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Collier, acclaimed horse trainer and 2008 national Hackamore Classic
Open Champion, will conduct a horsemanship clinic at California State
University, Fresno on Saturday, Jan. 31, as part of the annual Quarter
Horse Unit Open House.
The free open house will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Quarter Horse
Unit at Barstow and Price avenues, west of O’Neill Park. The clinic will
be in the Animal Science Pavilion at Barstow and Woodrow, east of the
park.
Spots in the clinic for participants are full but auditor seats are
still available at $20 each, which includes lunch. Free parking is
available in Lot P at Barstow and Maple avenues.
The open house will offer a tour of the unit's facilities and viewing of
horses for sale and stallions available for breeding in 2009. Guests can
meet animal science students and learn about the B.S. degree in Animal
Science with an emphasis in equine science and other services offered at
Fresno State, said Dr. Anne Rodiek, an animal science professor and
manager of the Quarter Horse Unit in Fresno State’s College of
Agriculture Science and Technology.
Collier was the first and only female horse trainer to win the
prestigious National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) World Champion
Snaffle Bit Futurity. She also won an NRCHA World Champion Snaffle Bit
Futurity Reserve Co-Championship in addition to being a regular finalist
there. She has been a NRCHA Stallion Stakes Champion, an NRHA Limited
Open Champion and an AQHA World Champion.
She has ranked among the year's top five reined cow horse all-ages,
all-divisions riders, and is ranked in the top 10 for NRCHA earnings.
She was also a regular finalist in the cutting futurities when she
showed cutters.
For more information, contact Rodiek at 559.278.5623 or the Quarter
Horse Unit at 559.278.4017.
(University Communications
student-intern Amanda Fine contributed to this copy.)
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