Special to The Hays Daily News

The High Plains Horseman's Day is scheduled for April 17 at the Logan County Fairgrounds in Oakley. The featured clinician is a husband and wife team from Cambridge, Neb., Steve and Jeanne Mueller.

Steve has been involved in horses from an early age. Early on, he had an open mind on handling horses and studied the effectiveness of current methods. Always seeking better methods of horse handling, he quickly adapted to the natural horsemanship method. Steve has earned many accomplishments in his lifetime including qualifying for the Mid-States Rodeo Association Finals multiple times and winning an average award.

He also is the 2004 U.S. Calf Roping Association World Champion and the 2005 Reserve U.S. Calf Roping World Champion, and he teaches eager students in the colt starting class at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis, Neb.

Jeanne has been running barrels since early childhood. Although barrels and other speed events were her favorites growing up, she has shown and competed in all spectrums of the Western horse world.

She has been training her own horses since she started competing and has won many champion awards, as well as placing at many of the top barrel futurities in the nation, including the Speedhorse, BFA Futurities, the Lazy E Futurity, and the Nebraska Open Futurity.

Steve and Jeanne do not employ negativity in their training of horses or coaching of riders. They always find the positive and build upon that. The Muellers have a strong belief that "a positive attitude is what it takes to develop a winning attitude."

Join the Muellers at the High Plains Horsemen's Day as they show how to go through ground working basics with colts, how to effectively use your leg cues with the horse, and how to achieve a finished horse.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Logan County Fairgrounds. For more information or to register for the event, contact the Thomas County Extension office at (785) 460-4582.