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Kyra Bowker, Moriarty, NM,


and Dress Wester Gold won the HP Youth 13&U Western title at the AQHA West Level 1 Championship Show in Las Vegas, NV, September 25-29.


Wes Allison, President and Chief


Executive Officer of Waco’s Extraco Event Center, took the stage in a new way September 26! He and other lo- cals joined professional dancers for Waco’s fifth annual “Dancing With the Waco Stars”, raising $125,000 for The Family Abuse Center in Waco. Lots of you are familiar with Wes in a Stetson


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pion at NavaRio Ranch Horse Productions’ Fall Series September 21 in Somerville.


John Mason Announced as 2019 Region 9 Teaching Excellence Award Recipient John Mason of Spring, TX, was presented


with the 11th annual “Region 9 Teaching Ex- cellence Award” at the 2019 Region 9 Cham- pionships. He received the $5,000 award for demonstrating adherence to sound dressage principles and the ability to communicate these principles so that students develop themselves and their horses in a logical, progressive and humane way up through the levels. John has been the head trainer at Tex-Over


Farms in Conroe, Texas, since 2013. He is a li- censed Bereiter, USDF Bronze and Silver Medalist, US Dressage Finals Champion at Training Level Open and Reserve Champion at First Level Open, and has received Houston Dressage Society’s year-end awards at every level from Training to Intermediare I. Meg Flemming, who established the


award at TDF in 2009, presented the award to John. She said, “John has spent his relatively short career dedicated to learning, training and teaching. He made the decision to pursue his dressage education by going to Germany to train with Johann Zagers for four years, analo- gous to going to university. He has a strong sense of adhering to the German principle of training and teaching, and these principles are clearly evident in his teaching.” John shared, “I am incredibly grateful to


The Dressage Foundation for presenting me with this award. My training philosophy is to


Jeremy Dull was HP Green Horse cham-


train horses and their riders in a way that is competitive for the modern sport while main- taining a happy and healthy horse and rider. Being able to enjoy the sport and grow together in partnership with the horse is, and always will be, the most important aspect of my training. It’s an honor to be recognized for my enthusi- asm in working with riders and their horses to achieve their goals.” John plans to use the $5,000 award for


continuing education opportunities such as clinics, young horse symposiums and the FEI Trainers Conference. Dressage instructors are nominated by stu-


dents or peers, and then submit an application that is reviewed by a prominent Selection Committee. w


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