Shawn Flarida, National Reining Horse Association’s (NRHA) leading rider, all-time money earner, and a member of the NRHA Hall of Fame, spoke at the University of Kentucky (UK) Ag Equine Programs’ Distinguished Industry Lecture Series April 27 in the Gluck Equine Research Center’s auditorium.

The talk was moderated by the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s equine industry advisory committee chair and long-time program supporter Norm Luba. It was live-streamed on the college’s YouTube channel and an archived version of the talk is available at youtube.com/watch?v=R6T1Bwf6oCo.

Sponsored by Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, the event was free and attracted approximately 75 attendees.

Flarida is the first-ever Five Million Dollar Rider. He has five NRHA open futurity championships to his name and has won the All-American Quarter Horse Congress futurity 11 times