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Trainer Turns Unbroken Horse Into Champion
ST. PAUL (AP) -- A St. Paul trainer took an untrained horse and turned it into a national champion in eight months.
Jerusha Steinert and her 4-year-old Nokota named Mesabi Warrior bested about 30 other competitors to take grand champion honors in the American Horsewoman's Challenge.
Contestants had eight months to turn an unbroken horse into a show-ready equine.
The event was open to women trainers from the United States and Canada.
This was the inaugural run for the three-day competition held in October in Oklahoma.
The 34-year-old Steinert has been a trainer since 2006 and a horsewoman most of her life.
She says she was floored that she won.
She plans to enter next year with another Nokota, sponsored by a spectator who was taken with Mesabi.
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