I was the little boy at Grandpa and Grandma's over fifty years ago that would wake up on weekend visits smelling bacon and coffee perking on an old wood stove.  I sat on Grandpa's horse as he worked his garden or we moved wood or hay on his one horse wagon. The memories are burned into my mind and soul.  Now, my relationship with horses may be well known as a professional outdoorsman and adventurer but my experience with draft horses is below the novice level.

 

I have been fortunate to host the television show Best of America by Horseback for many years.  I am told that we have organized  the largest and  most successful horseback adventures in America, including every step rides from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Mexico to Canada.   However, my association with Larry Clark and the association have been some of the greatest highlights.  Larry took his time to work with my draft horse and one horse wagon, topped with a ride by my grandchildren.  Somehow as my wife and I sat on the back of the wagon, I could smell a wood stove, coffee perking and bacon frying once again........

 

Thank you and all your members for doing so much more than being another horse association but an organization that teaches, ties members and families together and carries on American traditions and values to new generations.  I am so proud to be a member and all of us are proud of the leadership and compassion of Larry Clark.

 

Tom Seay

Host and Producer of

Best of America by Horseback Television Show