MURFREESBORO, Tenn., September 26, 2007: The Road to the Horse Mystery Contestant will be revealed Friday, February 29 before the March 1-2 Road to the Horse event in Murfreesboro, TN–during the show’s Shopping Extravaganza. Before then, Road to the Horse Producer/Owner Tootie Bland will announce a clue to help you guess who the crew member-turned clinician will be. Here are the first FIVE clues.

Log on to http://roadtothehorse.blogspot.com/and join the Road to the Horse mailing list at http://roadtothehorse.com to be the first to find out the newest clues. The first identifiable respondents to post correct guesses on the blog will be entered in a prize drawing held Friday night at the show. You need not be present to win. One correct respondent will win a commemorative, limited edition set of Road to the Horse DVDs—including the 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 documentaries.

First Clue
The competitor’s name is listed within the 2007 RTTH souvenir program. For your clue research. . . . The 2007 RTTH program can be downloaded as a PDF if you’d like to see who’s listed.
http://www.roadtothehorse.com/images/2007program.pdf

Second Clue
The mystery competitor lives West of the Mississippi River.

Third Clue
The RTTH mystery clinician was seen on RFD-TV in June. Check your RFD-TV listings. Remember, all the past clues apply.

Fourth Clue
The mystery clinician was quoted in print as saying, “If someone were to ask you to write down how you train a horse…you could answer it correctly with two simple words: stimulus and response. There’s a little more to it than that, but that’s training in a nutshell. You apply a stimulus until you get the desired response, then you stop the stimulus.”

**NEW** Fifth Clue
The mystery clinician’s age (the age he/she will be at show time) is hidden in Road to the Horse’s “Don’t be left behind” ad. See the September or October issues of Horse & Rider, America’s Horse, or Hoofbeats to find your clue. Hint: Watch out if you have a lead foot.

For more information about Road to the Horse, visit http://www.roadtothehorse.com, or call 325-736-5000. Road to the Horse is owned and produced by Tootie Bland/ Ride the Remuda Productions. 2008 sponsors include: Charity Challenge Sponsor Fort Dodge Animal Health; Presenting Sponsor Horse & Rider; and sponsors Absolute Innovations, Wahl Clipper, Cinch / Cruel Girl, Gist Silversmiths, Martin Saddlery, Horse Media Group, Rockin J Horse Stalls, W-W Livestock Sales, John Deere, American Cowboy Magazine, LubriSyn, Valley Vet, Samson, Prime Performance Nutrition, Horse South, Horse Exchange, and Hoofbeats.

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