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Q: Do you have a nickname and,
if so, what is it and how did it come about?
A: Not that I know of.
Q: What is the strangest personality quirk you have ever seen in a horse? A: Strangest quirk I have seen, we had a horse that always had his tongue hanging out, so when he would get excited he would bob his head up and down with his tongue flopping around.
Q: If you were not in the horse
racing business, what job would
you like to have?
A: I would like to be a business entrepreneur. Q: What is your favorite thing about living where you live?
A: Indiana, because we have Quarter Horse racing. We also live in a tourist town so there’s always something to do (Miller lives in Shipshewana, Indiana).
Q: If you could vacation anywhere on the planet, where would it be and what would you do there?
A: If I could visit anywhere, it would be Australia. I would like to tour some ranches and see how livestock marketing works there. Q: If you could sit down and visit
with anyone, past or present, who would it be?
A: If I could visit with anyone, it would
be my grandma. I always liked listening to her stories.
Q: Who’s your favorite athlete of all time, and why?
A: Charmayne James, because she took an ordinary horse and made him into a legendary barrel horse (James trained Scamper, a 5-time World Champion in barrel racing).
Q: What’s one thing you like about Quarter Horse racing?
A: Watching these amazing athletes perform. Q: What’s one thing you don’t like about Quarter Horse racing?
A: The thing I don’t like about Quarter Horse racing is the rules and regulations are not the same from state to state. I would like to see the state commissions work together to have a uniform set of rules.
Miller’s top earner is Beach Cartel, shown winning the 2015 Sterlie Bertram Memorial Stakes at Indiana Grand.
Sheri Miller (center) with friends as she accepts the Quarter Horse Racing Association of Indiana 2017 Breeder of the Year award.
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