Thursday, February 25, 2010

Cowhorse Clinic with Lance Johnston - May 1-2, 2010

Crocus Cowhorse Association is pleased to announce a Cowhorse Clinic with
Lance Johnston of Lindsay, California. 
Lance Johnston and SHES FUL OF DIAMONDS
2007 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Reserve Champion

This clinic, sponsored by NAERIC will be held May 1-2, 2010 at the Keystone Centre, Brandon, Manitoba.  Click here for further details and registration form.

Lance Johnston has provided us with the following bio:

I grew up in Central California on my family’s cattle ranch. Starting my first colt for the ranch at 12 and began training outside horses at age 13, I worked on my family’s cattle ranch through high school training and shoeing horses for the ranch and public. After graduating from High School I was able to pay my way through Cal Poly State University by continuing to train and shoe. I graduated with a Bachelors of Science Degree.

I showed my first Reined Cow Horse in 1995. Since then I have built, own and operate a successful training operation along with my wife Tammy and my 10 year old son Trystin in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. I have been a multiple Finalist at all NRCHA major events, including World’s Greatest Horseman, NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, Stakes, Hackamore Classic, and Derby. 

My accomplishments include:

Lifetime Earnings of $600,000+
2009 National Stock Horse Classic, Open Derby Reserve Champion, also placing 3rd and 4th.
2009 NRCHA Derby Open top 5
2009 National Stock Horse Futurity Open top 5
2009 Idaho Futurity Reserve Open Champion and Novice Horse Champion

2008 Worlds Greatest Horseman top 5
2008 NRCHA Stakes Open Finalist
2008 NRCHA Hackamore Classic Open top 5
2008 National Stock Horse Assoc . Open Futurity Res. Champion
2008 Idaho Reined Cow Horse Futurity Open Res. Champion

2007 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Res. Champion
2007 NRCHA Derby Open Finalist
2007 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Hackamore Champion
2007 Nation Stock Horse Futurity top 5
2007 Idaho Reined Cow Horse Open Futurity 3rd
2007 Sheri Gilkerson Open Bridle Champion
Posted by Administrator at 3:15 PM

4 comments:

Rick Andrews said...

This looks like a very interesting clinic. Can anyone give me some guidelines to decide which clinic to enter i.e. Advanced vs beginner? Also, any idea which events Lance will concentrate on? Cutting, fence work, roping, reining? Or all of them?

Rick Andrews

March 1, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Mark Michie said...

Rick,
The beginner clinic is for riders that are not familiar with the cowhorse events. I would suggest that you enter the advanced clinic. The green horse clinic has been added this year to split green horses out of the beginner clinic, where they have been placed in previous years. I have not spoken to Lance myself yet (Larry Clifford has made the arrangements with him) but I would expect that the clinic will cover herd work, fence work, and reined work.

March 1, 2010 at 5:51 PM
Rick Andrews said...

thanks Mark, I had a chance to visit with Neil yesterday and we discussed my question. I intend to bring a fairly green horse so he was suggesting the green horse class since I am somewhat familiar with the events. Good idea to split the green horse and beginner clinic. I would then watch the other classes to watch and learn!Thanks for the feedback, I am looking forward to this.

March 2, 2010 at 7:51 AM
Mark Michie said...

Sounds good Rick - and thanks for using the comments option on the blog for your question. It will benefit anyone else with the same question!

March 2, 2010 at 8:11 AM

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