2011 Equine Presenters

Curt Pate
“Stockmanship & Stewardship”

Sponsored by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (www.beef.org)

For more than a decade Curt Pate has conducted demonstrations and clinics on stockmanship, colt starting, horsemanship and safety. His exceptional horsemanship and stockmanship demonstrations along with his skills as an effective communicator make him one of the most sought after clinicians on both the national and international scene.

Curt's personal experience incorporating effective stockmanship principles supports a “for profit” mindset; a life-long working rancher himself, he fully understands the increased economic benefits of handling stock correctly and sustainably. Not only does Curt think “outside the box” (and challenges others to do the same), he also willingly shares his knowledge with others.

Curt has a great deal to offer in the area of horsemanship skills as well, even for riders and competitors without cattle or stock handling needs. Curt has been selected by the American Quarter Horse Association to serve as an AQHA Professional Horseman as well as their Regional Experience Clinician, both of which are highly prized endorsements.

Curt will give teaching demonstrations at least twice every day during the Ag Expo. In between, visit with Curt at the NCBA booth or around the grounds.

“Rescued to Ride” Colt Starting
with Jason Patrick & Scott Whinfrey

Sponsored by the Colorado Unwanted Horse Alliance (http://counwantedhorse.org)

Rescued to Ride is dedicated to training horses from compatible horse rescue organizations, decreasing the number of unwanted horses within North America, and educating the public on the issue of horse overpopulation, while teaching effective horsemanship techniques at every level.  

Working with a skilled crew of individuals, and decades of experience combined, Rescued to Ride not only offers effective training for the horses, but also demonstrates unique, "free-horse" colt-starting techniques, and general horsemanship to live audiences at equine venues across the country.

About Jason Patrick: Jason is a Colorado ranch-raised cowboy who discovered natural horsemanship as a teenager. Jason has professionally trained horses for the past 17 years and has developed his own style of horsemanship that has been noticed and appreciated by people across the country. Perhaps his best advertisement has been his horses, which have been admired showing their skills in ranch rodeos and Ranch Horse Versatility competitions, as well as in completing everyday ranch work. Jason has been featured on CMT, RFD-TV and numerous radio programs and in national publications, and is popular at horse expos and clinics throughout North America. A successful competitor in many disciplines and capable of training at every level, Jason is known especially for giving young horses an excellent foundation; he has started approximately 2000 horses, but in the Rescued to Ride program, he also excels at “re-starting” horses who have been mishandled or neglected or left too long idle. It’s obvious from watching Jason at work that helping a horse learn—from whatever starting point—is his passion and his joy.

About Scott Whinfrey: Raised in suburban California, Scott was a cowboy without a horse until he was teenager. Knowing all he wanted to do was be a cowboy, Scott worked on ranches in Oregon and Washington while attending college before setting out on a world-wide adventure to learn horsemanship. Scott worked on some of the worlds largest and most remote ranches in Australia, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina. At each destination he left his western tack at home in order to ride and work the same as the locals starting hundreds of young horses and driving countless herds of cattle along the way. Those experiences, combined with five years back in the US training world class reining and reined cow horses, have made Scott an accomplished horseman and colt starter.  Scott runs a training facility and farrier business located in Steamboat Springs, CO where he specializes in reined cowhorse and Ranch Horse Versatility competitions.  Watch for him out on the road showing some nice young horses this coming show season. After long days of instruction and training Scott enjoys playing the guitar and singing cowboy songs or building his own tack. 

Learn more about Rescued to Ride at www.rescuedtoride.org .

Glenn Ryan
“Packing Skills for the Real World”

Sponsored by the United States Forest Service, Region 2

Glenn Ryan is the leader packer for the USFS Region 2 Specialty Pack String, based in Shawnee, CO. A skilled instructor as well as a hardy and seasoned hand with livestock, Glenn spends about eight months of the year traveling throughout the Rocky Mountains packing in gear and materials for projects on public lands. He teaches week-long packing clinics for USFS employees as well as the public, and partners with the Four Corners Back Country Horsemen every June to offer an intensive, five-day, hands-on seminar for packers in the Four Corners area. Glenn appears with the USFS horses and mules at expos, fairs and parades from Wyoming and Nebraska to southern Colorado.

In progressive arena demonstrations throughout the event, Glenn will cover equipment, knots, different packing approaches, livestock selection, packing odd shapes, and dealing with unexpected trail and terrain challenges. In between presentations, Glenn will be at the USFS Pack String booth to answer questions and trade stories about adventures on the trail.

Devin Warren: Integrity, Determination, Success

Devin Warren is the driving force behind Warren Performance Horses, located in Franktown Colorado for over 12 years. Warren Performance Horses is an internationally known facility that is home base to World Champions, Reserve World Champions and many more outstanding horses and owners. Devin began showing through the 4-H program at an early age. In order to pursue a life-long goal of training reining horses, he apprenticed and worked at Pine Run Ranch in Elbert, Co before opening his own facility in 1999. Today Devin operates a successful training barn with his wife Jolene and their three boys: Garrett, Gavin and Graydon. Devin's desire is to promote reining horses to all levels and ages of indiviuals and to guide his clientele to fulfill goals with their horses. As a family man, Devin understands the importance of instilling good values and work ethics in all his students and he strives to help his people both youth and adult, to be the best riders and people that they can be. The outstanding results of his youth riders and amateur competitors, as well as the open horses, in the NRHA and APHA arenas continue to prove that Devin's technique as a trainer and teacher produce winners.

Devin's website is full of useful information: www.warrenperformancehorses.com .

 
Moses Woodson
"TLC: Trust, Leadership & Control"

The mission of Moses Woodson Horsemanship is to enable folks with the tools necessary to achieve their goals and make their dreams come true. Moses' belief is that first you need a plan, and from a plan, you will understand what tools you need; when you acquire those, you can achieve your goal. In Moses' words: "Dream a dream, set a goal, make a plan, learn the tools, experience success."

At the Ag Expo, Moses will present his program "TLC: TRUST, LEADERSHIP & CONTROL." With "TLC" in place, you can begin to acquire the tools to accomplish anything you want with your horses, whether you want to calm a nervous horse, become a better leader, achieve a better gait. You can fulfill your dreams.

Learn more about Moses at www.moseswoodson.com .