We are pleased to announce the full line up for the Appalachian Trainer Face Off!
The Selected Trainers:
Chloe Adkins
Judges are:
And most importantly, the horses luck enough to have ended up in a rescue willing to go the extra mile to facilitate the best start possible for them, as well as work to make the equine industry and public aware that rescue horses are awesome are. . .
Click here for the horse list.
Horses will be selected by drawing on May 15th in Lesage, WV. Trainers will draw numbers and will select based on the lowest number drawn with respect to selecting horses that are a suitable size for the trainer, as a few of these horses are quite small.
The following dates are firmly set. The general format is, as well, but a few elements are subject to change.
May 15, 2017 at 1pm:
First Number Draw Date for trainers to select their rescue horses at Mulligan Farms, Lesage, WV (10 minutes from Huntington, WV). This is the newest location of Heart of Phoenix Equine Rescue.
June 1st, June 15th, July 1st, July 15th, August 1st, August 15th and August 20th:
2 videos with updates are due by trainers twice a month during the 90-100 day Face Off Training portion of the event. We recommend trainers create their own Facebook training page, if they do not have one already, as Heart of Phoenix will build interest in YOUR horse for the competition through these updates and videos. You are welcome to submit more often, and they will be widely sponsored and circulated by the rescue to our many thousands of followers on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and beyond. This is your chance to market yourself as the BEST of Appalachia before the weekend competition even arrives. Use it wisely!
August 25th and 26th:
At the Winfield Show Grounds and Riding Arena
5449 WV-34, Winfield, WV 25213
This will be a Friday and Saturday event. The top half of competing trainers will move on to the Obstacle Course and Free Style Performance portion Saturday. The event closes with an awards ceremony, prizes and “Auction.” Learn more about the Auction portion and how this is a portion of the event that will allow the trainers to “earn” more than prizes and bragging rights for their participation.
In an effort to provide a fuller selection for trainers, we may bring in a few additional horses by May 15th. As the rescue is constantly helping other horses, should a trainer’s horse come up lame or ill, we will have replacement options for the trainers.
Rory carries 15pts going into the competition
Luna carries 15pts going into the competition
Paladin carries 5pts going into the competition
Zoey carries 5pts going into the competition
Dempsey carries 5 pts going into the competition
Zoey carries 5 pts going into the competition
Satine carries 5 pts going into the competition
Serena carries 0 pts going into the competition
Trainers and Judges are asked to join this group for easy communication, sharing of videos, photos and so forth, as the competition progresses.
Heart of Phoenix Equine Rescue, as well as the Appalachian Trainer Face Off page, will share any and all updates, linked to the trainer’s page, to encourage wide engagement of our audience and potential adopters and future clients of the trainers.
Points will be assigned based on:
Unable to complete task, Able to complete, Able to complete well or Able to excel
Events scored will include:
Day One, August 25th, Winfield Riding Arena, WV
Beginning at Noon
Moving the horse
Ability to get forward motion
Control of walk, trot, and lope
Difficulty of Horse
Desensitizing / Ground work of the horse
Ability of trainer to settle the horse
Tarps, flag and/or ropes, ground poles
Horses’s acceptance of the saddle & pad
Riding Portion
How prepared is the horse to be mounted
Horse’s willingness to stand
How horse turns and stops
Ridden both directions at the walk, trot and canter
Ability to load into and back out of a trailer
Ability to stand tied
Following the end of the 1st days event, the highest scoring 8 competitors will continue on to Day 2 of the competition.
Scoring from Day 1 will combine with Day 2 Scoring
DAY TWO on August 26th in Winfield Riding Arena
Beginning at 9am
OBSTACLE Course and Free Style Performance
While navigating the course:
Ability to control spookiness
Walk, trot and canter around arena both directions while on the correct lead and against the rail
Ability to get forward motion
Stop their horse
Get the horse to back up 3 steps
Get off and pick up all 4 feet
Weave thru all poles
Walk thru zig zag poles
Cross tarp
Cross ground poles
Rope the barrel (they then drop the rope)
Drag the log (take rope from top of barrel)
Free style competitions are entirely the Trainer’s choice for 5 minutes following the end of the obstacle course portion.
TRAINERS, please join the group page on Facebook, and I will be posted the DETAILS on scoring soon!
If you, for some reason, cannot attend to draw and pick up your horse on May 15th, PLEASE let me know right away. Horses must be picked up no later than the 18th. We are draw for you and select for you if you’re not present at 1pm on May 15th.
Appalachian Trainer Face Off 