Youth Ambassador 2007

Reed  Rackley

In June my horse Pirate and I traveled to Ava with my mom Jackie and my Grandmother Katie Ferris for the Spring Show and Youth Seminar. This was my second trip to Ava for the seminar.

I met so many wonderful people that volunteered their time to give clinic's for all the kids. Lisa Petty did a great job teaching the driving clinic, the best part was actually driving Pixie! It inspired me so much that as soon as I got home I started to ground drive Pirate!

My most favorite part of the week was the versatility clinic given by Dr. Roger Cole, Sally and Duane Scott and Elmer Scott. They helped me understand exactly what to do with Pirate in each class. We even had a friendly competition in the afternoon with cash prizes!!!

I owe Lisa Petty a special Thanks for sponsoring me and Pirate so we could compete in some of the Versatility classes during the Spring Show! I felt so confident on what I learned from Dr. Cole and the Scott's that I entered some Versatility classes at our local show the weekend that we got home!

I also was fortunate enough to carry the youth flag for the opening ceremony of the Spring Show...I loved hearing our name on the loud speaker, that was cool! I was an official ribbon presenter as well!

It was so nice to see some friends that I met at last years Youth Seminar and meet new friends. We had a blast during our fun show with all the great classes. I am already planning on coming to next years Youth Seminar!

Thank you again to everyone who worked so hard to make the Youth Seminar soooo much fun!

See you next year!

Reed and Pirate

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