Welcome back to Great Day Live.
You know, the Shelbyville Horse Show is
one of Shelby County's most popular events.
It's a longstanding tradition,
the first week in August.
Joining me now with more on this year's
big event that's coming up And of course,
the program that it helps,
which is Horse sensing,
is Doctor Sally Broder.
Doctor Laura Strong,
President of the Board of Horse Sensing
and one of the participants there,
Tyler Miller.
He's now an intern with the
program to tell us a bit more about
the gala and this year's show.
Doctor Sally, you're back.
You're back again for the horse show.
You know, you were excited to be, you know,
horse sensing to be the Benefactor last year.
Back again.
Tell us about the show.
What do you have planned for
the gala and everything?
Well, just talking a
little bit about the show,
just to let people know it.
This is the 34th year 30.
It's been going on since 1990.
And you know, it's the last chance
for those horses to show before
the world championship horse show,
so lots of them are coming for that.
But the gala.
So this year, bigger and better,
we have the Kentucky Leaders night.
And this year,
it looks like the governor and
his opponent and Rand Paul look
like they're coming this year.
Plus all of our local leaders,
we're having Josh Bogard in The
Dirty South on Saturday night
and this year we're having a
saddle bread legends night.
So that's Saturday night from,
let's see 5:30 to 6:30 we'll have the
legend Don Harris who Anybody that
knows saddle breads he's he's the.
Epitome of the Living Legend and Hoppy,
Bennett will also be there.
And Hoppy is the one that's
in charge of the horse show,
along with his brother RH and a
couple other saddle bread leaders.
So it's just going to be all the way
bigger and bigger and better and cheaper.
So the tickets Hey, what are the grounded
$50 instead of 70 for the gay left?
For the gala. Very, very nice.
Yeah, right. It is something too.
Is there something super special about
being there at the fairgrounds the way
that it's completely decked out that,
you know, oh wow, this is the week, right?
This is the week.
And just to kind of let everybody know,
you know, we did Horse sensing
was one of our profiles for one
of our hometown proud shows.
Oh, that's right.
And so that was how we kind
of stepped into this and.
I think it's great that the money is
going towards that program and Tyler,
you're a part of this program.
How long have you been with horse sensing?
3 months, Three months. Yes.
I came. I came from a rehab.
I chose this place.
I get, I feel like, you know,
it gives back to the person with a
little potential to stay sober as well.
And I I've been, I've been loving
it the whole time I've been there.
I've been going through the therapeutic,
you know, job training and I really,
really, you know, being able to
take my time with these horses and.
Just being able, you know,
in my own mind.
At the same time,
there's something don't you find
just about like because what
essentially the program is, is,
is basically you're teaching
skills within the equine industry.
You're working in a barn,
you're working as a team.
Don't you feel like something about
being around the horses just helps
settle your mind and it makes you right.
It's healing. It's truly a man.
He's settled down a lot.
There's something.
That until you're there it's magical
to be there with those animals.
They're beautiful.
Indeed it is. I'm, I'm, I'm,
I'm coming across in your new
it's the scenery is really this
is what what's really worth it
all you know I'm really coming
more and more in touch every day.
Well Tyler, that started his internship
this week so he'll soon be certified and
we'll soon place him in a job as well.
Right. So you get a,
there's a career opportunity beyond this.
I mean Doctor Strong,
you've been you're President of
the Board from the very beginning.
You've been with this program,
you see the good that it
that it's doing there
in the community. Yeah.
And it's been really rewarding and
great to see the growth of the program
and to see people like Tyler in the
program and see how you know horse
sensing is giving back to people
and animals and the equine industry.
I mean truly the program.
Is just win, win, win,
I think all the way around
and so will you be
at the gala? I will be at the gala.
Well once again.
I mean you're coming to if people do
come to the gala on August the second,
you're not only coming to see
some worldclass Saddlebred
competitions there that night,
but you're also getting the chance to bid on.
You have a silent we have a
huge silent action great food,
silent auction and.
I think the the no contest hat contest so
Dory of the polka dotted pineapple will
have a table set up so Thursday and Friday.
I think if you wear a hat on Friday
you can enter the contest and then
she you know she picks the winner on
Saturday night and your only requirement
is to wear a hat on those nights.
So that'll be great.
And you become Missus Miss Shelbyville.
Oh wow. Where's the title? Where?
Well, and you do have openings for sponsors.
If anybody wants to step up and be a
sponsor of this event and help this cause,
they just need to contact you. Yeah,
we have tables left at this point.
VIP tables upstairs,
which come with gourmet meals
and drinks, lots of tickets.
We have some boxes, Couple boxes left.
So it's ringside.
You can't get any better seats than that.
And it all goes to support us.
So anything that's left over goes
to help us support the program.
It's residential and it's free for
these guys for nine months. So
that's incredible. All right, Doctor.
Sean, thank you so much for stopping by.
Tyler, congratulations.
Thank you for sharing your story and best
of luck to you and what you're doing it's
and best of luck with your internship.
Well, thank you. So we're have to check
back in with you in a couple months.
Oh yeah, for sure.
Doctor Saller, make sure that we do.
Thanks, Clyde. Yeah, still available.
They're $50.
All you have to do is go to horsesensing.com.
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