Denny's featured student - "Hellie"

I'd like to feature a few of my students in the next few blogs - this entry is dedicated to Helen or "Hellie" as she likes to be called by her friends. Hellie had been looking for that perfect horse for a long time. She sent us on a mission to find him, and we came back with "Smokey" - a beautiful grey Racking Horse gelding. After a bit of training and a few regular lessons, Smokey has become a great trail horse and a wonderful companion. He and Hellie are getting along beautifully and they've been learning new ways to have fun as you can see in the picture. Congratulations to Hellie and Smokie - you make us proud...Happy Trails!

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Wild West Entertainment Welcomes New Staffer!

We'd like to welcome Stephanie Cons to the Wild West Entertainment team! Stephanie is a former member of the Canadian Cowgirls Precision Drill Team, and has been training with us to learn Trick Horse Training, Trick Riding, Mounted Trick Shooting and other Wild West Arts. Stephanie will be performing at many of our upcoming events!

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Congratulations to a good friend...

Linda Brantley, a 28-year veteran of the Kentucky Horse Park, is retiring soon. Linda has been the voice of the KHP as she has been the official announcer for all the live shows on the grounds for many years, as well as the Entertainment Coordinator. Linda and I worked closely together during my time at the Park and we have many fond memories of all the wonderful horses there. Linda is a class act and a great announcer/personality, and was my announcing mentor as I was learning the ropes. She'll be spending her retirement announcing various horse fairs and special events around the country. Good luck to a good friend! http://www.dennychapman.com/

Denny on RFD-TV

Howdy Folks! click on http://horsecity.com/videos/online_directory/ and tab down to "Denny Chapman" to view my latest appearance on RFD-TV's "HorseCity.comTV" show. We're busy promoting one of my major sponsors - Mane N Tail. We're gearing up to hit 3 different states in September - Texas, Tennessee and Iowa! Then onto Pennsylvania in October...For those of you we met at the Central Florida Fair this year - we just got invited back for '08, so mark your calendars and check out our website for more information about other upcoming appearances!

Happy Trails,

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Announcing at the Lazy E Arena...

Here are a couple of pics of me announcing the CMSA Western US Championships in Guthrie OK earlier this month. Thanks to Jim Cook for the photos!

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Exotics...

I recently visited Tim Rivers' ranch in Citra FL where he trains exotic animals for movies. Deke Rivers took me over when he went to pic up a longhorn steer and some other critters for training. Here's me and a baby 'roo...

See you down the trail,

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Don't try this at home....

I'm holding a target for Whip Artist and Gunspinner, Deke Rivers, at a small birthday gathering I had yesterday...Deke and I have worked together in the past and he taught me a lot about what I know of whip artistry. He put a few more grey hairs on my head...just kidding. He's probably the best gunspinner East of the Mississippi as well. A third-generation Wild West Entertainer, Deke fits right in when it comes to cowboy fun! Enjoy the pics!
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