Ep 33: The Show-Shawn Flarida #2 All Time Reining Rider: Lessons learned from Spooks Gotta Whiz and the Run for a Million.

Episode 33 has the #2 Open Rider from All Time in Reining, Shawn Flarida as he shares his insights, forward thinking and lessons learned from one of his Great Horses, Spooks Gotta Whiz and the dynamic event, The Run for the Million in Vegas. Selecting a horse for the TRFM Finals, preparing your horse along with lessons learned from this ride as the sport continues to evolve. Shawn has qualified and been in every TRFM Finals to date. What event is the SuperBowl of Reining? 1 Rider: 1 Horse competition as opposed to 1 Rider: 3 Horses in open aged events; we discuss along with the open leveling for riders. Is there a difference between L3 & L4 ?

Shawn Flarida, #2 All Time Open Rider shares his insight

Epic discussion and Lesson Learned. Bringing Spooks Gotta Whiz, a 17 yr old stallion back to the competition arena and the SuperBowl of reining is all in this episode.

Shawn Flarida shares his insight, forward thinking and open mind approach to structural changes possible for the sport. Lessons Learned from Spooks Gotta Whiz and The Run for a Million along with the growth and advancement of purses in the sport of reining.    

This episode discusses insights into the industry from an icon in the sport from a professional reining trainer & business perspective.  We peek into the future and share ideas of where we might be headed.  

The Show Rundown

  • Intro to  Shawn Flarida and how long we all have been around.  
  • Bringing Spooks Gotta Whiz back to the competition arena.    
  • The process of entering and selection of  a partner for The Run for a Million. 
  • Insight into the 1 Rider : 1 Horse competition at The Run For A Million versus 1 rider: up to 3 horses in aged events. 
  • A view into the future with change to bring more success to the horse owners 
  • Horse power, success for owners  and the value of our horses after 7 years old. 
  • No age limit on Derby horses  
 

Heads Up

This episode is best consumed by video due to the graphic and visual nature of it. Watch directly via the website, or on Youtube or Spotify for the best Cowboy Office experience.

Keep Your Questions Coming

The Cowboy Office continues to address all of the amazing questions we’ve received since the show started … don’t worry, we keep a list. In honor of you and your viewership, stay tuned and check the website for blog articles now being published.  And don’t forget, keep ‘em coming.  We are always working on these throughout our series.

ONE MORE THING

The American Horse Council  2023 Economic Impact Study is out. You can purchase your copy at ahc.org. 

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Resources

How to reach Shawn Flarida 

  • shawnflaridareininghorses@gmail.com
  • Website: www.thegreenshirt.com 

Production and marketing by ConsultMent.Agency

Results: runforthemillion.com  – nrha.com 

 

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