TEEN CORRAL w/Clint Van
pictures provided By Shelbi Singletary
Featuring.....
Shelbi
Singletary
Hi!
Hope everyone is keeping warm. I
had a great Christmas and Happy New Year.
We brought the New Year in right, in Florida.
Went to Florida the day after Christmas and
stayed until January 2. I am now thinking to
myself, “Why did I want to do my senior year
in public school?” Don’t get me wrong I like
school and I love my senior year, but going
to the barn and riding in this cold just isn’t the
same as walking out the door in Florida and
having a t-shirt on and riding.
2010 NBHA Open
“
World Champion”
“BELIEVE IN GHOST”
This month I interviewed the 2010 NBHA OPEN WORLD CHAMPION.
Name: Shelbi Singletary
Age: 16
Where are you from? Fitzgerald, GA
School? Homeschooled (11th grade)
Parents: Amy Braden & Chris Singletary, but my grandparents take
me to shows, Robby & Wanda Ash.
Do you have brothers or sisters? Yes 1 brother named Seth (9)
If so do they ride? He rides sometime during the summer at local
shows.
How many horses do you have? At least ten, including Ghost’s momma and daddy.
How many years have you been riding? I have been riding since I
was nine, but I didnt start barrel racing until I was ten or eleven.
What is the name of the horse you won world on? “Ghost” (Booger
Bare Demus)
How old? 10
Color? Gray
Mare or gelding?
Gelding
Where did you get Ghost?
Doyle Hainley
How old was Ghost when you purchased him? Five and a half
Do you run poles on him? No just barrels
Does Ghost have any funny or bad habits? He gets really excited
when I am about to run and he also bites my pocket after I run expecting treats.
TEEN CORRAL w/Clint Van
What other hobbies do you have? I used to play tennis, softball and
cheerleading. Now I just barrel race.
Who started you riding? My grandpa
Some Favorites
Subject: History
Who is your mentor? My grandpa
Food: Mexican
What other championships have you won? Shamrock Showdown
Jacksonville, Fl Youth 2009, President’s Cup Augusta, Ga Youth 2008,
Triple Crown Perry, Ga 2009, Federation State Cloverleaf Perry,Ga
2008 & 2010, Ga NBHA Teen State 2008
Movies: Titanic, Leap Year, Dear John & The Hangover
Color: blue and I love zebra stuff
Song: I have so many favorites, I love music.
Book: I dont really read.
What are your next goals? To win youth world and all american
Do you ever travel North to show? Yes
Horse: Gray
Barrel Race: Triple Crown shows in Perry
Truck: F350 King Ranch
What was your thoughts when you were winning the world? I was
so excited. I never expected to be this far so quick. I still cant believe it
now, it just seems unreal.
What number did you run? 156
How many were left to run? 64
Explain your championship run: It was nerve racking, but soo exciting. When I came out everyone was yelling and I hadnt realized I was
winning, then my grandpa told me and I was just overwhelmed!
Do you have any advice for your fellow barrel racers? Just to
enjoy it and have fun. If your doing what you love it doesn’t matter if
you win or lose.
Trailer: Sundowner
I had the pleasure to meet
Shelbi and her grandpa while
living winters in Florida. I
would like to thank her for this
interview, she put time aside
to answer my questions and
her grandpa just had appendix
surgery. Hope he has a speedy
recovery.
Until next time.
Happy Valentines Day.
What is your plans after high school? I would like to take a year
after high school to just focus on barrel racing and then go to college
to either be an orthodontist or a vet.
Keep warm and see you down
the road.
What do you see yourself doing in 10 years? I still hope to be barrel racing and getting to travel around to do it.
CLINT
Still Freezing........
(in Indiana)
Clint is a 17 year old junior he is enrolled in Abeka Academy homeschool. His parents are Terrie
VanVolkenburgh and respectively Joe Trentman.
He has grown up in the horse world, both parents
have rode almost all their life...Clint's grandfather as some of you may remember was the
late Terry VanVolkenburgh, who would run up
and down the fences when his daughters would
run barrels. Clint began barrel racing at the age
of 4 with a pony, then went on to particpate in
Jr. Rodeo and his favorite event was the sheep
riding, had to believe he is now a barrel racer.
He has won the Ohio Youth NBHA and Indiana
Youth and Open NBHA , he has also won the
congress youth barrel four times, and was runner
up in the Congress Sweepstakes, placed at Josey
Jr. world numerous times, and won the NBHA
Youth World 1d in 2006. He loves to barrel race
and is now trying his hand at the futurities. In
Clint's spare time he mows grass for a part time
job and is also very active in his church where
he and his cousins are bible school helpers. Clint
also volunteers one day a week at a school in
Cincinatti where he spends time tutoring other
kids in reading.
Still Thinking of Florida......
Senior pictures were by A.J.
Waltz of Waltz Photography...
www.waltzphotography.com