The KWPN-NA representative Tish Quirk was our special guest at the World Cup in April 2009 giving us her time on Saturday morning to speak to the breeders in Las Vegas. She is encouraging trainers, breeders and students around the world to begin mentorships with Breeders in order to take over the reins from retiring breeders. Tish is looking to help place interested young people into this fascinating career. Please contact Tish at her website Tishquirk.com http://www.tishquirk.com/aboutus.html
Tish became an expert in matters of breeding, pregnant mare care, foaling, and raising and training young horses. She has been named Silver Stirrup National Breeder of the Year by the Performance Horse Registry. She has been named Leading Handler in the Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Championships West. She and her husband John were inducted into the Spruce Meadows Hall of Fame. Tish is currently the owner and manager of Tish Quirk Equine Services, a full-service stallion management, breeding, foaling, training and teaching business in Rancho Santa Fe, California. She stands two Best Of Luck sons, Just The Best and More Than Luck.
Tish is the Chairman of the United States Hunter and Jumper Association (USHJA) Breeders Committee, is on the USHJA Board of Directors and serves on the USHJA Hunter Breeding Task Force. She has served on the Board of Directors of the International Hunter Futurity and on the Board of Advisors for the North American Dutch Warmblood Registry (KWPN-NA). She is a charter and founder member of the International Jumper Futurity. She holds lifetime memberships in the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), the Pacific Coast Horse Shows Association (PCHA) and the USHJA. She is a member of the California Professional Horseman’s Association, the KWPN-NA, the North American Oldenburg/International Sporthorse Registry (OLD/ISR), the Rheinland Pfalz-saar International (RPSI) registry and the American Hanoverian Society.
