{"id":2241,"date":"2009-05-01T03:09:11","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T20:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2009-05-01T03:09:11","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T20:09:11","slug":"put-quarterfest-on-this-weekend%e2%80%99s-to-do-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/put-quarterfest-on-this-weekend%e2%80%99s-to-do-list\/","title":{"rendered":"PUT QUARTERFEST ON THIS WEEKEND\u2019S TO-DO LIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><em><span>America\u2019s Horse, April 29, 2009 <\/span><\/em><span>\u2013 Hannah Montana\u2019s horse, \u201cBlue Jeans\u201d; the two-hour smoke, lights, music and horses Extravaganza; mounted shooting with Outlaw Annie Bianco; horsemanship clinics; a trail ride<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"normal1\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> through the beautiful <\/span><a title=\"Cedars of Lebanon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.state.tn.us\/environment\/parks\/Cedars\/features\/horseback.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Cedars of Lebanon State Park<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"text\"><span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"> and horse activities for the kids are sure to be the highlights of the first-ever QuarterFest: A Celebration of the American Quarter Horse, this weekend \u2013 May 1-3 \u2013 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee<em>.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">QuarterFest is a tribute to everyone\u2019s favorite animal \u2013 the American Quarter Horse.<span class=\"text\"><span> So bring your horse along. <\/span><\/span>We\u2019ll have clinics and demonstrations all weekend long, with seven professional horsemen and -women: Curt and Tammy Pate, a husband and wife from\u00a0Newell,\u00a0South Dakota; Jeff Griffith of Gallatin Gateway,\u00a0Montana; Bob Avila of\u00a0Temecula,\u00a0California; Julie Goodnight of\u00a0Salida,\u00a0Colorado; Christy Landwehr of\u00a0Aurora,\u00a0Colorado; and Bo Winslow of\u00a0Estes Park,\u00a0Colorado.<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">There will be a limited number of spots available for people to participate in clinics with their horses. However, there are unlimited opportunities to attend clinics without your horse. Visit\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqha.com\/quarterfest\"><span>www.aqha.com\/quarterfest<\/span><\/a><\/em> for the schedule and to enroll in the clinics and purchase your general admission, clinic and Extravaganza tickets. Avoid long lines at the gate and get your tickets online before you arrive!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">The production company for \u201cHannah Montana: The Movie\u201d has sent us loads of Hannah Montana T-shirts, posters and other cool stuff, so besides getting your picture taken with Blue Jeans \u2013 be sure to bring your own camera \u2013 you\u2019ll have a chance to get some of the cool movie merchandise, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">In addition, the\u00a0<span class=\"text\"><span>American Quarter Horse Association also will be offering several specials and giveaways including a <\/span><\/span>WeatherBeeta cooler, AQHA Best Remuda coffee-table book or a Professional\u2019s Choice saddle pad to those who purchase AQHA memberships as part of some crazy \u201cblue-light specials\u201d; a Tex Tan saddle for those who upgrade to three-year or life memberships; an MD Barns round-pen will be given away in a drawing from the names of those who do business at the AQHA booth; and a GPS and free riding hours will be given away in drawings related to the AQHA Horseback Riding Program. We\u2019re even offering deals on subscriptions to AQHA\u2019s official business publication,\u00a0<em>The American Quarter Horse Journal<\/em>. And the Dude Ranchers\u2019 Association, an AQHA alliance partner, is giving away two dude ranch vacations \u2013 one each night of the Extravaganza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">QuarterFest is a three-day, education-packed celebration where horse enthusiasts from around the world will gather for fun, entertainment and festivities to honor the world\u2019s most versatile horse \u2013 the American Quarter Horse. Our sponsors \u2013 Tractor Supply, B&amp;W Trailer Hitches, John Deere, Justin Boots, Merial, Nutrena, Professional\u2019s Choice, Bank of America, Montana Silversmiths, Farnam, Breyer, La Cense Montana, Priefert Ranch Equipment and Wrangler \u2013 share our passion for horses and are an integral part of QuarterFest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">AQHA news and information is a service of AQHA publications. For more information on\u00a0<em>The American Quarter Horse Journal, The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal <\/em>or<em> America\u2019s Horse<\/em>, visit\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqha.com\/magazines\"><span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">www.aqha.com\/magazines<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s Horse, April 29, 2009 \u2013 Hannah Montana\u2019s horse, \u201cBlue Jeans\u201d; the two-hour smoke, lights, music and horses Extravaganza; mounted shooting with Outlaw Annie Bianco; horsemanship clinics; a trail ride through the beautiful Cedars of Lebanon State Park; and horse activities for the kids are sure to be the highlights of the first-ever QuarterFest: A [&hellip;]<\/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-2241","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\/2241","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=2241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2242,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions\/2242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}