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Introducing The 2024 RTTH Competitors

August 16, 2023
The Road to the Horse (RTTH) has an amazing lineup for 2024’s competition! It includes international trainers from the United States, Australia, and Canada. These stand-out athletes will be joined by a Wild Card Challenge Champion, making a total of four trainers. These trainers will each start a colt and compete for $125,000 in prize...

Pat Parelli Returns To Road To The Horse

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February 28, 2022
“From its humble beginnings in 2003, Road to the Horse has been dedicated to educating fans in the art of natural horsemanship. The event’s ability to be nimble, innovate and adapt to changes has been its biggest strength. As fans begin the countdown to Lexington, a modification in the championship competitor lineup has transpired. Road...

Meet These Percherons At Road To The Horse

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February 14, 2022
Are you ready to be amazed?!? Road to the Horse is welcoming Whispery Pines Percherons to their exciting event- March 24-27, 2022, in Lexington, Kentucky. The schedule is packed with impressive entertainment. Don’t miss the fun! Road to the Horse invites four trainers to test their skills and build a relationship with an untouched 3-year-old American...

Road To The Horse 2021 Hosted At Cowtown Coliseum

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March 16, 2021
Stockyards Heritage Development Co. is pleased to announce Road to the Horse 2021 will take place inside the Cowtown Coliseum, located at the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards from March 25 – March 28, 2021. Road to the Horse strives to entertain and educate fans about the art of natural horsemanship.  Across four intense days of...

Road To The Horse

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March 15, 2019
For the first time in the history of the event, two past Road to the Horse Champions will go head to head in a battle for the 2019 World Championship of Colt Starting title. Road to the Horse 2016 World Champion and NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion Nick Dowers will challenge international showjumping sensation and...

Vicki Wilson Gets Ready To Defend Her Road To The Horse Title

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March 20, 2018
Vicki Wilson, the 2017 Road to the Horse Champion, is gearing up for one of the most exciting years in the history of the competition. The trainers competing against one another are all past winners of Road to the Horse. The competition will be fierce! Vicki touched down in the United States last week, and...

A Draft Horse Sized Dream

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January 15, 2018
Kellie White-Rettinger is a cowgirl of a different breed. Born and raised in Ohio, Kellie claims that her love for horses started before she was born. Fast-forward to the future, and her entire life revolves around horses; Percheron draft horses that is! I had the pleasure of talking with Kellie last week to get the...

Inspiration: In The Spirit Of Horses

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August 30, 2017
For women like Vicki Wilson, anything is possible on the back of a horse, including winning the annual colt-starting competition, Road to the Horse, with a dislocated shoulder.  In Road to the Horse, all contestants have three hours to break untamed horses and train them to run a complex obstacle course.  Vicki cut out a...

Road To The Horse

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March 6, 2017
Road to the Horse ranks among the premier colt-starting events on the planet, its world-class cowboys revered for their near-magical horsemanship skills. So small wonder that back in 2005, a fan commented to RTTH owner/producer Tootie Bland that “women should have their own event.” A nice sentiment, perhaps. But after Stacy Westfall became the RTTH...
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