Stacy Westfall
{{short description|American professional horse trainer}}
Stacy Westfall (born September 26, 1974) is an American professional horse trainer who specializes in reining. In 2006, she became the first woman to compete in and win the Road to the Horse competition.{{cite web |url=http://www.ridemagazine.com/horse/article/meet-trainer-stacy-westfall |title=Stacy Westfall rides without a saddle or bridle {{!}} Ride Magazine |website=www.ridemagazine.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222110639/http://ridemagazine.com/horse/article/meet-trainer-stacy-westfall |archive-date=2010-12-22}}{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-oCAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Stacy+Westfall%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA55 |magazine=American Cowboy |volume=14 |issue=1. May-Jun, 2007 |page=55 |title=The Cowgirl Way |first=Lisa Rohner |last=Shafer |issn=1079-3690}} In 2006, she also won the All American Quarter Horse Congress Freestyle Reining competition on the black mare, Whizards Baby Doll, riding both bridleless and bareback.
Early life and career
Westfall grew up in South China, Maine. While her parents were not horse professionals, her mother was her instructor until Westfall went to college at the University of Findlay in Ohio.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715195324/http://rodeoattitude.com/spur/livestock/equine/stacy-westfall-clm-1521.shtml |archivedate=2011-07-15 |url=http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/livestock/equine/stacy-westfall-clm-1521.shtml |title=Bridleless, Bareback Reining Queen Stacy Westfall (Rodeo Attitude News) |publisher=Rodeoattitude.com |date=2008-07-17 |access-date=2023-08-01}}
Westfall began to perform bridleless in freestyle reining, a form of reining competition where exhibitors design their own routines and perform to music, after accidentally dropping a rein while in a traditional reining competition.
In 2003, Westfall was awarded NRHA Futurity Freestyle Champion (Bridleless).
In 2006, she was the first woman to compete in the Road to the Horse colt starting competition,{{cite web |url=http://www.discoverhorses.com/trainer-stacy-westfall-clinic-during-quarterfest.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121181235/http://www.discoverhorses.com/trainer-stacy-westfall-clinic-during-quarterfest.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |title=Trainer Stacy Westfall Clinic During QuarterFest. |publisher=discoverhorses.com |date= |access-date=2011-11-03 }} and its first female winner.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WOoCAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Stacy+Westfall%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA14 |magazine=American Cowboy |volume=13 |issue= 1. May-Jun 2006 |title=Roundup: Westfall Wins "Road to the Horse" |issn=1079-3690}}
Also in 2006, Westfall was the All American Quarter Horse Congress Freestyle Champion, performing with her mare Roxy. On March 14, 2008, Ellen DeGeneres interviewed Westfall on her program and welcomed both Westfall and Roxy to the studio. Roxy lived until February 8, 2012, having won multiple championships across her life.{{cite web|url=https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2012/02/10/stacy-westfalls-bareback-mare-roxy-dies/ |publisher=Horsetalk.co.nz |title=Stacy Westfall's bareback mare Roxy dies – video |date=2012-02-10}}
Westfall also gives clinics, trains horses, and competes in reining.
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