AQHA’s QuarterFest is for horse clinic junkies.

Julie Goodnight is coming to QuarterFest. Are you?

Information provided by AQHA member publication America’s Horse

If you’re a clinic junkie – someone who attends every horse clinic possible – you’ll want to circle May 1-3 on your calendar for QuarterFest: A Celebration of the American Quarter Horse at the Tennessee Miller Coliseum in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

We’ll have clinics all weekend long, with four AQHA Professional Horsemen and two nationally recognized trainers: Julie Goodnight of Salida, Colorado; Curt and Tammy Pate, a husband and wife from Newell, South Dakota; Jeff Griffith of Gallatin Gateway, Montana; Christy Landwehr of Aurora, Colorado; and Bo Winslow of Estes Park, Colorado.

There will be a limited number of spots available for people to participate in clinics with their horses. Participation with a horse will be at an additional fee to general admission, so you’ll need to reserve your space in the clinics of your choice when tickets go on sale this month.

Want to brush up on your riding skills before making an appearance at QuarterFest? Get yourself a copy of AQHA’s Borrow a Horse Trainer report. Brought to you by The American Quarter Horse Journal, it’s packed with valuable information from the industry’s top trainers.

They’ll get you up to speed on rider posture, reading your horse, counter-canter, transitions, working straight, shortening and lengthening strides, lateral movements and much more.

However, there are unlimited opportunities to attend clinics without your horse. If you want to audit any of the clinics, your general admission ticket will cover the cost. Take a look at the tentative QuarterFest schedule for more details.

Fundamentals of natural riding, advanced equitation, improving your horse under saddle and common equitation challenges and their solutions are the topics of six clinics being presented by AQHA Professional Horsewoman and Certified Horsemanship Association international spokeswoman Julie Goodnight.

You know Julie as “The Horse Master” on her new RFD-TV television show. Through her varied background – riding and training horses in dressage, jumping, racing, reining, colt-starting, versatility ranch work and wilderness riding – Julie has discovered the underlying principles important to all disciplines. She communicates clearly with horses and riders in any discipline and at any level.

Julie has been featured in America’s Horse, The Trail Rider, Horse & Rider, Equus and Perfect Horse. Her syndicated columns appear in more than 15 regional publications throughout North America. Her interactive Web sites, juliegoodnight.com and horsemaster.juliegoodnight.com, and her channel on Youtube.com reach an even wider audience.

As if Julie Goodnight’s tips weren’t valuable enough, AQHA’s Borrow a Horse Trainer report offers even more help from professional trainers. Order this 46-page, full-color report today. You can download it instantly and print it, or store it on your computer for future reading.

She resides near Salida, Colorado, at her private horse ranch with her husband, Rich Moorhead, who is the CEO of Monarch Ski and Snowboard Area.

QuarterFest is a three-day, education-packed celebration of the American Quarter Horse Association’s 68th anniversary. AQHA members and horse enthusiasts from around the world will gather in Murfreesboro, for fun, entertainment and festivities to honor the world’s most versatile horse – the American Quarter Horse. Our sponsors – Tractor Supply, B&W Trailer Hitches, John Deere, Justin Boots, Merial, Nutrena, Professional’s Choice, Bank of America, Montana Silversmiths, Farnam and Wrangler – share our passion for horses and are an integral part of QuarterFest.

Visit www.aqha.com/quarterfest to enroll in the clinics and purchase your general admission, clinic and extravaganza tickets, and to reserve a spot for you and your horse in the clinics as soon as tickets are available.