susanne
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This is not a criticism of others, as I think it's great when trainers involve youth in their programs, and it's fantastic for the kids to get a chance at showing a national caliber horse, but...
I LOVE looking through the AMHR youth results and seeing where the youth showing is also the registered owner (some appear to be owned by all the kids, or the kids and their parents).
I realize this is no guarantee that the horse is the AMHR equivalent of AOTE -- some of these are big farms or have been with trainers, but I'm hoping that at least a few are small farms where the kids did a lot of the training
...maybe I'm just totally naiive, but it would be nice if there were special recognition of youth who make it to Nationals on their own with their own horse...
I LOVE looking through the AMHR youth results and seeing where the youth showing is also the registered owner (some appear to be owned by all the kids, or the kids and their parents).
I realize this is no guarantee that the horse is the AMHR equivalent of AOTE -- some of these are big farms or have been with trainers, but I'm hoping that at least a few are small farms where the kids did a lot of the training
...maybe I'm just totally naiive, but it would be nice if there were special recognition of youth who make it to Nationals on their own with their own horse...