Daniel Carlson of Sheffield, Massachusetts, was a little worried coming into the showmanship finals November 7, with his mare, Are You Charlie, aka “Emily.” “I had a rough warm up last night, I was all nervous and I kept doing the pattern wrong,” he said. “I’d do the first 270 (degree turn), crossover, cross back and then start jogging away. I had (AQHA Professional Horseman Gene Spagnola) very nervous.
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