TEAM COWBOY CUT Team Captain: Vicki Holt Total Team Points: 8,699 Total Team Credits: 675 As of September 1, 2008
J.D. Yates Pueblo, Colorado	Troy Priddy Macedonia, Illinois	John Briggs Pilot Point, Texas	Ted Turner, Jr. Aubrey, Texas	Traci Johnting Butler, Kentucky	Clay Farrell Palmetto, Florida
Cody Jensen Stanton, California	Jaime Gomez Anaheim, California	Mitch Leckey Richmond, Indiana	Mike Joiner El Paso, Texas	Jim Watts Boyd, Texas	Vicki Holt Argyle, Texas
TEAM RIATA Team Captain: Steve Orth Total Team Points: 14,020 Total Team Credits: 725 As of September 1, 2008
Lainie DeBoer Forest Lake, Minnesota	Chris Arentsen Trenton, Illinois	Heath Taylor Ledbetter, Texas	Wes Giles Bluebell, Utah	Jim Ten Hoeve Montague, New Jersey	Leslie Lange Greeley, Colorado
Teddy Johnson Gainesville, Texas	Mark Wray Ord, Nebraska	Jason Martin Pilot Point, Texas	Steve Orth Guthrie, Oklahoma	Gilbert Ortiz Floresville, Texas	Wayne Halvorson Guthrie, Oklahoma
TEAM 20X Team Captain: Joni Nelson Total Team Points: 16,978 Total Team Credits: 925 As of September 1, 2008
Tommy Sheets New Albany, Indiana	Chuck Briggs Azle, Texas	G. R. Carter Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Charlie Cole Pilot Point, Texas	Lance Graves Hartshorne, Oklahoma	Ronald Stratton Blountville, Tennessee
Tyson Furlong Mexico, New York	Bobby Lewis Overbrook, Oklahoma	Joni Nelson Long Grove, Iowa	Paul Jones Cypress, California	Fielding Rogers Lipan, Texas	John Buchanan Peaster, Texas

RULES

36 AQHA Professional Horsemen will participate in Team Wrangler.

Selection is based upon number of points earned for show industry professionals, or money earned in racing competition for racing industry professionals, in AQHA events during the previous competition year. In order to be eligible for Team Wrangler, you must be a current member, in good standing, of the AQHA Professional Horsemen Association.  Additionally, AQHA cannot have received any written complaints against you within the previous two years.  Team members are subject to final approval by AQHA's Professional Horsemen Council.

The 36 competitors will be divided into three teams - Team Riata, Team 20X and Team Cowboy Cut

The three 12-member teams will compete for points between January 1 through October 31.

Credits earned in categories are based on points earned by show industry professionals; credits for racing industry professionals are calculated according to the current Bank of America Racing Challenge award criteria.

TEAM WRANGLER COMPETITION WILL INCLUDE THESE CATEGORIES:

AWARDS

Wrangler will present the winning team, Exhibitor of the Year and Trainer of the Year awards at the AQHA World Championship Show. Wrangler will make a $20,000 contribution to AQHF on behalf of the winning team to establish a scholarship designated for AQHYA members who are members of the Wrangler All-Star Team. Each member of the winning team will receive a $1,000 cash award.

Any current Team Wrangler member who wins an AQHA World Championship or an Bank of America Challenge Championship Race during the year of competition will receive an additional $250 cash.

The Wrangler Exhibitor of the Year Award, given each year to a show industry professional who competes on Team Wrangler, will receive $2,500 and a Montana Silversmiths belt buckle. This award will be presented to the exhibitor earning the most points in AQHA-approved shows during the competition year.

The Wrangler Trainer of the Year, given each year to racing industry professionals, will receive $2,500 and a Montana Silversmiths belt buckle. This award is presented to AQHA's Leading Trainer based on total money earned for the period of January 1 through October 31.

Wrangler, "a legend in jeans," joined AQHA as a corporate partner in 1989 and, with its sponsorship role, produces AQHA's official jeans and shirts. The Greensboro, North Carolina, company also supports the Wrangler All-Star Team, comprising officers and directors of the American Quarter Horse Youth Association, and sponsors the Youth Excellence Seminars (YES) and AQHYA World Show.