Presented by Shelby Winnail, HETRA’s Equine Operations Manager

Come join us to learn about the HETRA Horse Leading Technique. Using our "Magic Wands" and this unique approach to leading we have been able to significantly cut back on the amount of equine burnout in our program. We now have a leading technique that can easily be taught and replicated giving our horses the consistency they need to keep them happy. We have also created advancement levels for our volunteers allowing them to gain desired knowledge and horse skills.

Shelby Winnail serves as HETRA’s Equine Operations Manager. Shelby grew up riding and showing American Quarter Horses. She also spent much of her youth in a barn where adaptive riding and therapy services were being offered on a daily basis. Upon graduating with her bachelor’s degree in Animal Science, she took a full-time position at Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy (HETRA). She has since become a PATH Intl. CTRI, ESMHL, Mentor and is the current PATH, Intl. Nebraska State Chair. Shelby loves working hands on with participants and volunteers, but her passion lies with the horses. Shelby is driven by building and maintaining a therapy herd that is “healthy, happy, sane and sound.”