Minnesota professional trainer Lainie DeBoer keeps a 4-H trophy she won at the 1978 Ramsey County Fair with her pony, Piglet in her barn right alongside all her World Show globes. “It’s there to remind me where I came from and how far I’ve come,” she said. And it’s been a journey. Since launching her […]
Make a plan. Work the plan. Make the plan work. South Carolina professional trainer TR Potts got that advice from his father-in-law many years ago and he says he lives by those rules every day. The son of Verlin Potts and Julie Munson, TR is a third-generation horseman on both sides of his family. Growing up […]
Her resume reads like a who’s who of the show horse industry and early this year, with the knowledge and experience that can only be gained by working alongside the best, Amanda Ringer established her own training operation – AR Performance Horses – in Dunnellon, Florida. While she was growing up, Amanda’s mother, Renee Ringer, showed […]
In the past, if you had asked 25-year-old Juliana Arora (formerly Juliana Blackburn-Baskin) what her favorite horse show is, no doubt she would have said the All-American Quarter Horse Congress, held each October in Columbus, Ohio. But if you ask her today, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic that shut down just about all shows […]
There are two very important lessons that Ray Carmean has always remembered throughout his 40-plus year career as a professional horse trainer – 1) Never push. Take your time with young horses and they will tell YOU when they are ready; and 2) Break them so other people can ride them. Carmean didn’t originally set […]
For Larken Elianna McCampbell, of Mableton, Georgia 2019 was a year to remember. She and her show partner, The Next Big Hit (Andre), earned a circuit championship every time they competed. They were unanimous champions in Level 1 and Youth 14-18 Hunter Under Saddle at the Lucky 7 Circuit. And, the pair ended the year […]
Age: 37 Family: Wife, Joanna; sons, Silas, 13 and Caleb, 12; parents, Jim & Judy Himes. Hometown: Albany, Georgia. Education: Homeschooled for high school and then attended the two-year Miracle Mountain Ranch School of Discipleship program in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania. The facility: JH Performance Horses is located in Albany, Georgia, and consists of our residence, […]
Age: 37. Family: Parents, Donald and Stephanee Flentje; siblings, Gina, Chad and Mya Flentje. Hometown: Verona, Wisconsin. Spouse: Ben Shortreed. We met during my freshman year in college and married in 2015. We currently don’t have any children but that about to change. This past December we hosted an orphaned girl from Colombia for the […]
Age: 17. Hometown: Chelsea, Michigan. Education: II will be graduating this year with honors from Chelsea High School. In the fall I will be attending the University of South Carolina, studying engineering and riding on the equestrian team. How I got involved with horses: My mom always said that before I could stand, I loved anything […]
Age: 36 Family: Mother, Aileen Bryant, St. Anthony, Iowa. Home Town: Alden, Iowa. Education: Graduate of Alden High School and attended Ellsworth Community College. The facility: Includes a 16-stall barn with apartment, wash rack and attached 80-by-100-foot arena situated on 25 acres beautifully appointed with pipe fencing in Willard, Missouri. It also features four large […]
Age: 19. Parents: Todd and Pam Delagrange. Hometown: Woodburn, Indiana. Education: Graduated from Leo High School in 2018; attending Indiana University in Fort Wayne. After 1.5 years in pre-med I switched my major to nursing. Occupation: I am just now starting a position in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Parkview Regional Medical Center as […]
If you ask Shawn Johnson how she became involved in showing horses, she will chuckle and tell you that she never really had a choice in the matter. Shawn’s parents, Francis and Delores Schanen had horses long before Shawn was born. As soon as they married Shawn’s parents bought property in Grafton, Wisconsin where they […]