Thrilled to be invited, Katie Showers joined the highly successful team of Rohara Arabians in the early spring of 1998. Graduating Magna Cum laude with the receipt of the much coveted President's Award, she believes that her degrees earned in Equine Careers and Industry Management and Business from Salem-Teikyo University have helped to prepare her for the many aspects of the Arabian industry. Competence was displayed with the completion of courses such as; Equine Law, Tax and Finance, Equine Reproduction, and Marketing as well as a wide array of industry relevant topics which provided her with a strong knowledge base for her emergence as an equine professional. Skills were hone from an early age when Katie provided "training services" to her sisters on her parent's breeding farm and were further developed through college where she not only competed on the IHSA circuit but worked with various "problem" horses provided by Salem-Teikyo.

     Katie has proven herself competitive in many disciplines with wins in hunter, show hack, country English, side saddle, sport horse (under saddle and show hack), hunter hack, working hunter right on up to her prestigious win at the 2004 US Nationals in the incredibly competitive Arabian Western Pleasure Junior Horse. Winning on the talented and beautiful Vizcaya RA was a dream come to fruition that was enabled by the help and support of the entire Rohara staff but John Rannenberg and Roxann Hart especially. Their "go get 'um" attitude is highly contagious and left little room for self doubt and for this I am extremely grateful.