Meet AQHA’s 2020-2021 Team Wrangler
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Team Wrangler, a joint effort between Wrangler and the American Quarter Horse Association, promotes educational outreach for the horse industry. The 2021 team is as versatile as the American Quarter Horse, comprising top AQHA Professional Horsemen from across disciplines – from halter to all-around and roping to racing. This year, AQHA Team Wrangler will carryover from the 2019-2020 team.
The team is comprised of professional horsemen selected through one of the following criteria:
Top point earners category where the top individual in the six categories of halter, pattern, timed events, over fences, rail and cattle from the 2018 and 2019 world show qualifying period were selected for the team.
Most Valuable Professional selection where six professionals were chosen by the Professional Horsemen’s Council from the pool of Most Valuable Professionals nominated by each affiliate between 2018-2019.
Together, they are the 24-member Team Wrangler, which will promote the American Quarter Horse throughout 2021.
The members of the 2020-2021 Team Wrangler are:
Elizabeth Clavette of Iva, South Carolina
Todd Marler of El Paso, Texas
Tom McBeath of Union Mississippi
C.R. Bradley of Collinsville, Texas
Andrey Ferreir of Loxahatchee, Florida
Mary Casey Brown of Cleveland, Alabama
Luke Jones of Allerton, Iowa
Clayton Jerrell of Kevil, Kentucky
Brea Hodge-Morgan of Friendsville, Tennessee
Ricky Ramirez of Millsap, Texas
G.R. Carter Jr. of Oklahoma City
Clay Logan of Granbury, Texas
Marty Simper of Ogden, Utah
Josh Little of Mebane, North Carolina
Rob Meneely of Conyers, Georgia
Eugene Spagnola of Harwinton, Connecticut
Christopher Gray of Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
Jimmy Daurio of Pueblo, Colorado
Tom Robertson of Saline, Michigan
Tommy Sheets of New Albany, Indiana
Tommy Brian-Buckner of Bastrop, Texas
Chuck Briggs of Azle, Texas
Keith Miller of Reidsville, North Carolina
J.D. Yates of Pueblo, Colorado
At the 2020 Farnam AQHA World Championship Show; AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan); Adequan® Level 2 Championships; Nutrena Level 1 Championships; and AQHA Ranching Heritage Challenge Finals, Wrangler donated $20,000 to the American Quarter Horse Foundation scholarship fund. This donation will help provide scholarships to children of AQHA Professional Horsemen.
For details on having a Team Wrangler clinician conduct a clinic for your next equine event, contact Patty Tiberg at ptiberg@aqha.org or Karen McCuistion at kmccuistion@aqha.org.
About Wrangler
AQHA members have a spirit of hard work, respect for others and dedication to doing a job right. Wrangler shares that same spirit and has established its brand to be synonymous with the western way of life. Wrangler supports your lifestyle by sponsoring the Farnam AQHA World Championship show, the Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show, the AQHA Level 1 Championships and by contributing money to support youth scholarships through the American Quarter Horse Foundation. Wrangler is proud to be an AQHA corporate partner – and the official jeans and shirts of AQHA.
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