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Name: Brooke Boyle Age: 14 City/ State: Ione, CA A bit about myself:

Name: Lindsey Bernbaum Age: 16 City/ State: Dufur, OR A bit about myself: Hi. My name is Lindsey Bernbaum. My family and I live on a small ranch in Dufur, OR.  I love reining and have been showing with NRHA since I was ten years old. I have ridden my whole life and also enjoy riding Hunt Seat and competing in High School Rodeo.  Besides Rodeo and High School Equestrian my favorite sport has to be volleyball!  I also am an active member of the FFA, 4-H, Youth Action Council, and the National Honor Society.  Being a part of all these associations is fun and has allowed me to meet tons of people and make life long friends.  My reining horse Espressolina aka Mesa is super fun to ride, I have had her since she was two. I started her myself and did all the training. This is her first show season and I am so happy to have qualified for the affiliate championships in all my classes!  That’s just a little about me. I hope to bring something special to the NyRHA and promote the sport of reining!

Name: Cheyenne Carpenter Age: 13 City/ State: Clements, CA A bit about myself:

Name: Courtney Yohey Age: 10 City/ State: Modesto, CA A bit about myself: I am an honor student and was on the Honor Roll my 1st and 2nd grade year. I have been on the Superintendents List all of 3rd and 4th grade. I play the violin for my school orchestra. I am VERY involved with WCRHYA. I aspire to serve as an officer for NRHyA some day. I want to go to college and ride NCAA for an equestrian team. I also want to grow up and be a Reining Horse Trainer. The two people I look up to the most, are my trainer Sherry Perrine and Reining Trainer Doug Milholland.

Name: Olivia Hartman Age: 12 City/ State: Scottsdale, AZ A bit about myself: Olivia enjoys art and playing the piano.  Her accomplishments have ranged from making the honor roll at her school to winning Reserve Champion for Arizona Reining Horse Association Short Stirrup class as well as being a Southwest Regional Affiliate Qualifier.

Name: Jordan Willette Age: 16 City/ State: Prescott, AZ A bit about myself: Jordan enjoys endurance riding, walk-a-thons for Pro-Life.  She is a blue belt in Tae Kwondo and is a tri-state baton twirling champion. Jordan is an honor student and was invited to the Jr. National Young Leadership Conference as well as having the distinct honor of placing the wreath on the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier. Jordan was last year’s Youth 14-18 Champion for the Arizona Reining Horse Association and has reached the youth 50 point award marker.

Name: Maggie Farry Age: 14 City/ State: Phoenix, AZ A bit about myself: Maggie enjoys swimming, writing, running, scrapbooking and participating in her student government.  She is an honor roll student and has placed 3rd in the butterfly for her Desert swim league.  Maggie’s NRHA honors include various ribbons and placing 4th in the Arizona Reining Horse Association.

Name: Christi Gordon Age: 15 City/State: Evergreen, CO A bit about myself: Hi, I am Christi Gordon from the beautiful mountains of Evergreen, Colorado. I show 6-year old gelding paint horse, Nugget, in Youth, Non-Pro, and Derby reining. I am also a classical pianist and draw horse portraits for many clients through my business, Custom Horse Portraits. I have been fortunate enough to win both NRHyA, AjPHA and numerous other national art contests over the years and have my artwork in galleries across the country. I also love the Colorado Rockies, creative writing, and math of all sorts. Alongside my younger twin sisters and my eleven year old brother, I am homeschooled through Colorado Heritage Educational School System (CHESS) and will be a senior in the honors high school program. I have also served as the NRHyA national director form the Mountain Region for the past 2 years, been an AjPHA national director for the past 3 years, served on the Executive Committee of the AjPHA, and am the current president of the Rocky Mountain Reining Horse Youth Association. It has been a great honor to attend 4 national youth leadership conferences. I have won numerous scholarships and reining titles, with the most exciting being the inaugural NRHA Youth of the Year in 2007.

Name: JW Stoney Age: 18 City/ State: McClave, CO A bit about myself: Hi, I'm JW Stoney, a delegate for the Rocky Mountain Reining Horse Youth Association, based in Denver, Colorado. I live with my parents, Jeff and Connie, and my sister, Amy, in Springfield, Colorado. My dad is the District Ranger for the Comanche National Grasslands in Springfield. Our family owns and operates Stoney's Performance Horses and Whoazone.com. We are all involved with the horses on a daily basis, thanks to the fact that Amy and I are home schooled. I have been showing reining horses as a non pro since I was 10. l have been involved in two youth affiliates since that time. As an NRHA youth delegate, I hope to promote the sport of reining to more youth and to help NRHA in any and every way that I am able. See you at the shows! JW enjoys welding and shooting his shot gun.  He has won several awards in clay shooting sports and was the 2006 Non Pro champion at the Summer Slide event held in Denver.

