Working Western This is Randle’s fourth year to have NRHA judging credentials. “I thought it would help make me a better trainer,” he replies, “It has done that, and right off the bat, I was asked to judge major events in the United States, Canada and South America! Reining is also very popular in Europe, and I hope to someday go to Italy, Germany and other European countries. Reining is so exciting, in part because the sport is popular worldwide. That gives us so many options.”
Muscateal won every reining class he entered, including the 1995 U.S. National Arabian Reining Championship.
David and Audrey Zinke and their family have had Arabian performance horses for more than 20 years. “I never was lucky enough to have a horse of my own when I was growing up,” Audrey explains, “but every day after school and during the summers I would beg to ride the neighbors’ horses, or go out to a local riding stable to ride and care for their horses. Our pastor owned an Arabian farm that we visited often, and Arabians soon became my favorites.
With McNutt, Im The Real Deal was the 2006 U.S. National Reining Horse Futurity Champion, 5 and Under; the 2007 Canadian National Reserve Champion Arabian Reining Horse; 2008 U.S. National Top Ten Arabian Reining Horse; 2009 U.S. National Reserve Champion and 2010 U.S. National Top Ten Arabian Reining Horse. In 2011, Im The Real Deal was U.S. National Champion Arabian Reining Horse and U.S. National Reserve Champion Reined Cow Horse. He also won the 2012 Scottsdale Arabian Reining Championship, and he was
“Our first Arabian was a dapple grey gelding named Bru Pacific. Our daughter Heidi’s first show with him was at the Earl Warren Show Grounds in Santa Barbara, where they competed in western pleasure. Rick Nab, who was judging, later became her equitation trainer and good friend. Heidi and Bru Pacific won a 1993 Youth National Top Ten Western Horsemanship title. With the guidance of Wendy Griffith, who was then at Ventura Farms, Heidi began showing Bru Pacific successfully in hunter pleasure as well. During this time Heidi would fly to Scottsdale for reining lessons with her mentor, the late John Slack.”
“In 2004 we sent his 3-year-old son Im The Real Deal (MHR Muscateal x Kheyarraberribeyv, by Huckleberry Bey) to Crystal McNutt. This was especially fun for us, because Heidi and Crystal used to compete in the same classes. Heidi always looked up to Crystal, and we all have great respect for her, both as a person and as a trainer.”
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The Zinkes purchased MHR Muscateal (*Muscat x MHR Princess Bask, by *Bask) in December 1993. “John Slack and Rick Nab had suggested he would be the perfect horse for Heidi, and he was. They had many reining and equitation wins, including a 1994 Youth National Top Ten in Arabian Reining JTR 14-17. With John Slack, MHR
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