What Would You Place In A Trainer’s Survival Kit for Congress?
Julie Hoefling hugging Trainer Andrea Kail at the 2022 L1 West AQHA Championship. Photo credit: The Equine Chronicle.
Your trainer is almost always your number one fan! So we asked our readers: What would you place in a “Trainer Survival Kit” for the All American Quarter Horse Congress?
We received some fun responses! Check them out below. Thank you to Joline Humbert for the idea!
Kathy Tobin
Coffee with Baileys!
Malm Martha
A good comfy gravity recliner chaise lounge chair.
Mary Melinda Mayes Kelly
Xanax, to slip in the Amateurs morning latte, afternoon iced coffee and evening hot toddy, lol!
Joan McMann
Our Trainers Survival Kit should include an electric heating pad for those aching backs & a soft cozy blanket to snuggle up in for a 2am nap! Also some good Canadian Tylenol”..IYKYK!😉
Mary Melinda Mayes Kelly
Several tubes of Voltaren, the miracle cream!!
Ellexxah Maxwell
Pretty sure Brent Maxwell’s would include some crown apple 🍏.
Annika Rear
5 hour energy shots, sunglasses so we can’t see how sleep deprived they are, Advil, some sort of cold medicine, and a gift certificate for a good massage.
Tiffany Riehm
Mich ultras & ibuprophen.
Rebecca Tiller Bunting
Coffee ice cream! And crock pot liners!
Lisa Pavlak Vignerot
Alcohol.
And our favorite, from
Ed Lawrence:
A big wad of cash!
