Young horsewoman gets help from AQHA Professionals, Team Wrangler Duo
America’s Horse, August 1, 2008 – The winner of the American Quarter Horse Association’s online contest exclusively for youth, “Team Wrangler – Make Over My American Quarter Horse!” has been selected. Thirteen-year-old Lindsey Shank of Oakdale, Minnesota, and her 7-year-old American Quarter Horse gelding Skippa Bar Slick will receive a training session from Professional Horseman Association and Team Wrangler members Vicky Holt and Joni Nelson.
Shank’s winning essay was chosen from nearly 100 entries and described her desire to show in local 4-H competitions. She provided a detailed list of maneuvers she wanted her horse “Dreamy” to learn including how to pivot, sidepass and back up straight.
Shank, an American Quarter Horse Youth Association life member writes, “I know he can do these things, I just don’t know how to train him to do everything on the list. I really need some help in giving my great American Quarter Horse a makeover!”
AQHA Professionals and Team Wrangler members Holt and Nelson will offer their expertise to help make Dreamy into a budding show horse for Shank. Vicky Holt of Argyle, Texas, and Joni Nelson of Lone Grove, Iowa, are known as all-around exhibitors, each earning numerous championships in a variety of events. Both have extensive experience coaching youth competitors.
Shank, Dreamy and the Team Wrangler duo will be featured on the September 17 and September 20 episodes of “AQHA Presents” on the RFD-TV network and in the October issue of America’s Horse magazine.
Second through 10th place winners receive a prize package that includes either Junior Master Horseman gift pack, including both levels one and two of Junior Master Horseman along with AQHYA product or AQHA’s Fundamentals of Horsemanship Level I and a Wrangler product. Those finalists are: Michele Gannon of Kunkletown, Pennsylvania; Jody Pfeuffer of Christoval, Texas; Alex Porter of Monroe, North Carolina; Makiah Steen of Goldendale, Washington; Carlie Block of Belton, Texas; Samantha Knowlton of Sardis, Ohio; Travis Stolp of Nashwauk, Minnesota; Jordyn Ross of Lakeville, Minnesota; and Elisha Loy of Jamestown, Kentucky.
“AQHA Presents” television series on RFD-TV includes educational and entertaining shows featuring top AQHA Professionals and Team Wrangler members. In addition to “Make Over My Horse,” other Team Wrangler shows include “What’s It Like To” where Team Wrangler members give a one-on-one lesson from their discipline, such as cutting or roping, to a member of the AQHA publications staff and “Trading Saddles” where Team Wrangler members trade places with another member of a different discipline.
“AQHA Presents” airs three times weekly – Wednesdays at 1 p.m. and 11 p.m. Eastern and Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. Eastern. Now available in more than 31 million homes, RFD-TV can be seen on satellite systems Dish (Channel 231) and DirectTV (Channel 379), as well as Mediacom, Charter, Suddenlink, Bresnan and Comcast cable systems. For more information on the network, visit www.rfdtv.com.
Team Wrangler is a joint effort of AQHA and AQHA Corporate Partner Wrangler, and is a year-long competition featuring members of the AQHA Association of Professional Horsemen representing both racing and show disciplines within the American Quarter Horse industry.
AQHA news and information is a service of AQHA publications. For more information on The American Quarter Horse Journal, The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal or America’s Horse, visit www.aqha.com/magazines.
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