Tanner Isaacs

Tanner Isaacs and his family reside in Carr, Colorado, where they raise quarter horses and seedstock range sheep. Since joining RMQHA in 2020, Tanner has played a pivotal role as the race director and is currently serving his second term as the Vice President of Racing in 2024. A graduate of Colorado State University, Tanner has dedicated the nine years to the equine industry in Colorado, including a seven years as the Breeding Farm Manager at Vista Equine Colorado, LLC.

Now with his own venture, Diamond Cross Ag Services, Tanner collaborates with fellow breeders to promote their horses and help them achieve their aspirations of raising future champions. Tanner and his family have successfully bred horses that have excelled at Arapahoe Park, and they continue to expand their program with a focus on Colorado Bred mares.

Kelley Simonsen

Kelley Simonsen has been showing in RMQHA shows for close to 40 years as an Amateur exhibitor. Raised in the suburbs of Washington DC her early efforts were focused on English classes. After winning a Western show saddle at the Colorful Colorado AQHA show in Estes Park in the mid-go’s she ventured into the Western classes as well. Today she competes as a Select Amateur in the core All-Around classes.

Kelley served on the Board of RMQHA for many years, serving as Vice President of the Show Division from 2013-2016 and as RMQHA President from 2017-2018. With a background in Accounting her focus has been on the financial health of the Association. She is now an Honorary Vice President and currently serves as RMQHA’s Treasurer. .

Howie Chavers

I am Howie Chavers. I have degrees in Business Administration and Computer Science. I have been a racehorse trainer for 37 years. My love for horses is the passion that drives me to accomplish any task.

Larry Terrell

Larry Terrell is a lifelong Western Colorado native who lives in Loma, Colorado, just west of Grand Junction. He is a retired CPA from the largest accounting firm in Western Colorado, where he specialized in taxation for natural resources as well as farm and ranch operations.

Larry earned his first Colorado Quarter Horse racing license in 1979, racing primarily on the Colorado fair circuit during his early years. Over time, his racing career expanded across Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Iowa, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, where he achieved his greatest success.

He has also served as Vice President of the race division for the Western Slope Quarterhorse Association, where the association sponsored and managed a 12-day fair circuit race meet, further supporting and growing the sport in the region.

Judy Bergner-Worrell

I started my horse career early, four years old on the pony Goldie.   I grew up in Lancaster, California, showing the ponies, and an old Appaloosa horse at open shows, 4H and FFA.  Was a big time to go to the Antelope Valley Fair and Alfalfa Festival, and the LA County Fair.  A lifelong love of the horses.

I bred and raised a number of Appaloosa horses, all sired by the greatest AQHA horses, Zippo Pine Bar, Zips Chocolate Chip, Principal Investment; and I love those lines today.  I was very active in Appaloosa regional clubs and the National Appaloosa Horse Club and was on the National Board for six years.  I was a member of RMQHA in the 90s and showed an Amateur Western pleasure horse by Impressive Zip.

After taking a career break from horses and retiring from the breeding business I started showing AQHA L1 and Rookie and have truly loved rejoining RMQHA.  The evolution of the L1 and Rookie program is a tremendous door to AQHA for someone both new, and returning, as a more “mature” person.

I Graduated from Regis University in Denver, with a Systems Degree, and an MBA from the University of Texas at San Antonio. I spent my entire career life on the technology teams for Walmart, USAA and American Express.  Recently retired, I am looking forward to contributing to my AQHA passion.

Miya Childers

Miya Childers has lived in Colorado since December 2004, when she came to work for a local trainer.

Before living here, Miya lived in Scottsdale, AZ. While in AZ Miya worked for an all-around trainer, Steve Cruse, who was internationally acknowledged as a top halter exhibitor and trainer. Miya trained numerous World and National champion Appaloosas during her time with Steve, including showing her own Appaloosa gelding to Top Ten and Five spots in the open divisions of the western pleasure and trail. When Steve moved his business to Texas Miya moved to the Denver area and went to work for an AQHA training program. As an assistant Miya rode multiple horses to top AQHA awards, including Superior Champions Good Vintage, Talkin Some Zip, Always Clownin Around, Chex is the Choice, and Western By Design. She qualified many students and horses for the AQHA World Show in several different events, including western pleasure, trail, hunter under saddle and halter.

Miya started her own business in September 2009 and earned AQHA Professional Horseman membership. Since the beginning the goal of her business (Dawning Performance Horses) has been to compete and win on a national level while being a steward of the horse. Miya has been attending the All-American Quarter Horse Congress (the world’s largest single breed horse show) since 2010. She has been blessed to have had a horse in the Top Ten placings every year she has attended, including multiple Congress Champions and Reserve Congress Champions. Miya also has won Top Five and Ten placings at the AQHA World Championship show in both the Trail and Halter divisions.     

Miya also runs a limited rehabilitation program, with horses referred from Colorado State University and Jergens Equine, Gill, CO.  Miya is also a regular clinician for both private groups and colleges with equine programs, including NWJC. She regularly attends judging clinics, and is pursuing her judge’s card for both AQHA, NSBA and ApHC.

Debbie Unrein

I am a do it yourself amateur who has been involved in horses all my life.  Have been a AQHA, RMQHA and WQHA member for several years as well as a past WQHA Director  I live in Sterling, Colorado and married to Jay Unrein where we have a small acreage and a few horses and dogs.  I work for Logan County as the Finance Director.  I am honored to be involved with such a talented group of professional horseman who all have an equal passion to better our association in all divisions and what it stands for.  

Shaun Gloude

Liz Wilson

Lindsey Brackle

Danette Watson

Scott Aschermann

Roxanne Doogan