The Bill Horn Shoot Out 2008

In a training profession that doesn't consider "cute and charming" as anything other then eye candy, not only must you be talented, you must have equally talented animals. When you win against your peers, judged by a rigid standard, it doesn't matter who you know, who your family or friends are, or how good you think you are. Circus "championship competitions" should try it for a while. Who know's the craft/art may return one day to it's former greatness. What do we have to lose? Where has the current path taken us? Maybe we could then compete for something other then an imitation gold clown. Something more along the lines of a couple of million dollars.