Seventh Clue

Bravo Italia! No Spaghetti Western for this traveling Mystery Clinician -- just pure horsemanship and plenty of air miles.

Post your guesses below and be sure to add your name and an e-mail address if you’d like to be eligible for a prize drawing, TBA.

Sixth Clue

Sixth Clue The mystery clinician once trained with Don Dodge and Shorty Freeman-notoriously respected horse trainers in their day.

Post your guesses below and be sure to add your name and an e-mail address if you’d like to be eligible for a prize drawing, TBA.

Fifth Clue

The mystery clinician’s age (the age he/she will be at show time) is hidden in Road to the Horse’s “Don’t be left behind” ad. See the September or October issues of Horse & Rider, America’s Horse, or Hoofbeats to find your clue. Hint: Watch out if you have a lead foot. Post your thoughts below!

The Road to the Horse Mystery Contestant will be revealed Friday, February 29 before the March 1-2 Road to the Horse event in Murfreesboro, TN--during the show's Shopping Extravaganza. Before then, Road to the Horse Producer/Owner Tootie Bland will announce a clue to help you guess who the crew member-turned clinician will be. Here are the first FIVE clues.

Log on to http://roadtothehorse.blogspot.com/and join the Road to the Horse mailing list at http://roadtothehorse.com to be the first to find out the newest clues. The first identifiable respondents to post correct guesses on the blog will be entered in a prize drawing held Friday night at the show. You need not be present to win. One correct respondent will win a commemorative, limited edition set of Road to the Horse DVDs—including the 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 documentaries.

Fourth Clue

The mystery clinician was quoted in print as saying, “If someone were to ask you to write down how you train a horse...you could answer it correctly with two simple words: stimulus and response. There’s a little more to it than that, but that’s training in a nutshell. You apply a stimulus until you get the desired response, then you stop the stimulus.”

Post your guesses below and be sure to add your name and an e-mail address if you’d like to be eligible for a prize drawing, TBA.

Third Clue

The RTTH mystery clinician was seen on RFD-TV in June. Check your RFD-TV listings. Remember, all the past clues apply.

Post your thoughts below. If you're the first to be correct (and include your name and a way to contact you—phone or e-mail), you just may get a special prize, TBD. Please don’t respond if you’re affiliated, past or present employee of RTTH or any participating clinician.

We want your stories!

We’d like to collect some stories from the people who have been loyal RTTH attendees—we want to know more about you and what makes you love the event! We’ll use this in a press release and post the best stories on our web site—so pull out your keyboard and tell us your story!

Please post a reply and tell us:
1. Your full name:
2. Where you traveled from to get to Road to the Horse:
3. What made you decide to attend from so far?
4. What made your journey unique? Did you have an exciting journey?
5. What was the best part of the event weekend for you?
6. How did you use what you learned when you got home to your own horses?
7. Have you made plans to come to the event in 2008?

Thanks so much! We’re excited to see and post your stories!

Please Note. . . .

Those who work for any of the participating clinicians or are family of Road to the Horse employees aren’t eligible for winning a guessing prize. We’ll list the possible prize soon. Remember, if you’re the first to name the mystery contestant—and provide your name and a way to contact you, you’ll be up for a fun prize. Keep guessing!

For your clue research. . . .

The 2007 RTTH program can be downloaded as a PDF if you’d like to see who’s listed (to get a clue about the first clue).
http://www.roadtothehorse.com/images/2007program.pdf

Second Clue

The mystery competitor lives West of the Mississippi River. Post your guess below!

Horse Finder

Do you know of a ranch that may have the perfect horses for RTTH 2008? The colts must be three years old by March 1, 2008, previously un-started, and the ~10 we’ll choose for the event must have similar bloodlines and be even in conformation and temperament. That means we’re looking for a big breeding facility with probably 30 to 50 brood mares on site. The horses may be Quarter Horses, Paints, Appaloosas, etc. Keep in mind we can’t take the one colt you have in your back pen and would love to have started by the pros. For fairness sake, we need a large pool to choose from. If you have a ranch in mind, let us know! E-mail press@roadtothehorse.com or post your suggestion right here.

First Clue

The competitor’s name is listed within the 2007 RTTH souvenir program.

Welcome to the 2008 Show!

It’s official—defending champion Chris Cox (Mineral Wells, TX) returns to the round pens for Road to the Horse March 1-2, 2008. He’ll meet a packed house at Murfreesboro’s Tennessee Miller Coliseum as he challenges newcomers Tommy Garland (Powhatan, VA) and Ken McNabb (Cody, WY) for prizes totaling over $15,000.

But there’s more. A Road to the Horse crewmember has decided to literally throw his/her hat in the ring. The identity is a secret at press time, but Bland promises to reveal a few clues—helping you guess the fourth competitor before all is revealed at the March 2008 event. Start guessing!

Who from the RTTH crew do you think will take a spot in the fourth round pen? Click the pencil icon below to post your guess!