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Eastern
Idaho Horsemen Hall of Fame
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May
2011 issue
Eight
Idaho
horsepeople were inducted into the Eastern Idaho Horsemen Hall of Fame at the
14th Annual Banquet held April 22, 2001 in
Idaho Falls
,
Idaho
. For more information about the Hall of Fame Museum in
Rigby
,
Idaho
, contact Dorothy Furniss at 208-754-4702.
2011
Inductees
Herb
Hayworth grew up on a farm and ranch in
Montana
where all of the work was done with horses. He learned early from his father
and uncle the right way to break horses to ride and work.
As a teenager, he rode bareback horses and
bulls, competing in the NHSRA, and then college rodeos. He was a member of the
1963 Men’s Championship Team at
Western
Montana
College
. There he supplemented his income by starting horses for other people.
Herb married Polly Reinhardt in 1973, and they
made their home in
St. Anthony
,
Idaho
. Herb began training horses for many people all over the
Snake River
Valley
and surrounding states. In the early ‘90s he became fascinated with reining
horses and became so skilled that he received his judge’s card. Herb is a fine
horseman and a talented teacher of horsemanship.
Jim
Kirkbride was born in
Dayton
,
Idaho
. He bought his first horse when he was twelve years old. She could outrun any
of the others kids’ horses in town, and this started Jim’s life-long, love
affair with fast horses.
In the late 1950’s, Jim bought a fast
stallion named Dodger Jay, paired him with a race-bred gelding, Tinkie Poo, and
hooked them up as a cutter team. This team won several championships in the
1960’s and 70’s. Jim has had several champion race horses — most that he
raised and trained himself. Jim has been a judge for the Cache Valley Cutter
races for many years.
Jim and his wife, Rebecca, celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary in 2010. Jim and his sons, Alan and Lee, and grandson
Wes Smith, enjoy training and racing colts.
Jim
Madsen was born in
Pocatello
,
Idaho
, seventy years ago, and learned formal horsemanship from his father, an
ex-cavalry man. Jim went to horseshoeing school in
California
and learned the art of shoeing including hot and corrective shoeing.
Jim showed horses for over twenty years in many
disciplines including English, Western riding, and halter, where he won many
trophies and ribbons.
He was one of the first members of the Eastern
Idaho Rodeo Association, president of the Idaho Old Timers Rodeo Assn.,
president of the Days of Thunder Rodeo, and served on the Dodge National Circuit
Finals Rodeo.
He continues to donate his time and talen as a
timed event gate man for the Intermountain Professional Rodeo Assn.
Chuck
& Beverly Shiner.
When horse lover Chuck married
Beverly
in 1954, they purchased a ranch, built it up, and set up a home. They had four
children.
Times were hard and to bring in more income,
they bought two registered mares and a stallion, with a plan to raise colts. The
good ones were sold, and the bad ones went down the road.
As the children grew up, they took over more of
the care of the ranch and Chuck and Beverly spent their time with their first
love — training, breeding, and selling horses.
Chuck passed away in 2003 from Lou Gehrig’s
disease, but
Beverly
is still running the ranch and the horse business with her children.
Steve
and Phyllis Stanger.
Steve was born a cowboy. His father, Reed, worked on ranches around Jackson Hole
while Steve was growing up, and then moved to the
Idaho Falls
area when Steve started high school.
Phyllis was a farmer’s daughter and grew up
just a couple of miles from the Stangers. They married in 1959 and have four
children.
After Steve worked for a period as a horse
trainer in
El Cajon
,
California
, the couple returned to
Idaho
in 1967 and settled on a forty-acre farm just north of
Idaho Falls
.
Steve always had a horse or two in training and
in the mid 80’s, he began riding horses full time. They had a stallion and
bred their own mares and outside mares.
The Stangers were active in the Eastern Idaho
Quarter Horse Association, worked with 4-H, supported high school rodeo, and
were members of the Marsh Valley Stallion Incentive Association.
Sue
Walker grew up riding her brother’s horse, but finally, when she was
12-years-old, she bought a two year old mustang for $40 and started into horse
4-H. With the help of a good leader, she trained her horse and went on to show
at the county and state level.
After she married her husband, Kevin, she
became a 4-H leader for 30 years, mentoring many kids in the horse program. In
1999, she was hired as the 4-H program assistant in both the Rigby and
Mud
Lake
areas.
She is involved in all aspects of 4-H, from
teaching day camps to running livestock shows, but her true love stays with the
horse program.
Not only does Sue like teaching and helping
youth with their horses, she also has a true love for the horse itself. Her
favorite words to her club members are “if the horse is doing something wrong,
it is your fault. You did not do your homework.”
Sue and her husband, Kevin have five daughters who have all been involved
in 4-H and rodeo.
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