Paige Rolison
Hometown: Bakersfield, Mo.
School: Bakersfield High School
Age: 15
Grandfather: Patrick Murphy
How are you involved in Ag?
“I’m a part of the agriculture program here at Bakersfield High School and I learn a lot. I just started breeding horses and raising them. I have three horses now. They are my full responsibility. Four years ago I got a little mare and a year ago I bred her and she had a colt. Someone else gave me another horse that they couldn’t take care of. It was foundered, so I took the horse in and I cared for it. Its hooves were really bad so I got them trimmed up and they’re currently healing. I started barrel racing this year and I’m racing with my mare. We are learning together and are improving each time we compete.”
Do you train horses for others?
“Right now it’s just a pleasure, but I’d like to make it a career. I’ve trained one of my horses to be a barrel racing horse. She can also jump. I’m training my colt to barrel race, too.”
Do you think this might be a career option?
I hope so. I’d like to breed and raise registered Quarter horses and train them for barrels and Western Pleasure. I would also like to be a vet. I would like to go to the University of Tennessee.
Who has had the most influence in your life?
My grandpa, Patrick Murphy, supports what I do a lot. When I moved to live with my grandpa, he had three donkeys. He told me if I could train one of his donkeys, he would give me the donkey and a horse of my own. I did it, so for my birthday he gave me the horse. He also takes me to all the barrel races and to practice, and he supports and encourages me.”
