{"id":942,"date":"2007-03-21T00:28:56","date_gmt":"2007-03-20T17:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=942"},"modified":"2007-03-21T00:28:56","modified_gmt":"2007-03-20T17:28:56","slug":"aqha-presents-md-barns-silver-spur-award-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/aqha-presents-md-barns-silver-spur-award-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AQHA PRESENTS MD BARNS SILVER SPUR AWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2006 MD Barns Silver Spur award winners were announced at the American Quarter Horse Association Convention in Houston<\/em><\/p>\n

The American Quarter Horse Journal <\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c The American Quarter Horse Association awarded the 2006 MD Barns Silver Spur Award to Smokin On A Star at the AQHA Convention in Houston on Sunday, March 4, 2007.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Smoky\u00e2\u20ac\u009d came into the lives of the Frank Green family of Pavo, Georgia, when she was 18 months old.<\/p>\n

From the beginning, Frank and Smoky developed a special bond that has only gotten stronger as the years have progressed.\u00c2\u00a0 Prior to her arrival, Frank proudly served the United States in the armed forces and the Vietnam War.\u00c2\u00a0 He came home to face some very serious health problems. Frank \u00e2\u20ac\u0153blacks out\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or has seizures on a regular basis. As Frank\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s health problems progressed, he quickly turned to Smoky for companionship and friendship.
\nSmoky considers it her duty to protect Frank, and she takes her job very seriously.
\nFrank and Smoky love to go on trail rides.\u00c2\u00a0 He often invites friends to accompany him.\u00c2\u00a0 These friends will testify to the fact they have seen her wobble over the paths to keep him on her back when she feels him having a seizure.\u00c2\u00a0 When he collapses in the saddle, she stands still until he regains his consciousness and asks her to walk off.\u00c2\u00a0 When he does fall, she stands patiently at his side until he can remount to continue their ride.<\/p>\n

As time passes, the bond between Smoky and Frank only becomes stronger.\u00c2\u00a0 One can sense and feel the love she has for him through the look in her eyes.\u00c2\u00a0 The love the owners have for her can be seen by the tears in their eyes.<\/p>\n

Green was awarded a gift certificate from MD Barns for $20,000 toward the purchase of a new MD Barn, as well as a hand-crafted Montana Silversmiths buckle.<\/p>\n

First runner-up in this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contest was Temecula Toy Boy, owned by Tara Carlson of Temecula, California. The second runner-up was Panamas Sun, owned by Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Both runners-up received customized Montana Silversmiths buckles.<\/p>\n

In honor of Temecula Toy Boy and Panamas Sun, MD Barns made a $15,000 product donation in both horses\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 names to the American Quarter Horse Foundation.<\/p>\n

In 2000, AQHA teamed with Corporate Partner MD Barns to create the Silver Spur award to recognize American Quarter Horses who have enriched the life of one or more humans, been cast into the national spotlight because of outstanding acts or created a positive image for the breed. The award is based on merit and voted on by AQHA members \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it is not calculated by points or money earned.<\/p>\n

MD Enterprises Inc., manufacturer of MD Barns and Buildings, has been building barns for more than 30 years. An AQHA Corporate Partner since 1998, MD Barns produces the official barn of AQHA and is the industry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leader in design, manufacturing and installation of pre-engineered barns, stables, outbuildings, corral systems and accessories.<\/p>\n

For more information about the MD Barns Silver Spur award, visit www.aqha.com\/association\/benefits\/awards.html\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/em> or call (806) 376-4811.<\/p>\n

AQHA news and information is a service of AQHA publications. For more information on The American Quarter Horse Journal<\/em>, The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal<\/em> or America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Horse<\/em>, visit www.aqha.com\/magazines<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2006 MD Barns Silver Spur award winners were announced at the American Quarter Horse Association Convention in Houston The American Quarter Horse Journal \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The American Quarter Horse Association awarded the 2006 MD Barns Silver Spur Award to Smokin On A Star at the AQHA Convention in Houston on Sunday, March 4, 2007. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Smoky\u00e2\u20ac\u009d […]<\/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-942","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\/942","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=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}