Audrey Cunningham

3130 Endville Rd. Belden, MS 38826

diamondahorses@gmail.com

(662) 403-0664

Work Experience
Owner of Diamond A Horses, LLC

Huntsville, TX & Belden, MS

June 2014- present

Developed and created business for riding lessons, clinics, and sales.

General marketing, budgeting, and financials.

Daily care of horses, goats and facility.

Head Instructor schedule, plan, and teach riding lessons for all ages and levels of riding.

Manage clinics hosting, registration, marketing, and production.

Produce successful jackpot calf ropings, round robins, and numbered team ropings.

Train outside horses mostly colt starting, problem solving, and tune ups for recreational riders.

Consign outside horses tuning up the horse, creating ads, dealing with prospective buyers, etc.

Assistant Reining Trainer for Huddleston Reining Horses Ecru, MS

June 2015

Trained on 2-7 year old reining horses.

Loped horses to be worked or exercised.

Fed and watered horses, cleaned stalls, and organized tack room.

Doctored horses for scratches and girth galls.

Groomed and clipped for show and sale prep.

Maintained the arena.

Loper for Brad Mitchell Cutting Horses Canton, TX

January 2015 April 2015

Loped 3-5 year old horses daily for flag or cattle work, or conditioning.

Travelled to shows, cared for horses and prepared for them to show.

Groomed and clipped for show and sale prep.

Turned back cattle in the practice pen.

Had 32 horses under my direct care and supervision.

Fed and watered horses daily, blanketing as needed.

Doctored and medicated all horses; treating scratches, fungus, cuts, white line disease, EPM, etc.

Organized the barn and trailers.

Kept inventory for medications, feed, supplements, daily barn supplies, and sport boots.

Worked closely with the vets, farrier, and clients to make sure all the horses needs were met.

Exercise Rider for Paws, Claws, & Hooves Tupelo, MS

June 2014-Aug 2014

Conditioned and trained 5 thoroughbreds for A-rated Hunter/Jumper shows.

Groomed and clipped for show and sale prep.

Cashier at Bishops BBQ

Tupelo, MS

April 2013- Aug 2013

Take orders, run food, food prep, and clean up.

Checked on customers, made sure they were satisfied.

Beauty Consultant for Merle Norman @ Legacy

Pontotoc, MS

June 2012-Dec 2012, May 2014 Dec 2014

Responsible for sales, window displays, client makeovers, and inventory.

Stable Hand & Exercise Rider at Cedar Grove Quarter Horse Farm

Sherman, MS

June 2011- Dec 2011

Cleaned stalls, kept barn tidy.

Exercise and turnout horses.

Assisted with horse training- Horsemanship, showmanship, hunter hack, and halter breaking.

Assisted at PHBA breed shows- groomed and bathed horses, saddled, warmed up and cooled down.

Showed in youth events at PHBA show- reining, western pleasure, trail, ranch horse, hunt seat,
showmanship & speed events.

Riding Instructor

Belden, MS

Aug 2009- May 2014

Taught 5-14 year old children western and English lessons.

Beginner through advanced riders.

Skills

Meticulous care for horses: feeding, grooming, wrapping, therapy solutions, conditioning, etc.

Experienced in training breakaway and heeling horses, and starting young horses.

Experienced selling horses: sold 10+ personal horses, and have successfully consigned and sold 8
horses.

Outstanding roping skills- breakaway, tie down, heeling, and heading.

Ability to ride multiple disciplines, and handle all types of horses with varied training; including
stallions, weanlings and green horses.

Sound ability to perform all daily chores: stall cleaning, feeding, exercising, administering first
aid, maintaining barn, arena, and fences, etc.

Excellent grooming skills to prep horses for sales and shows.

Correctly wrap legs for stall rest, hauling, and exercise.

Drive and haul horses and other livestock safely - proficiently back gooseneck and bumper pull
trailers.

Instruct clearly, positively and professionally all ages and all levels of riders horseback riding.

Hosted, managed, and taught 6 clinics for trail riders, goat tiers, and 4-H.

Very well organized secretary and timer for produced calf and team ropings.

Knowledgeable and able to care for cattle and goats feeding, doctoring, and hauling.

Strong ability to maintain record keeping. Competent computer skills.

Focused, hard worker that is flexible, pays attention to details, and willing to embrace change.

Great enthusiasm, remarkable ability to be part of a team, excellent team player and
communicator.

Calm under pressure, handles emergency situations with a level head.

Education & Certification

Itawamba Community College - A.A. Degree (2015) Tupelo, MS
CHA Certified Riding Instructor Level 4 Western, Level 3 English

Awards
2015 & 2014 Southeastern Professional Rodeo Association Finals Qualifier Breakaway
National Society of Leadership and Success
Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society
2014 MSLBRA Champion Goat Tying & Ribbon Roping
2014 MSLBRA Reserve Champion - Breakaway
2014 Dixie National Quarter Horse Show 3rd Youth Heeling, 6th Youth Breakaway
2013 National High School Rodeo Finals Qualifier - Goat Tying, finishing Top 25
2013 4-H State Horse Show 1st Hippology Team & High Ind., 1st Horse Judging High Ind. & Team, 2nd Horse
Bowl Team, 3rd Horse Bowl Ind., 2nd Goat Tying.
2013 4-H NE District Show- 1st goat tying, 3rd Breakaway, 4th team roping heading, 6th tie- down roping
2012-2014 National Little Britches Finals Rodeo Qualifier Breakaway, goat tying, team roping, ribbon roping, trail
course, and poles.
2012 Heather Wilf Memorial Breakaway Champion
2012 Western National Stock Show & Roundup Qualifier- Hippology & Consumer Judging
2012 4-H State Horse Show- 2nd Goat Tying
2012 4-H NW District Horse Show- 1st Breakaway, 1st Team Roping, 2nd Goat Tying
2011 Danforth I Dare You Leadership Award Pontotoc County 4-H
2011 Bronze Congressional Award
2011 4-H NE District Horse Show- 1st Goat Tying, 2nd Breakaway, Cattle & Goat Division Champion

2010 Jr. Miss Dixie National Presidents Award

Community Service
FBC GAs & Childrens Sunday School Adult Leader
Walker County 4-H Club Horse Judging Coach
Magnolia FFA Horse Judging Practice Volunteer
Union County 4-H Hippology Team Problem Guest Coach

References
Available Upon Request