Everyone always asks me where I got Jack, and I proudly say, “I raised him.”  This year we were SDQHA High Point in Amateur Showmanship, Horsemanship, Performance Halter Geldings and Reserve in Amateur Western Pleasure to be named the SDQHA All-Around Amateur.  We also accomplished his AQHA Amateur Championship and the Center of the Nation Quarter Horse Association All-Around Amateur.

Another question people ask me is what do I do for a living that I can take this time off to show?  So here is a little bit of my past history.  I received my Bachelor’s Degree from SDSU in Brookings in December of 1997.  I worked as the Breeding Manager for Sebring Quarter Horses for 2 years after graduation.  I then accepted an opportunity of a lifetime to work with research involving cloning of cattle, pigs and sheep with a company in Wisconsin.  I soon learned the cloning process and my first cloned calf was born shortly after.  For 3 years I had a chance to work with people from all over the world.  I then moved back to Minnesota and started working for the Minnesota Dairy Herd Improvement Association.  I test milk and keep records for a number of different dairy herds in southwest Minnesota.  I have a lot of late nights and early mornings, but I can also plan most of my own schedule.  In order to help support the horse habit, I also work for my father’s company, Prairie Trailer, selling trailers and I sell Corn Cob Horse Bedding.  What do I do in my spare time when I am not dairying, showing horses, selling trailers or acting as the SDQHYA Youth Advisor?  I help my significant other farm, feed cattle, bale hay and try to keep the lawn mowed, garden weeded, strawberries picked and spend time with family.

Thanks to all my friends and family that shared 2009 and good luck in 2010. 

Tiffany, Jack and Maggie

(Editor of the Directory– SDQHA Directory – Editor Linda Johnson 605-892-2577)

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