Name: Heathryn Livingston Age: 10 City/ State: Glade Park, CO A bit about myself: Heathryn enjoys skiing, piano and running marathons.  Heathryn has already completed one 5k race and is preparing for her second.  She loves all animals is a straight “A” student.  She has won multiple ribbons and plaques for 10 & Under short stirrup classes.  She was also the year end winner in the Western Slope Reining Horse Association 10 & Under division.

Name: Allyson Hallberg Age: 9 City/ State: Parker, CO A bit about myself: Allyson enjoys skiing and playing the viola.  She participates in her school plays and has been reining for over 2 years.

Name: Helen Lauth Age: 18 City/ State: Eyota, MN A bit about myself: Helen graduated from Dover-Eyota High School with Distinguished High Honors in May 2008.  She is now a freshman at South Dakota State University in Brookins, SD.  Helen was recruited to SDSU Women’s NCAA Equestrian team thanks to her hard work in the Reining pin.  She enjoys riding her reiner “Boots” aka “DB Approved” out through the woods on their place, showing reining horses, deer and pheasant hunting, fishing, going to plays and spending time with her friends.  Helen has won multiple year end awards in the North Central Reining Horse Association (including 2 saddles) and the Missouri Reining Horse Association. She was 2007 NRHA Top Ten in both Limited Non-Pro and Youth 14-18, and reached the 600 point Youth Incentive Award level.   In 2008 she served as the NCRHyA Youth Co-President, and was the recipient of the Reining Horse Sports Foundation Youth Scholarship.  Helen served as a North Central delegate last year, and is looking forward to making more friends nation-wide and serving the youth again in 2009.

Name: Hannah Bengtson Age: 16 City/ State: Macomb, IL A bit about myself:

Name: Ashlee Kate Hale Age: 10 City/ State: Corcoran, MN A bit about myself: Ashlee Kate is 10-years-old and from Corcoran MN.  She has been riding since she was 3, and her mother trains reining horses.  Ashlee has been showing reining horses for a little over 2 years.  This year she won the saddle in the NCRHA 13 and under Circuit.  Ashlee enjoys having fun and being involved in NRHyA.  She loves doing the youth fundraisers and helping out.  When she is not riding, Ashlee also enjoys swimming, basketball and volleyball.

Name: Abbie Weyeneth Age: 13 City/ State: Davenport, IA A bit about myself: Abbie enjoys volleyball, track, swimming and her participating in her local 4-H club where she has won numerous awards.  One charity of hers is to help raise money and supplies for “Samaritan’s Purse” Oversea Military Service Members.  She is also very active with her church and local charities.  Abbie has won several NRHyA awards like 1st place in the 13 & Under “Spookefest” at the 2008 North Central Regional Affiliate finals as well as being on the first place Youth Team.  She was Reserve High Point at St. Paul, MN.  Abbie is an Honor student and is fluent in Latin.

Name: Braden King Age: 11 City/ State: Pilot Point, TX A bit about myself: Braden enjoys baseball, football, basketball, wood working, art and playing his guitar. He is on his schools honor roll and has won the work ethic award and citizen ship award.  Braden qualified for the Texas State Baseball Tournament and was an All Star four years in a row.  Braden has been competing in reining for five years.

Name: Emily Winegar Age: 14 City/ State: Aubrey, Texas A bit about myself: I am living my dream! Always an animal lover, I was thrilled when my parents purchased Green Valley Ranch in Aubrey, Texas four years ago. I jumped into reining with both boots winning many titles and championships under the direction of Terry Erickson. Some of my 2007 accomplishments include the AQYHA World Reserve Champion, PBHA Youth World Champion, NRBC 13 & under Champion, NRHA Derby 13 & under Champion, and the SWRHA Futurity 13 & under Champion. To accommodate my busy schedule, I am home schooled which helps to provide ample time to travel, train and pursue my love of animals. I spend a great deal of time helping in the breeding barn and playing with my Australian Shepherd, Buffy, who accompanies me to all of the horse shows. I am best known for my smile while competing. I absolutely love reining and it shows when I’m in the arena. I also love getting to know wonderful people in the reining industry and hope to make this a lifetime adventure.

Name: Kaitlin Townsend Age: 16 City/ State: Argyle, TX A bit about myself:

Name: Reed Kyle Age: 17 City/ State: Whitesboro, TX A bit about myself:

Name: Bridget Hyland Age: 12 City/ State: Pittsford, NY A bit about myself: Bridget is new to reining but has been riding horses since she could walk. She lives on my family’s farm where we board horses. Bridget has been in Pony Club and 4-H since she was 5 where she rides Hunters and Event at the novice level. She enjoys all of this, but after riding her first reining horse two years ago she fell in love with Reining. She rides and keeps her reining horse Backcinch Banjoe with Mr. Rick Weaver. She is very excited to be a youth delegate this year and am ready for the 2009 show season.

