National Snaffle Bit Association is pleased to welcome Shannon Curl Holbin, of Vero Beach, Florida, into its prestigious Quarter Million Dollar Club. Shannon reached the milestone of more than $250,000 in lifetime NSBA earnings at the 2025 Orange Blossom Circuit at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida.
A Florida native, Shannon grew up in the horse industry as the daughter of AQHA and NSBA judge Sandy Curl. Early in her professional career she served as an assistant trainer to Rusty and Katie Green. She and her husband Chris created Holbin Show Horses in 2017 shortly after their marriage. She was also a member of the inaugural class of NSBA’s Tomorrows Horseman program in 2020-2021. Shannon obtained her AQHA and NSBA judge’s cards in 2023.
On her way to the quarter million dollar mark in lifetime earnings, Shannon has trained and shown such horses as Whos All Invited, KM Best Of Brandy, Gotta Touch This, KM Milliondollarbaby, One Hot Henry, KM Boalicious, KM Smooth Moves, No Doubt Im Trouble, Battabing Battaboom, For One Night Only, If It Aint Southern, Fortheluvofthegame, Hot and Lazy, Moon Me, Scoot Over, WhatILikeAboutYou, Double Or Nothin, KM Zip Me Suddenly, Ready Set Lope, The Candy Mann, Suddenly Im Cool, The Candy Girl, Dark Ladie, Purljam, Get In Line Behind, Code Her Blue, Beecuz I Said So and Ten Kinda Southern.
Shannon will be recognized during the NSBA Honors Banquet during the 2025 NSBA World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity in Tulsa, Oklahoma in August.
