PG . 18
AQHA FEATURE
EMMY ANDREWS
‘ The Magic of Motivation ’
ARTICLE BY : LYN HOFFMANN © 2022 D PHOTOS BY : ANDREWS FAMILY & TANIA HOBBS
WHEN AN OUTBACK – BASED YOUTH RIDER , HER MOTHER , AND HER GRANDPARENTS WERE MOTIVATED ENOUGH TO HEAD TO Q22 , AT TAMWORTH FOR HER FIRST RIDDEN SHOW , IT INSPIRED A HANDFUL OF LOVELY AQHA LADIES TO PULL TOGETHER TO MAKE HER FIRST NATIONALS AN UNFORGETTABLE & SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE !
BORN into a family with a strong focus on horses , Emmy Andrews has had a lifetime of riding them . Her grandparents bred Quarter Horses for many years and have been extremely influential in her riding . From a young age , Emmy attended her local pony club with her ponies , and competed at local Agricultural shows with her parents .
Emmy lives with her parents , Kristy and Nick , and brother , Lester on a 150,000 acre sheep station . It ’ s 35kms east of Broken Hill , so it really is the genuine outback . The family run Merino sheep for both wool and meat production .
Having just come out of five years of terrible drought , they ’ ve suffered a dust storm every week for the last two years . Due to this , and facing other negative factors , such as covid , Emmy has been very limited to what she ’ s been able to do with horses . However , she ‘ s been extremely fortunate in having a family who ’ ve been willing to travel a long way to attend anything horse-related .
After years of watching at the shows , 2018 proved an exciting year for Emmy when Annie Boyd very kindly offered her the chance to show Annlee Light My Fire Q-55836 , by HF Somethin Hot Q-48718 . The offer to show the lovely mare at the AQHA National Quarter Horse Show in Tamworth , NSW ,
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