Congratulations Maddie Nieland!

Winner of the 2011 $10,000 San Antonio Donkey & Mule Scholarship!
Showing Stock Market's Cash Benefit,
owned by Stock Market's Miniature Donkeys

The 2011 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo's Donkey and Mule Show was filled with animals of all shapes, sizes and colors. Exhibitors had an opportunity to show their donkeys and mules in an array of classes ranging from halter, showmanship, and pleasure driving to in-hand jumping and reining.

Maddie Nieland was the overall High Point youth exhibitor and the recipient of a $10,000 scholarship.

Nieland showed Stock Market's Cash Benefit, and said it was "Ben's" first time showing in a major stock show. Nieland has been very involved in Ben's training and has worked closely with her trainer to teach him trail.

Nieland attends Dripping  Springs High and plans to major in animal science, after high school graduation in 2013. She was the Reserve High Point winner last year, and is excited that her High Point scholarship will help with tuition. Aside from showing miniature donkeys, Nieland also shows goats with her high school FFA and is a varsity cheerleader. She wanted to thank Sisu Morris and Karen Harris of Stock Market's Miniature Donkeys.

 Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo has committed $8.5 million to education. The amount represents scholarships, grants, endowments, junior livestock auctions, Calf Scramble program, and show premiums paid to youth in the state of Texas. This brings the total amount that the organiation has committed since the inception of the Scholarship Fund in 1984 to over $105 million.

The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo is a volunteer organization that emphasizes agriculture and education to develop the youth of Texas. For more information, visit www.sarodeo.com .

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