July 20, 2012

Ride the Rail/Ride the Pattern Clinics

AQHA Professional Horsemen will teach free Ride the Rail/Ride the Pattern clinics sponsored by Nutrena at the 2012 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show.

A schedule of the Ride the Rail/Ride the Pattern clinics at the Ford Youth World can be found at www.aqha.com/youthworld.

Whether you’re a competitor or spectator, August 3-8 in Oklahoma City is the place to be for free Ride the Rail/Ride the Pattern clinics taught by AQHA Professional Horsemen at the 2012 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show. The Ride the Rail/Ride the Pattern clinics are sponsored by Nutrena.

At the free clinics, Professional Horsemen will demonstrate how exactly they would approach the class or pattern and spectators have the chance to monitor and attend these demonstrations.

“The Ride the Rail/Ride the Pattern clinics provide exhibitors and spectators the perfect opportunity to see exactly how these AQHA Professional Horsemen would approach the upcoming class or pattern,” said Tom Persechino, AQHA executive director of competition and breed integrity. “The clinics are interactive, offering a great opportunity for any horseman to glean a good bit of knowledge from some of the industry’s leading professionals.”

On deck to teach the clinics are:

• Western riding – Charlie Cole and Jason Martin of Pilot Point, Texas
• Horsemanship – Brad Kearns of Grayslake, Illinois
• Trail – Buddy Fisher of Abilene, Texas
• Showmanship – Ryan Cottingim of New Albany, Indiana
• Western pleasure – Adam Wainscott of Aubrey, Texas
• Hunt seat equitation – Lainie DeBoer of Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Hunter under saddle – Jerry Erickson of Sanger, Texas
• Working cow horse – Sam Rose of Pilot Point, Texas, and Todd Crawford of Blanchard, Oklahoma

A schedule of the Ride the Rail/Ride the Pattern clinics at the Ford Youth World can be found at www.aqha.com/youthworld.
The first Ride the Rail/Ride the Pattern clinics debuted at the 2011 AQHA World Championship Show in Oklahoma City.

Ride the Rail/Ride the Pattern clinics will be offered at the other AQHA world championship shows: AQHA Corporate Partner Nutrena are sponsoring the Ride the Rail/Ride the Pattern clinics at the 2012 Ford Youth World, Adequan Select, Bank of America Amateur and FedEx Open world shows.

Stay tuned to www.aqha.com/showing for announcements of Professional Horsemen scheduled to teach the Ride the Rail/Ride the Pattern clinics sponsored by Nutrena at the Adequan Select, Bank of America Amateur and FedEx Open world shows.

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