Joan Ronalder

- Equestrienne Extraordinaire

Joan was born with a love for horses that has intensified with maturity and experience. Training these beautiful animals comes naturally to her and she excels in her talent and capability of communicating with them. Entertaining an audience comes easy to her and performing before a crowd is what her animals like best.

With 22 years of experience training horses there isn't much Joan hasn't done with them. This includes trick riding, Roman style, riding on three, not two,horses. She has also spent time breaking and exercising thorobred race horses as well as training horses and mules for pleasure driving and competition. Joan trains her own performing horses.

The art of shoeing horses is familiar to Joan as she has shoed horses for Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus and the Royal Lippizan Stallion show and does her own farrier work.

Performing with rodeos, wild west shows, theme parks, and circuses Joan has appeared from Florida to Canada, to Bermuda, and from the East Coast to the West Coast.

A vivid imagination and tremendous determination helped Joan become the top notch trainer and performer she is today. She has some of the most unique animal acts ever presented.

These unique and totally original acts have entertained audiences at numerous prestigious rodeos such as the North American Rodeo Commission Finals in El Paso, Texas; The IPRAAll Region Finals in Orlando, Florida; The American Professional Rodeo Association Finals in Harrisburg, Pa; The IPRA Southeast Region Finals in Tallahassee, FL.; The IPRA Northeast Region Finals in Boston, MA; The Southern Finals in Houston, TX; The IPRA Rodeo at Austin International Livestock Exposition in Austin, Tx; The Annual Gilbert Days Celebration in Gilbert, Az; Also included in the list Golden Anniversary Rodeo in Sparta, Mi; IPRAAll Region Finals in Knoxville, Tn. And IFR24 and 29 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.