EC Youth Profile – Emme Grace Graves

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234 – May/June, 2024

By Susan Winslow

It’s a long way from local Leadline to the upper echelons of national Youth competition, but ninth grader Emme Grace Graves is a seasoned competitor who has made the transition with the help of supportive family and trainers, superb horses, and an abundance of talent.

Riding with trainers Arturo Maestas and Jesse Jones of Maestas Show Horses in Pilot Point, Texas, this dedicated young horsewoman, the daughter of Julie and Jeffrey Graves, has earned impressive titles including:

• 2018 2x Paint Horse Congress Reserve Champion WT

• 2019 Paint Horse Congress Champion WT

• 2020 Paint Horse Congress Champion WT

• 2020 3x Pinto World Champion WT and 3x Reserve Cham-pion WT overall youth high point youth WT 10u

• 2021 APHA Youth World Champion and Reserve Champion WT

• 2022 4x APHA Youth World Champion and 2x Reserve Champion All Around Reserve High Point

• 2022 2x NSBA Champion – Sudden Impulse

• 2023 LV1 Champion, Reserve Champion and All-Around Bronze Champion

• 2023 2x AQHYA World LV1 Reserve Champion and NSBA Champion LV2 Bronze Champion

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234 – May/June, 2024