Patricia K. Johnston
Swan Farm - Akhal Teke breeder Dexter, Oregon For consideration as an Akhal Teke Association of America (ATAA) Board member. WHY I WANT TO BE ON THE BOARD As a wildlife biologist by training and profession, I am captivated by the mission of ensuring the genetics of the breed are preserved while the numbers and quality of Akhal-Tekes continues to grow and the breed recovers. I have been involved in nonprofit organizations since the early 1990s. I have started three nonprofits and raised millions of dollars. I would like to help the ATAA get to the next level of work, building on the contributions of those who have worked so hard already, to preserve important bloodlines, promote the breed, and create a standard for the North American Akhal-Teke horse by working with others, both in this county and worldwide. HISTORY WITH HORSES Essentially all my life I’ve owned and trained horses (except for a hiatus when I was raising two sons), riding at various times for both work and pleasure. When I was thirteen years old, I bought my first horse with money I’d earned. I worked as a professional trainer at a large Tennessee Walking Horse breeding ranch in Dubois, Wyoming. I trained my own thoroughbred in cross-country hunting and jumping. In the summer of 2012, my partner and I visited several Akhal-Teke breeders in the northwest United States, and we purchased our first Akhal-Teke sport horse, a Nez Perce horse. In 2013, we purchased our farm and brought home our first pregnant Akhal-Teke brood mare and gelding. We are now raising Ehyr Atlaz, our nearly one year old Peren-line colt.
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