The Mane Event, Equine Education and Trade Fair is extremely pleased to welcome well-known cowboy, rancher, horseman and clinician, Martin Black, as one of the competitors in its colt starting competition, the Trainer’s Challenge, at the upcoming expo at Westerner Park in Red Deer, AB, April 27-29, 2012.
Being an Idaho rancher is in Martin Black’s blood. For five generations, both sides of Martin’s family have ranched in Owyhee County, Idaho. Martin Black grew up working on the family ranch and after high school, left home to work on other ranches with top horseman in Idaho, Nevada and California.
At age 24 he took a management position on a 1.25 million acre ranch running 400 horses and 15,000 head of cattle in Northeast Nevada.After more than 30 years of cattle being the primary source of income and horses being the secondary, Martin decided to make his living working with horses. With his reputation on the ranches and in the arena, it wasn’t long before he was travelling coast to coast in the U.S., Australia, Europe and Brazil.
Along with contract colt starting around 400 horses annually, Martin also does public and private clinics.Martin has worked with “hall of fame” and all time leading trainers of cutting, reining and race horses.He started Pleasantly Perfect who went on to win in excess of $7 million, as well as Smart Little Scoot who is the all-time leading money earning son of Smart Little Lena and numerous other champions in cutting, reining and reined cow horse.
Martin has earned over $75,000 in stock horse and National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) events, as well as roping, saddle-bronc and camp drafting competitions. He has competed in the Worlds Greatest Horseman three years in a row, scoring in the top 10 inroping,reiningandcow-working go-rounds. A multiple finalists at NRCHA World Show, Ranch Horse Association of America National Champion Cowboy, winner of the Open Ranch Horse in Abilene, TX, and World Finals Ranch Rodeo, Open Champion Ranch Horse two years in a row in Amarillo, TX. Martin was a participant in the 2006 Road to the Horse Colt Starting Competition in Tennessee and the winner of the Trainer’s Challengeatthe2009 Mane Event in Chilliwack, BC.
Visit www.maneeventexpo.com for more information on clinicians, hours and tickets or call (250) 578-7518.