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70 The WRANGLER, Horse and Rodeo News • May 5-19, 2021 Montana Quarter Horse Association PRESIDENT Tyrell Burklund - (406) 240-7661 cowboyuptyrell@hotmail.com VICE PRESIDENT Tracy Knutson-Brown - (406)491-4331 equineimages1@gmail.com SECRETARY/TREASURER Laura Bakker – (406)239-3822 LBakker4@gmail.com NEWSLETTER The Wrangler 307.851.9854 horses@thewrangler.com For membership form go to www.montanaqha.com MQHA News "Dear Horse industry, Stop being awful. Grow people. Stop pu ng others down for the sake of one's own prosperity. Li them up. Stop the whispers in the warm up ring. Give people kindness. Stop the snarky remarks behind closed doors. Find something good to say. Stop with the clicks and underhanded complements. Stop with the need for newest and latest fashions or tack sets but never riding your horse in fear they may get dirty. Stop manipula ng others words or ac ons. Stop normalizing poor sportsmanship and start normalizing folks who work hard. Chances are if you've had horses long enough you've encountered some sort of this. From the compe on world, to trail riders, to rescues, to top level riders, it's everywhere and it's terrible and it's got to stop. It's got to. I've met riders, young and old, who are petrified to ride in front of people because somewhere along the line, someone told them they weren't good enough. I've seen talented people quit because of gossip and I've seen people give up on what they believe in because folks made them believe they were only 1' tall. When you see a rider kicking themselves a er a bad ride, tell them great job for hanging in there and give them some ps. When you see that girl show up in the rusty old bumperpull, know she likely put everything she had into her entry fees. When you see an organiza on figh ng for what they believe in, fight with them. When you see the girl too shy to ride, ask her to help you out by hopping on to keep your horse company because it would be an awfully big help. When you see the girl scared to death in line up remind them why they are there and they have this. When you see the girl discouraged over progress, remind them how far they have come. The world is full of ugliness, horses should be our escape, not a place we feel beli led. We are all incredibly blessed to have Equines in our life. Becoming be er Horseman is hard enough without having folks tear you down. Please start normalizing raising each other up. Written by -Erin O›Neill As I read through the statement above, I could totally relate to the author's message. While I consider myself to be a more glass half-full person, I know there are readers out there who know someone (including myself) who con nually believe the glass is half-empty! And while all of us, at some me in our lives, have thought something nega ve about another individual, as we have all aged, I guess I would rather think in a more posi ve and less judgmental fashion. So, the next me you see that person who might not be at the top of their game (yet), give them an a a boy or girl for just showing up. Let's all prac ce being that posi ve, glass half-full person. Who knows? Maybe it will be the next Pandemic! What a thought? And speaking of Pandemic, how many of you brave souls have go en both your first and second Covid shots? First one for me, piece of cake. A li le sore in the arm, but for anyone having a tetanus shot, this was a breeze! Then shot No. 2 came along. Holy mother, I cannot remember being as sick as I was with that shot! Laid me low for a FULL day and then a er shocks for the next several days. And now they are saying a booster every 6 months. Not on your life, at least for me. I am totally not into self- torture, and this cowgirl will have to pass. Be safe everyone! Welcome new MQHYA member Madelyn Rider! Hope we get a chance to meet in person somewhere down the road. Holly Hover Clinic is full but there are plenty of spots for audi ng this incredible lady's clinic. The Clinic is sponsored by the Montana Quarter Horse Youth Associa on. May 8-9 2021 Galla n River Ranch Equestrian Center591 Equestrian Center Loop, Manha an, MT 59741 Showmanship, Horsemanship, & Trail Clinic Saturday: Showmanship & Horsemanship Sunday: Trail and extra help/ques ons. Holly Hover has spent her career training and judging at the highest levels of AQHA compe on. Holly is carded with AQHA, APHA, NSBA, and NRHA. With decades of experience training several world champion riders and horses as well as judging the AQHA world show herself, is well prepared to help you reach your goals for this show season. AQHA News: The tenta ve schedule for the 2021 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show is now available online. The schedule includes Level 3, Adequan® Level 2, Nutrena Level 1 youth classes and 13-&-Under Level 3 core classes. New for 2021, ranch trail and working hunter under saddle will also be offered and included as all-age Level 3 classes. After careful consideration of the pandemic's impact on qualifying opportunities for all youth members between the AQHA Executive Committee, AQHA Show Council, AQHA Affiliate Advisory Board, affiliates, youth advisers and AQHA Show Department staff, the Executive Committee made the calculated decision to waive traditional qualifying for the 2021 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show, tenta vely scheduled for July 28 - August 8 at the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. Entry informa on will be released online at a later date. The entry process for the 2021 Ford Youth World will remain with the youth advisers, as it has been in previous years. AQHYA exhibitors interested in compe ng at the Ford Youth World will con nue to work through their respec ve advisers to enter and must meet affiliate requirements to compete. View the list of affiliate youth advisers. Contact your youth adviser for more details on the Ford Youth World requirements and the online entry process. Youth exhibitors entering only Nutrena Level 1 classes are not required to work through a youth adviser to enter those classes, but can work through their affiliate adviser if they need help with the entry process. Nutrena Level 1 entry forms will also be available online at www.aqha.com/ youthworld. Read for more details, including informa on regarding performance halter classes. In 2020, AQHA implemented a new draw process for concurrent Level 3 and Adequan® Level 2 classes held during the Farnam AQHA and Adequan® Select World Championship Shows. AQHA will also implement a similar draw process for the 2021 Ford Youth World. Working orders for concurrent Level 3 and Adequan® Level 2 classes will be randomly drawn with Adequan® Level 2 exhibitors included. Therefore, Adequan® Level 2 entries will not be held at the end of each concurrent Level 3 and Adequan® Level 2 class. Entries with the same rider will have their score rolled over. For horses with two riders, separate draws will be generated.