breaking and training BLM Mustangs, Sport Horses, Quarter Horses, ex-race horses to make hunters, and he has broken 2 year olds for the track. He travels to people's homes or farms to teach trailer loading sessions to clients and their horses. In his spare time, he shows Western Pleasure at both local and AQHA shows with either his own horses or his client's horses.
Learn more about Scott Here |
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CLINT & LIZ HAVERTY
Clint and Liz Haverty hung out their shingle at Haverty Ranch in 1980.
The Haverty Ranch slogan is" Traditional Values Progressing Into The
Future". Clint was honored by the National Reining Horse Association
in 2005 when he was inducted into their Hall of Fame. Haverty Ranch
is well established as both a training and breeding facility and has
earned many World, National, or Futurity titles in the Quarter Horse,
Paint and Appaloosa breeds.
Learn more here. |
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VAN HARGIS
is known as one of the most versatile horsemen/clinicians in the business today. Van has trained and competed in the show arena in events ranging from western pleasure to calf roping, in the rodeo arena in the timed events of calf roping, team roping and steer wrestling. In keeping up with his responsibilities on his horse and cattle ranch in Texas, he keeps his own top quality foundation ranch horses such as those he takes on the road to the many clinics and expositions throughout the country. Van's practical experiences in the show ring, rodeo arena and on the ranch coupled with a dynamic speaking ability have made him one of the most exciting presenters and highly requested clinicians. Van uses each presentation he gives as an opportunity to share how the horse has helped him realize the important lessons in his life. He utilizes the arena and the horse to empathize the oldest most fundamental lesson, the need for a solid foundation in horse training as well as everyday life. Learn more about Van here. |
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CLINT ALLEN
is from New Zealand and moved to the United States 10 years ago. Clint grew up riding all-around horses. When Clint came to the U.S. he went to work for Matt Gaines and learned all about Cutting. When Clint was at Matt's he rode some of the best cutting horses in the industry. Clint, now, operates Wrigley Ranches, LLC for Ms. Julie Wrigley in Weatherford, Texas. He trains Ms. Wrigley's horses along with outside customers. Clint has made a name for himself in the National Cutting Horse Association with earnings over $850,000. Some of Clint's all time favorite horses include, Wood Ya Wanna, Its Just About Me, and Smooth As A Cat, but his all time favorite cutting horse is Arista Katz. Clint has won many aged event championships. He was Champion of the Breeder's Invitational, The Augusta Futurity, The West Texas Futurity, and many more. |
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CLARK MONTGOMERY
Clark has been riding since he was age 5 chasing cows on his uncle's Texas ranch. He began dressage training at age 7 with Meg Flemming,USDF Certified Instructor
and "L" Graduate, and never looked back. Clark trained from 1997 to 1999 with 1994 World Equestrian Games eventing team member Jim Graham. Since 1999, he has
trained with international eventing stars and Olympic medalists David and Karen O'Connor, and remains a part of their program today.
Learn more at: http://www.clarkmontgomery.com/ |
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ROBBIE & JOAN SCHROEDER
Robbie and Joan Schroeder opened Schroeder Ranch in 1989 and in the years since, the Gainesville, Texas facility has become a center of American Quarter Horse Association excellence. Some of the top American Quarter Horse stallions in the industry today, including World Champion and World Champion producer Blazing Hot, have been bred, raised and trained by Robbie and Joan Schroeder. They have earned countless World titles in everything from Western Pleasure and Western Riding to Team and Calf Roping.
Robbie Schroeder has also shown successfully in National Reined Cow Horse Association competition, earning over $30,000 in cow horse competition in the past three years.
For more information visit: www.blaznhot.com |
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REAL McCOY GENETICS
Real McCoy Genetics is a family owned operation run by Jim and Mike McCoy, a father and son team. McCoy Genetics was established in 1973 when it started as an FFA sow and litter project of purebred Hampshires. Today’s operation consists of show pigs, breeding stock and a boar stud operation consisting of 150 sows of multiple breeds and a boar stud consisting of 50 elite sires of championship show pigs of multiple breeds and crosses. Show pigs and breeding stock have been sold into 33 states and 5 foreign countries. Semen sales have now stretched to cover 43 states. Jim and Mike are well known and respected nationwide as swine breeders and also as high level show judges. Both Mike and Jim have judged local, state, regional and national shows from coast to coast for many years. Learn more here. |
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