Taft Dickerson Show Horses is located in Mount Airy, North Carolina- home of “Mayberry” on the popular ‘60s TV series, The Andy Griffith Show.
Taft specializes in AQHA & NSBA, Western Pleasure Futurity Horses. A 4x All American Quarter Horse Congress Champion and NSBA World Champion.
Taft got his start in the show arena competing at American Quarter Horse Association approved shows all along the East coast, but especially in North Carolina and Virginia. His father, Donnie always had a talented Western Pleasure contender for Taft to show as he coached his own clients and Taft at futurities across the country as well as at the All American Quarter Horse Congress.
In 1999, Taft won the 169-entry Novice Youth Western Pleasure aboard Par Te Major Fox, and that was just the beginning.
In 2011, Taft piloted OK Ima Cowboy, a 2008 red roan stallion by Openrange and out of OK Zip Me (by Zippo Pine Bar) to a win in Green Western Pleasure at the Reichert Celebration and a Congress Reserve Championship in the Southern Belle Breeders 3-Year-Old Open Western Pleasure. In addition to preparing horses for show, Taft’s program coaches youth and amateur competitors.
The family owned & operated facility includes a 40-acre property with two barns, an indoor arena and outdoor riding arena, as well as and many trails which include riding through a creek.
“My favorite part of the job is taking a horse from nothing and turning it into a finished show horse and either watching a client show that horse to a win or competing on it myself.”
Achievements
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2016
2016
2017
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2020
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2022
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