At all three premier events this year there have been over 200 entries in just the Open Derby alone. The Tres Osos Derby in February that runs along with the World's Greatest, the Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes in Las Vegas, and the now the DT Horses Western Derby in Scottsdale have all had over 200 entries in the Open Derby. That has been an over 30% growth if I remember it correctly, compared to last year.

Because of the growth, we have reconstructed our pens and the event competition layout. The Equidome is going to be for the Reining and Fence Work only. Also because of the growth we have to set up a permanent Cutting pen in the North Hall. That is something that will be new and will make the experience even better. We will have the perfect back drop, the perfect sized pen and the perfect ground to have a better show. By having those pens set up for the specifically for those events, we won't have to run any horse show classes in the North Hall.

It's amazing! A big Thank You to Taylor and Nicole Sheridan for everything that they do in supporting this with The Run for A Million and even the added money at the qualifiers. We had over 90 Bridle Horses at the Run for A Million qualifier at the Stallion Stakes event this year. I am just going to say this, that with that growth there will be just as many entries for this next qualifier at the DT Horses Western Derby, where they will take the next 8 guys back. Guys will be bringing more horses for more opportunities to make that Top 8. The NRCHA is always looking for what's coming, or what has become a problem and we try to stay ahead of it the best that we can.

Visionary — Confident — Believer

They said to me, "Why are you training horses? You should be an actor!" They did not really say that! Really, they were just excited. It is neat when you may not have heard from a friend in a long time and they just give you a "High Five" thru a text a phone call or something like that. The one scene they had to retake like 4 or 5 times. I was probably messing it up. It was fun and it's something kinda cool and not something that every person gets to have in their life. I am very honored and thankful that I got the opportunity on such an incredible TV Show. We are getting publicity thru Yellowstone and TRFAM, but I myself for Yellowstone, have not heard if they want me back or anything like that, since then.

Absolutely! Between the growth and the numbers, the conversations that we have in our board meetings where we are looking towards the future, not just sitting back and kicking our feet up and going, "Well everything seems to be going pretty good, OK nothing else to talk about." We are always talking about what can be next. How can it be bigger? How can it be better? Along the way it makes for challenges, but we have been able to work thru it and we all have learned a lot along the way. We plan to keep going in that direction.

Russell Dilday won it all three times on Topsails Rein Maker. Patience, time and consistency is what it take to create a World's Greatest horse!

Honored. I had three different customers that trusted my program. I have so many great customers that trust my judgement and plan. It always doesn't go according to plan, but they allow me the time to be creative and work thru challenges as they come about. Really I am honored more than anything.

Opportunity is the #1 reason, and this is going to be a great next chapter in life for me and my family. I am in the middle of moving right now. It is super exciting! Stressful too. I mean as we speak, I have got 33 horses driving down the road, on five rigs and four cows. We all left starting at 2am this morning. We left in waves, kinda in shifts, and right now the first truck is not too far from pulling into the ranch. Right now I am in Abilene, so about an hour and a half to go for us. My family will move out after the Western Derby because of school. It was time for me to get going and start this next chapter.

I love it! What they are going to do for the industry, what they have created, what they are creating is just great. They are fantastic. They are only out there to make the Western Lifestyle that much better.

It is a personal goal for him. That was his first Cow Horse that you saw at the Sun Circuit, and he bought that horse himself with his own money. Teton Ridge was excited for his interest in it and wanting to do it and they are supporting him in it too. This is all up to him, this is his. You know how Andrea is, he has a goal in mind. Being the great rider that he is, he is learning to become a better listener. We have had a lot of fun together with him coming over and taking lessons. It has helped me, to be honest, too. We are always picking each others brains while having a lot of fun. From what he tells me, it is a big release for him.

It was exciting to see Andrea at Sun Circuit because it was a collaboration between two really great horseman! The Teton Ridge Team was working together.

I do not know the words beyond proud! I don't know what that word is for both Kristen and I. Because it is out livelihood, and because we grew up doing it, we defiantly wanted him to at least give it a try. If he wants to keep moving forward, we left it up to him. Yes, he has been blessed with an awesome horse, and that horse has been in our lives for a long time and means so much to us. When the opportunity arose that on day it could be Caleb's horse, and what those two have achieved so far and how much joy it gives us to watch him. It is words beyond proud for us as parents.

He has been out there and GT has just been taking care of him. And it started to effect him a little bit, but now he is starting to understand the importance of how to hold your hand, when do you use your leg and little things like that, that have really raised the bar for him. It's exciting because I know that he can do things, but just like everything, he has got to work on it. He has a great horse, and opportunities to ride with everyone. All of our friends are constantly giving him help, or maybe a lesson, or a little tip here and there. It is so cool to see that and how he knows that is just going to make him a better horseman.