Shannon Curl
They say every successful person knows how to surround themselves with great people. The horse training business is no different and it can be argued that behind every successful trainer is a talented assistant. If Gil Galyean’s almost unmatched success as a pleasure trainer is any reflection on the great people he has surrounded himself with, then it should come as no surprise that his most recent top assistant, Shannon Curl was the best assistant in 2009. Mentoring under one of the best trainers in the business has paid great dividends for Shannon as she was recently hired as the head trainer at one of the leading private farms in the industry, Masterson Farms of Somerville, TN.
