Meet the Clinicians

Curt Pate - Helena, Montana

Curt Pate, AQHA Professional Horseman and featured as the AQHA Regional Experience clinician from Helena, Montana, has been training horses and presenting demonstrations for more than 10 years.

Curt's experience and natural talent with horses has helped him assist countless owners work through problems with their animals. Even Hollywood leaned on him during the filming of the 1998 movie, The Horse Whisperer, as an equine technical advisor.

Curt's low stress method teaches respect for the horse as a partner rather than a servant.  Curt strongly believes that low stress training causes high performance horsemanship.

When he's not touring the country for AQHA, Curt can be found at his home in Montana where he lives with wife Tammy, son Rial and daughter Mesa.

Troy Priddy - Team Cowboy Cut, Macedonia, Illinois

  • Lifetime with AQHA
  • 22 years showing American Quarter Horses
  • 792 Lifetime AQHA Points Earned
  • 4 years with Team Wrangler
  • Top Class: Pole Bending with 94 wins totaling 400.5 points

 

The American Quarter Horse is a solid breed.  There are records on every horse we have owned.  I can make a quick call to AQHA and obtain a pedigree of any animal.  It is also great that people can look up my horses online and see all the accomplishments they have earned.

 I spend every day around the two most important things in my life, my family and my American Quarter Horses. If there is one piece of advice I give, I tell people to never give up.  We all make mistakes down the road, but your hard work and perseverance pay great dividends in the end.

Tommy Sheets - NEW ALBANY, INDIANA Team 20X

  • 30 year showing American Quarter Horses
  • 4 years with Team Wrangler
  • 4,636.5 total number of points earned
  • top class: TRAIL 504 wins / 2,920.5 points

“You can do just about anything on top of an American Quarter Horse.  I am continuously amazed at how willing our show horses are to learn something new one minute, then enjoy a relaxing trail ride the next.”

“In 2003 I was the junior trail reserve world champion, and in 2004 I received the high-point trail title. The past few years have been great. I’m proud just to be a part of any program that supports our youth which makes it an honor to be a Team Wrangler member.”