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“Personal Trainer” Online Training Videos featuring Shawn Flarida
Exciting news from Shawn and Team Green! We have been hard at work on a Virtual Clinic Series that will allow everyone to participate in Shawn’s clinics, no matter where you live. “Since the clinics will be held on the web, there is no limit to the number of riders I can work with each month,” says Shawn. “Over the years, I have always been disappointed that we have had to turn folks away from my clinics. Michele and I put our heads together and figured the best way to share knowledge today is via the internet and we have been working to bring this program to life. Watch for sign up information over the next few weeks and be sure to get logged on.”
Shawn’s “Personal Trainer Series” will mirror the clinics he has done over the years, but without the time limit of a normal clinic, he will be able to delve a little deeper in to each maneuver and spend more time helping you work through any problems.
Justice Comes to Perry, GA
August 15, 2010 – Shawn traveled to Perry, GA with a trailer full of three year olds and brought home two more championships. Flarida triumphed in the Open Futurity aboard the Buffalo Ranch’s SDP Justice Is Comin and Sammy Ely won the Non Pro and Intermediate Non Pro futurities aboard Heza Majestic Spook. Read more in our Latest News…
Quistador Triumphs In St. Paul, MN
August 9, 2010 – Shawn and Quistador, a three year old stallion by Conquistador Whiz and owned by Gus & Gaynia Revenberg, made his show ring debut at the NCRHA Futurity in St. Paul, MN. Read more in our Latest News…
Academic Excellence for Cody Flarida
August 5, 2010 -Shawn and Michele were excited to learn this week that their oldest son, Cody, was nominated to a “study abroad” program by his teachers. The 15 year old ninth grader was selected by the National Teacher of the Year program to travel abroad for a year with the group “People To People”. “This is a select group of students that travel abroad during their sophmore year of school,” Michele explained. “We couldn’t be more proud of him!”
Although this is a fabulous opportunity for the incoming freshman, who is showing great promise in football camp this summer, it will be pretty hard to get him away from the athletic field. Congratulations Cody on this incredible accomplishment!
Clayton Woosley Hall of Fame Reining
August 1, 2010 – Shawn and his crew made the trip to Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY to compete at the CKRHA Clayton Woosley Hall of Fame reining. It was a great show with Shawn winning the Open Derby and Rick Clark winning the Non Pro and Intermediate Non Pro derbies. Read more in our Latest News…
Clark County Fair Hosts Reining Demo
July 27, 2010 – Shawn and KR Lil Conquistador traveled just a mile down the road to demonstrate reining for the Clark County 4-H members. Working NRHA pattern 5 to full bleachers and folks lining the rails, Shawn and KR showed the local horse population the skills that helped them win the 2005 Futurity and Congress Futurity. Read more in our Latest News…
It’s A Gold Medal for Shawn & RC Fancy Step
July 11, 2010 -Shawn and RC followed up their stellar performance in Round 1 with an equally impressive showing Round 2 at the Battle In The Saddle. Posting a 223 on Saturday, RC and Shawn earned the gold medal in the Adequan/USEF Open Reining Championship, as well as earning a spot the 2010 WEG Team USA. Read more in our Latest News…
Shawn Wins Round 1!
July 8, 2010 – RC Fancy Step and Shawn took the lead in WEG Team USA Qualifier competition today with a big score of 223.5 – a full two and a half points ahead of the nearest competitor. “He felt as good as he ever has today,” Shawn said after his run of NRHA pattern 5. “I couldn’t have asked him to be any better.” Wimpys Little Chic marked a 219.5 and is currently tied for sixth place.
Click here for Shawn’s interview with Quarter Horse News
The second go round will be held on Saturday, July 10, and there will be two sections of competition. The lowest 15 scores will work Saturday morning and the top 15 scores will work on Saturday evening. It took a score of 217 to make the top 15 and the majority of the scores are between a 217 & 219.
Shawn is excited that both his horses are in the top 15, but that is going to keep him very busy on Saturday. Lexi is draw 7 and RC is draw 13. It will be tight but Shawn is confident in these two horses. Check back for the final results!
WEG Selection Trials Begin Tomorrow
July 7, 2010 – The first go round of the two go round team selection trial begins tomorrow in Oklahoma City. Shawn and his two faithful mounts are ready to go! The jog went off with out a hitch today and the horses have all been moved into their secure stalls. The class starts Thursday morning at 7 AM CST. RC is draw 8 and Lexi is draw 21 out of a field of 31 horses. Updates will be posted tomorrow afternoon.
KR Lil Conquistador is a Winner at the Battle In The Saddle
July 7, 2010 – Jeff & Cheree Kirkbride’s KR Lil Conquistador and Shawn won the $1000 Open and the AQHA Open class at the Battle In The Saddle. KR is now qualified for the Senior Reining at the AQHA World Show. The first round of WEG competition is on Thursday – Check back for updates!
WEG Selection Trials for Team USA
July 6, 2010 – Shawn is back in OKC for the Team USA selection trials for the 2010 World Equestrian Games which will be held this fall in Lexington, KY. Shawn was a member of the very first Team USA that competed at the WEG in Jerez, Spain in 2002. He and Sanjo Freckles were members of the Gold medal winning team. Shawn and Sanjo were also the first winners of the Reining Individual Gold medal.
This year Shawn has two faithful show partners with him and hopes to make the team on one of them. Wimpys Little Chic (Lexi), NRHA’s all-time leading money earner, and RC Fancy Step, Congress Open Futurity champion and 2009 NRHA Open Derby champion, are his mounts for this tough selection trial.
Look for more updates this week as we follow Shawn progress.
Wimpys Little Chic – Writes another page in NRHA history. . .
June 29, 2010 – Wimpys Little Chic, affectionately known as “Lexi”, became the first horse in NRHA history to have lifetime earnings in excess of $500,000. Prior to the start of the NRHA Derby, she was just $14,000 shy of the half million dollar mark. However, she was a money earner in the first go round with a score of 225.5 and then earned another $15,265.54 for her tie-fourth finish in the finals.
The pretty palomino mare is owned by Arcese Quarter Horses USA and was bred by Monica Watson’s Double Run Farm. She wrote her first page in NRHA history when she became the first NRHA futurity champion sired by a futurity champion. She followed that up with another entry in the history books when she became the first horse to win the NRHA Futurity, NRBC and NRHA Derby consecutively, earning NRHA’s unofficial “Triple Crown”. At the 2009 NRHA Derby she became the first horse in NRHA history to exceed $400,000 in earnings. She and Shawn are currently NRHA’s all-time leading money-earners.
Lexi’s next stop is the World Equestrian Games Team USA Qualifier, which will be held in conjunction with the Battle In The Saddle, July 5-10, 2010, Oklahoma City, OK. She and Shawn will be vying for a berth on the USA WEG Team.