Name: Libby Robinson Age: 17 City/ State: Columbus, OH A bit about myself: I ride with Ollie Griffith and I have been reining for two years. Outside of NRHA, I participate in IEA which is the Interscholastic Equestrian Association where I do Horsemanship and Reining. I have had experience with leadership before when I served as Vice President on the Autumn Rose High School Equestrian Team in 2006. Outside of reining I enjoy running, singing, school and reading. Libby enjoys singing, hanging out with friends and shopping.  She was part of the 2007 Interscholastic Equestrian Association, was JV Novice Horsemanship National Champion and 2008 IEA Varsity Open Reining National Champion.  Libby has won multiple NRHA affiliate awards and in 2007 finished in the top ten for Youth 14-18 age group.

Name: Amanda Whitney Age: 17 City/ State: Northfield, MA A bit about myself: Amanda is a senior in high school and a member of the Northeast Reining Horse Association. Amanda currently serves as the youth association’s vice president.  She has been riding since eight years of age and reining for the last three years. In 2007, Amanda was the NRHA Reserve World Champion 14-18. She enjoys traveling and meeting new people who rein and looks forward to representing the Northeast's youth as a delegate.

Name: Jordan Brown Age: 16 yrs old City/State: Selma, NC A bit about myself: Jordan enjoys tennis, softball and basketball.  She serves as Treasurer for her Student Government and is an Honor Student.  Jordan was 2003 & 2004 NRHA Reserve World Champion in 13 & Under.  She also won 2005 NRHA World Champion in 13 & Under and 2005 USEF 13 & Under Champion.  In 2006 she was USEF Reserve Champion in 14-18. Jordan Brown was the 2003 NRHA Reserve World Champion Youth 13 & Under riding Topsail Ma Cee Blair. She was the 2004 NRHA Reserve World Champion Youth 13 & Under riding Mr. Jack Tucker and the 2005 NRHA World Champion Youth 13 & Under riding Tamu Topsail Rey. She also won the USEF Championship in 2005 riding Topsail Ma Cee Blair and the USEF Reserve Champion in 2007 riding SW Quickdraw. She also placed 4th at this year’s USEF Championship riding Kidsgotitall and qualified for the affiliate championship in youth 14-18.  Jordan is also the 3rd highest point earning youth in the NRHA. Jordan is a junior at North Johnston High in Kenly, NC where she is an honor student. She also plays on the tennis team and girls softball team.

Name: Keifer Cosper Age: 15 City/State: Wilmington, NC A bit about myself:

Name: Carly Galbraith Age: 14 City/ State: Rocky Mount, NC A bit about myself: Carly enjoys working with horses, helping out with her family’s breeding operation and taking care of her miniature horses and dogs.  She also enjoys working with special needs kids in a local equine program and hanging out with her 4-H and church youth groups.  Carly has won several NRHA awards placing in the Top Ten Nationally in 2004 through 2007.  She was World Champion and Reserve World Champion in the 2008 Youth 13 & Under.   Carly won the 2007 Congress and was USEF National Champion in the same year.

Name: Elizabeth Cosper Age: 12 City/State: Wilmington, NC A bit about myself:

Name: Riley Classen Age: 13 City: Winnipeg, MB A bit about myself: Riley enjoys riding her horse, basketball, water skiing and hockey.  She is an honor student and has been showing reining horses for three years.  She has multiple NRHA awards.

Name: Emily Birch Age: 14 City: LaSalle, MB A bit about myself: Emily enjoys volleyball, hockey and baseball.  She is an Honor student and has been showing reining horses for two years.

Name: Megan Robinson Age: 16 City: Winnipeg, MB A bit about myself: Megan likes playing basketball and baseball and of course riding. She has been riding since she was four-years-old with her aunt, Wendy Robinson. Megan started to show in Quarter Horse shows at the age of six but had a need for speed and switched to reining at age eight. She has been showing reining ever since. In the past seven years she has had three horses the first two are now retired and the third is a seven-year-old mare out of Brenna's kid. This coming show season she would like to qualify for the young rider medal finals and also go to Oklahoma for the Affiliate finals.

Name: Deanna Taras Age: 16 City: Winnipeg, MB A bit about myself: Deanna enjoys basketball, volleyball and Hockey.  Her accomplishments include being an Honor Student and winning silver medal in Volleyball at Nationals.  Her NRHA awards include year end High Point.

Name: Cedrick Grandmaison Age: 15 City/State: Mirabel, Quebec A bit about myself:

Name: Eve Giroux-Larkin Age: 13 City/State: Sherbrooke, Quebec A bit about myself: