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Female VO: Here amid the rugged beauty of
central Utah, lies the most spectacular
Americana event of them all.
Welcome to part two of our TV coverage
of the Young Living Draft Horse Show in Mona, Utah.
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Female VO: The show features heavy draft
horses from all over the country,
competing for $90,000 in prize money.
From the one-horse cart to the big hitches,
there's excitement packed into every class.
All this within acres and acres of fragrant
herbs and sweet-smelling lavender fields.
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Female VO: Our Part 2 competition begins
with the driving obstacles, Gambler's Choice Class.
They have three minutes to choose
an obstacle, and then try to get the
most points within the timeframe.
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Female VO: Next up, the Open Four Hitch Class.
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Female VO: Another win for Mark Messenger
Memorial Hitch with Brian Coleman driving.
Kirk Messenger: We changed some things
up there again, we put a swing horse
and a lead horse together and they,
they went really nice.
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Female VO: You can pick your favorite
from the All Breeds Driving Competition coming up now.
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Female VO: Pam Bailey takes this one
with her bay miniature horse.
The ladies take center stage now
with the Ladies Team Class.
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Brian Lynch: I like the ladies team to be
just a - again, the same criteria like a...
team working together as a unit.
Is the two of them well-matched is important.
That team that's kind of - still has that animation
and action but a team that's controllable
for the lady to drive.
Maybe more your wheel type thing
as opposed to your lead team for a ladies team.
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Female VO: And the winner is the
Meadowlake Belgians with Crystal Newborn driving.
David Cunningham: It's the first time she'd
driven the team yesterday.
Did a fantastic job, obviously, and we're quite
proud of her, and quite proud of the horses.
Crystal Newborn: I never really thought I'd get first,
but I was going in there like hey,
we're having a pretty good drive,
horses are working together really well,
and so placing is nice, and winning
is even better, so it's kind of nice.
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Female VO: Putting practical farm skills to the test,
the All Breeds Feed Team race starts now.
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Female VO: Driving the haflingers,
Joshua and Kelsey Harper win this class.
It's colorful, and fun to watch.
The All Breeds Costume Class.
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Steve Gregg: I think we're looking for people
that judge that class and call it differently, you know?
Actually, I think in that class I probably went
to somebody that put more effort into their
costume than some that didn't.
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Female VO: Winners of the Costume Class
are the Harpers - Joshua, Kelsey, and Ariana Harper.
Female VO: In between competition classes,
Felix and Brenda Santana show the rich tradition
of Mexican history with horses.
As the farms' Aleutian stallion, Romano,
danced with Brenda in a Mexican folkloric dance.
Male: Well, thank you everybody, all of the sudden
the Oak Ridge Boys are in the middle of Utah!
(Applause)
[Oak Ridge Boys singing]
Female VO: They've been award-winning
country music stars for the last 50 years,
and now they're in the country music hall of fame.
The Oak Ridge Boys are one of the stellar
attractions at the Young Living Draft Horse Show
and they bring it all - rock, gospel, pop, and country
- to entertain this great horse show crowd.
[Oak Ridge Boys singing]
Richard Barney: I mean that was one of the
big draw points for my wife, she wanted to see the
Oak Ridge Boys, you know?
We're of that generation, you know? [Laugh]
Annette Fielding: Yeah, the concert, I mean what a –
what a better way to thank everybody for
showing up is to entertain 'em, entertain our crew.
Wade Thornley: That was a great concert.
They had the Oak Ridge Boys here.
Lot of fun.
We went out there as a family and did a
lot of dancing and hooping,
and it was a good time.
[Oak Ridge Boys singing]
Gary Young: But the concert with the
Oak Ridge Boys last night, again, it was just another –
it was over the top.
We had over 20,000 people in the park,
and it was just spectacular.
[Oak Ridge Boys singing]
Female VO: Don't go away, more from the draft show coming up.
Female VO: At the Young Living Farm,
another breed of horse was recently added
to the breeding and training operation.
The magnificent Friesian breed.
Head trainer, Felix Santana delighted everyone
in the audience with these dream horses.
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Female VO: Now we're ready for the skill
and agility of the Men's Cart Class.
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Female VO: And the winner is the Hersch Belgians,
Duane Herschberger driving.
The Amateur Four Horse Hitch Class
starts the thunder rolling.
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Female VO: The winner of the Amateur Four
Horse Hitch Class, the Meadowlake Belgians –
Crystal Newborn driving.
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Female VO: Here it is, always exciting,
the Open Six Horse Hitch Class.
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Female VO: The winner of the Six Horse Hitch –
Mark Messenger Memorial Hitch, driven by Brian Coleman.
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Female VO: And now here is the driving
competition for the Six Horse Hitch.
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Female VO: This class is judged on how well
the driver maneuvers the team of six horses
through figure 8's and other patterns.
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Female VO: Big win for the Unhitched Ranch
Clydesdales, and for driver Scott Banga.
It's his second year in a row to win this class
at the Young Living Draft Horse Show.
Get ready for the thrill of the Open Eight Horse Hitch Class.
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Brian Lynch: Same as a six, but it's a whole
different ball game.
That extra, extra swing pull, extra team,
extra set of lines, when you transition
from eight to six, it makes six seem easy.
One more pivot point, one more pair of horses,
another set of lines.
So it's... a whole 'nother ball game.
Steve Gregg: It sorts the men from the boys
a little bit, when, when you come to eight.
Like it's a handful, takes some talent to
drive them properly and do a good job of it.
So, I think here too it will be a pretty good class
for the reason it's a big ring.
It's pretty good advantage when you're showing
eight because the smaller the ring,
the more work it is for the driver.
And, again, back to sorting the real good ones
from the guys that are a little shaky, you know,
so, but a big ring gives a little
more advantage to everybody.
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Female VO: And here they are again,
winners Mark Messenger Memorial Hitch,
driven by Brian Coleman.
Kirk Messenger: Right now the Percherons are,
they've just bred 'em to a different level than
a lot of other, in the other breeds.
And so I think that's why they are the...
the tougher ones to beat right now.
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Female VO: Once again Young Living Farm
and the Young Living Draft Horse Show
have more than delivered an exciting weekend.
Kirk Messenger: Oh, they put on an excellent show here.
Unbelievable.
David Cunningham: On the West Coast we have
just a handful of shows that are of the caliber,
let's put it that way, of some of those back East.
And to have a new one, that's sponsored
in this fashion, out here, is fantastic.
And thanks to Gary.
If we didn't have his sponsorship,
of course, we wouldn't have this show,
and we wouldn't have anything like the
kind of interest in it.
So it's fantastic that he's involved.
Crystal Newborn: It's a beautiful show.
Very smoothly run, and you're always in the
stands interested in the next thing coming, that's for sure.
Nick Popoff: I'm really looking forward to
coming back next year.
I mean I think Gary does a great job and
I really appreciate the Young Living for
putting on such a great event.
I know that it's a lot of time and effort and
hassle, but they sure do a phenomenal job.
Wayne Waring: Most of the shows we go to
are like county fairs or state fairs where you
got the carnival aspect and, you know,
it's all the other stuff going on.
And this right here is just the draft horse show,
tied in with all the other things he's got going
around here, so people are here just
basically to see the draft horses.
Annette Fielding: So, to have somebody like Gary Young,
that's willing to put his time and energy behind it,
that's huge for the entire industry
because it is a dying art.
And we're losing it.
And until other people step up like Gary Young,
you know, it could die.
So it's important to see the effort being
put forth and, you know, this facility is amazing.
And it takes a lot to host the Draft Horse Show.
And they're getting it right.
Kirk Messenger: This is beautiful - beautiful place.
Wonderful show. Staff is excellent.
Couldn't have a better setting than, yeah,
between these two mountains here.
It's just a beautiful place.
Wade Thornley: Awesome, awesome show.
Great people.
Everybody's out there to try to help
you whatever way they can.
Awesome facilities.
You can't say enough about the facilities.
It's by far, probably the best out there.
Female VO: It's no wonder that Young Living Farm
and the Draft Horse Show draws such enthusiastic crowds.
The facilities are welcoming and attractively well-planned.
One can only imagine the hard work and years
of construction that created all this.
Great grounds and great shows on what was
once sprawling farmland.
It has become a unique family destination,
carved out of the joy and purpose and vision of one man.
Gary Young: You know, I can't take all the credit
for it because if I didn't have the beautiful wife
that I have, and a partner that has supported
my dreams, I couldn't have done this.
And she was always there, and honey,
I'll support you, I'll help you.
And, that's given me the internal strength
to persevere when a lot of odds were against me.
And so you know, it goes back to that old adage,
"behind a good man is a better woman."
And I've got a better woman.
And so, we work as a team.
And we get so much more done.
But my real satisfaction is just seeing the joy
in the people's face.
I enjoy seeing the people here loving it.
And that's...
and that's really my payday,
is knowing what I envisioned years ago,
and what we have built here, and I've said it oftentimes,
there's no greater joy, there's no –
there's no amount of money in Fort Knox that could
create the happiness inside of me, that knowing
that what I do has changed somebody's life.
And that's what really gives me the motivation
to keep doing it is because I know what
I'm doing is helping people.
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Female VO: Make plans to attend this year's 2017
Young Living Fall Festival and Draft Horse Show,
September 29th to October 1st.
For more information go to YoungLiving.com,
or call 800-371-0819.