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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 41
BY SENATOR GUILLORY AND REPRESENTATI VE GUILLORY
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend the youth that proudly represent Louisiana in equine exhibitions within the
state and across the country and to declare April 22, 2015, as Youth Equine Day at
the Legislature.
WHEREAS, it is appropriate that the Legislature of Louisiana recognize and
commend the many students that represent our state in equine exhibitions and competitions
and to declare April 22, 2015, as Youth Equine Day at the Legislature; and
WHEREAS, the horse industry is an important component of the agricultural
economy of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the buying and selling of horses, creation of jobs, expenditures on
horses, and equestrian events have an estimated economic impact of 2.5 billion dollars each
year; and
WHEREAS, youth from across the state have come together to bring awareness to
the size and scope of this billion dollar industry; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of Louisiana encourages these youth to continue to
achieve equine accolades and to proudly represent the state of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of Louisiana recognizes the T.B. Porter family who has
produced generations of equine competitors, and all participants of the Louisiana Hunter
Jumper Association, North American Championship International Level, National Dressage
Finals, Gulf Coast Hunter Jumper Association, Mississippi Hunter Jumper Association; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of Louisiana also recognizes participants in the World
High School Rodeo Finals in Rock Springs, Wyoming; Junior High Division of Rodeo
Finals in Gallop, New Mexico; International Youth Rodeo Finals in Shawanee, Oklahoma;
National Little Britches Rodeo Finals in Pueblo, Colorado; College National Rodeo Finals
in Casper, Wyoming; World Quarter Horse Show, Louisiana High School Rodeo Finals in
Lake Charles, Louisiana, which had over four hundred participants; and
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WHEREAS, the Legislature of Louisiana also recognizes the participants in the
United States Team Roping Championships in Kinder and Monroe, Louisiana; Dixie
National Horse Show in Jackson, Mississippi; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in
Houston, Texas; 4-H Southern Regional in West Virginia; and
WHEREAS, lastly the Legislature of Louisiana also recognizes the McNeese Rodeo
Team, Louisiana State University Equestrian Team, and Academy of the Sacred Heart Team
and notes that the LSU Equestrian Team was the overall High Point Team in the region.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend the youth that proudly represent Louisiana in equine exhibitions within the state
and across the country and hereby designate April 22, 2015, as Youth Equine Day at the
Legislature.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Daniel Lyons.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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