2013 Congress Judge Biographies
Sissy Anderson
Sissy Anderson has been involved in the horse industry for 35 years. She has worked with many disciplines from halter horses to western pleasure and hunter under saddle horses. Located in Leitchfield, Kentucky, Anderson currently breeds and trains western pleasure and hunter under saddle prospects. She is married to Wallace Anderson, and has two daughters Laska and Lainie who also enjoy showing. Aside from judging, Sissy has spent a great amount of time in the show ring earning her multiple Hunt Seat Futurity wins, Congress Futurity Top 10’s, Congress Champion in Hunter Under Saddle, and AQHYA World Championship.
Christa Baldwin
From Stanton, Michigan, Christa Baldwin is the owner and operator of Baldwin Quarter Horses. She has trained horses for over 25 years. Christa is an AQHA Professional Horseman and an AQHA/NSBA judge that has been asked to judge several World shows and almost every major show across the country. She also judges internationally in Europe and Australia. Her other passion is giving clinics and she has given equine clinics in other countries as well as at the World Cup and All American Quarter Horse Congress.
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Jody Brainard
Jody Brainard of Oklahoma is a second generation horseman with more than 30 years experience in the reining horse industry. He is a top 50 money earner with multiple major event champions and finalists, AQHA World Show Finalists and NRHA World Champions. Currently, he is a trainer at Big Lake Ranch located in Mulhall, OK and judges.
Donnie Bricker
Donnie Bricker has been training horses for 27 years. He makes his home in Pennsylvania with wife, Laurie. Laurie and daughter Lisa, 13 years old, both have very successful show careers in the Amateur and Youth events. Donnie started his path toward professionalism by apprenticing for Rocky Dare, Dick Pieper, and Bob Avila just to name a few. Before long, Bricker had won multiple NRHA World, Congress, and AQHA World titles.
2013 Congress Judge Biographies Bruce Brown
Bruce Brown has spent a lifetime involved in many different aspects of the horse industry. He has been an AQHA judge since 1979 and judged most major circuits, state fairs, several AQHA regional shows, AQHA Amateur World Show, and the Congress several times. He was a licensed thoroughbred trainer for 15 years and, with his wife Connie, operates a thoroughbred farm and Lakeside Arena outside of Lexington, KY. Together Bruce and Connie have 3 grown children, Holly, Heather, and Sarah who continue to compete in both AQHA and USEF hunter events.
Steven Brown
Steve Brown is The University of Findlay’s Director of Western Riding and has been an instructor in the program for over nineteen years. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in education from Glenville State College. He has trained and shown horses for more than 20 years in western pleasure, western riding, reining, cutting and roping. His students in the Western Equestrian Program have achieved state and national rankings and have won titles and placed well at the All American Quarter Horse Congress.
John Dean
John Dean has lived in north Texas for over 30 years. John and his wife, Kim, have two daughters Alix 24, a third year law student, and Katie 17, a junior in high school. For 25 years he was a horse trainer specializing in western pleasure, trail and western riding. During this time, John trained and showed multiple World Champions, Reserve World Champions, and Bronze World Champions. Currently, he is a real estate investor and a real estate agent for Ebby Halliday Realtors. Dean has a judge’s card with both AQHA and NSBA. He has judged the All American Quarter Horse Congress twice before, the AQHA World Championship Show, and the AQHYA World Championship Show.
Chad Evans
Chad Evans graduated from Colorado State University in 1995. Chad has remained in Franktown, Colorado where he lives with his wife of 14 years, Barbie. They are the proud parents of 4 year old Tori Rae, who loves her pony, her dog, and gymnastics- in that order! Chad owns and operates Evans Performance Horses. He specializes in training Quarter Horses for the all around events, as well as showing in open classes. Not only has
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