Vernon Performance Horses By Amy G. Hadachek
Photos courtesy of Valerie Vernon
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ransporting his team of performance horses from Colorado across the High Plains down into Oklahoma City Thanksgiving week was an important trip for Guy Vernon.
Vernon owns Vernon Performance Horses in Kiowa, Colo., and it was the 50th anniversary of the National Reining Horse Association. The milestone coincided with the start of the 2016 NRHA Futurity & Adequan North American Affiliate Championship Show. “Nowhere else can you go and find the massive amount of talent, both horse and rider, that can be found in (Oklahoma City) from Thanksgiving until the first Saturday in December. There is everything from Million Dollar Riders to little kids that show up to compete, which is one of the things that makes this sport so great, as there is a place for every skill level to compete,” Vernon said. “I haul the horses myself with a good old-fashioned truck and trailer, and I attend the NRHA Futurity and NAAC almost every year,” Vernon said. “It’s an exciting time of year, as the reining world converges upon Oklahoma City every year at this time."
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“It’s an exciting time of year, as the reining world converges upon Oklahoma City every year at this time."
Guy Vernon
