{"id":185,"date":"2005-10-20T06:20:58","date_gmt":"2005-10-19T23:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=185"},"modified":"2005-10-20T06:21:39","modified_gmt":"2005-10-19T23:21:39","slug":"take-the-world-by-the-reins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/take-the-world-by-the-reins\/","title":{"rendered":"Take the World by the Reins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amarillo, Texas, October 19, 2005 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Especially for the 2005 American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show, singer-songwriter Charis Thorsell has written and will perform her original song \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Take the World by the Reins\u00e2\u20ac\u009d November 17-19 at the State Fair Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Take the World by the Reins,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was tailor-made for the World Show, inspired by her western lifestyle and knowledge of the breed. Thorsell was brought up around the AQHA show pen, and American Quarter Horses are an important part of her family. Thorsell\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s father, Denny Thorsell, is an AQHA judge and her brother, Shawn, is an American Quarter Horse trainer.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I love the American Quarter Horse industry, it inspires me to write,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Thorsell.<\/p>\n<p>She feels that through her songs she can communicate the feelings of everyone who loves the breed.<\/p>\n<p>Thorsell will perform Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 17-19, during the evening finals performances. She will be available for signing autographs at various times November 16-19 in the AQHA booth located at the trade show in the Travel and Transportation Building.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Take the World by the Reins,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is available in limited release through the Quarter Horse Outfitters\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 booth at the trade show in the Travel and Transportation Building.<\/p>\n<p>The World Show will be held November 5-19 at State Fair Park in Oklahoma<br \/>\nCity. Highlights from the show are just a click away. The American Quarter<br \/>\nHorse Journal provides complete Web coverage and a live Web cast of arena<br \/>\naction as it happens on www.aqhajournal.com.<\/p>\n<p>More highlights from the 2005 World Show also will be featured on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<br \/>\nHorse,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d AQHA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s weekly television show on TVG Network, December 4 at 11:30<br \/>\na.m. Eastern\/8:30 a.m. Pacific and again December 11 at 11 a.m. Eastern\/8<br \/>\na.m. Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, American Quarter Horses take center stage on Sunday, January 8,<br \/>\n2006, at 4 p.m. Eastern\/1 p.m. Pacific on NBC Television. The one-hour<br \/>\nspecial, which showcases the American Quarter Horse lifestyle, is based at<br \/>\nthe World Show and highlights the reining and cutting competition along with<br \/>\nother events.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit www.aqha.com or call (806) 376-4811.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Especially for the 2005 American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show, singer-songwriter Charis Thorsell has written and will perform her original song \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Take the World by the Reins\u00e2\u20ac\u009d November 17-19 at the State Fair Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aqha","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}