Don Burt leaves lasting legacy
The equestrian the world has lost 1 of its leading lights amongst the passing on Dominicus of U.S.A. horseman Don Burt. He was aged 82.
Burt, who began preparation together with showing horses across disciplines inwards California, had a career that saw him give riding lessons to Hollywood royalty, followed past times his ain achievements every bit a rider, having won both the national hunter together with jumper titles inwards the same twelvemonth at the Cow Palace.
After an injury ended his riding career, he turned to judging together with lecturing, becoming a well-respected together with in-demand licensed official. And thus at that spot were the years of service he spent every bit an administrator together with past times president of the American Quarter Horse Association.
He was inducted into its Hall of Fame inwards 2004, and was a estimate at the AQHA’s World Championship demonstrate 7 times together with served on numerous committees spell representing California.
Known for heading the endeavor to secure the blessing of reining every bit the FEI’s starting fourth dimension Western discipline, Burt served on the USEF Reining together with High Performance Reining Committees.
His influence reached exterior the reining together with Quarter Horse circles every bit Burt showed, judged together with bred horses inwards well-nigh every major breed division. He has too held judge’s licenses from the American Horse Shows Association (now USEF) inwards Appaloosa, Arabian, hunter, jumper, Morgan, National Show Horse, together with Western.
For his decades of services to the equestrian industry, Burt was awarded the USEF Lifetime Achievement Award together with the Jimmy A. Williams Trophy inwards 2007. He was too added to the Honor Roll of Distinguished Officials inwards 2011. he too received the Equine Industry Vision Award inwards 2003, together with the National Reining Horse Association Lifetime Achievement Award inwards 2009.
At the fourth dimension he received the USEF lifetime achievement laurels inwards 2007, Burt said: “Rarely am I speechless … but this is 1 of the highlights of my life.
“I’ve accept never ‘worked’ a twenty-four hours … I’ve merely played cowboy all my life,” he said.
“I desire to state how genuinely blessed I am, together with I accept an angel on each shoulder,” he said. “My married adult woman actually should live getting this award. She is my lifelong friend together with partner, together with I desire her to bring together me together with stand upward together with live recognized.”
Through his writing, Burt shared his extensive cognition past times authoring monthly columns for Horse together with Rider together with America’s Horse magazines together with several books – Horses together with Other Heroes, Winning With The American Quarter Horse, together with Winning With Arabian Horses.
USEF CEO John Long said Don Burt was a driving forcefulness inwards the sport of reining together with advocate for equestrian sport.
“He has left an outstanding legacy together with his influence volition live felt for years to come.”
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