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Day: May 10, 2017

Announcing the Trainers, Horses and Judges for the Appalachian Trainer Face Off!

By T. Creamer May 10, 2017 / Leave a comment

We are pleased to announce the full line up for the Appalachian Trainer Face Off!


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The concept is simple:

Making More Horses HIGHLY adoptable is what this event is about.

Displaced equines that have been abandoned or neglect and turn them into awesome equine partners through pairing them for 100 days with trainers across the Appalachian region.

For 100 days, trainers work with their horse making him an accomplished, willing equine partner, and the pair competes for 2 days in August, ending in a free style competition, showcasing their abilities as a horse and trainer team.

The trainers stand to show their skill with difficult cases. The horses stand to gain knowledge that go with them into their adoptive homes, showing what rescues are capable of for many years to come.

Many people now know this region has an abandoned and neglected horse problem. We operate in the Heart of Appalachia.

This is an area that is often rural and battles abject poverty.

We believe the Appalachian Trainer Face Off can make more horses adoptable, prove rescue horses have value and highlight excellent trainers.

Essentially, the FACE OFF will go a long way bu bringing HOPE to previously neglected horses.

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The Appalachian Trainer Face Off for 2018 was one of the books! Sansa, our most remarkable rehab care ever, won the event with her trainer, Brenda Hanson, and she was the highest adoption fee horse at $8,000.00!!! Cortez came in next with a fee of $2,900.00. I will post the full run down on the HOP and ATFO pages soon. Photos coming and many updates. . . But for you now, thank you to EVERYONE who made this possible - it took an army. Thank you for our official ATFO sponsor, Buckeye Nutrition!
Amazing Announcement!!! We have taken ALL horses slated for the Face Off originally but not chosen or that ended up unable to compete initially and found trainers outside of the official FACE OFF able to train them. These horses will have their updates and profiles shared in the same way all of the official ATFO horses do, and they will be scored (if the trainers desire) in the basic skills class with a short "free style demo" Friday evening on August 24th in Winfield, so there will be a winner on this portion, as well, and a small award. Should one of these awesome trainers opt to not compete on the 24th for this mini portion, we will have a HOP volunteer give the horse his/her moment :) This is entirely about allowing these horses their time to shine! The horses will be part of the approved adopter auction, as well. Now tell us if that isn't an amazing ADDED Bonus to this already amazing competition! Your "No Horses are Left Behind" Horse / Trainer pairs are: #HOPTEAMJIGSAW with trainer, Raven at HOP Team Jigsaw: Raven Johnson #HOPTEAMAVA with trainer, Aubrey at Adkins Quarter Horses #HOPTEAMAPOLLO with trainer, Nelson Detweiler #HOPTEAMNELLIE with trainer, Lestor, at Lester Long Horsemanship #HOPTEAMCONFETTI with trainer, Richard, at Hames Horsemanship (Richard also have an official FACE OFF horse, Avenger) Thank you so much to these trainers for stepping in to be sure #nohophorsewasleftbehind
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