At seven years old, Whitney Campbell got interested in horses. After saving up her money all summer, she bought her own Quarter Horse. She worked for horsemanship trainer Ken McNabb and gained cattle experience. She realized the ranching and cattle side of horses was the right fit for her. After getting married in 2008
Total Earnings: $503,955 Randy Paul rode cow horses when he was eight years old. His dad, Jim Paul Sr., was a horse trainer so when Paul got home from school he went out to ride horses and do chores. For a time through high school, Paul rode bucking bulls. He found his way back
The association honors the stories of the sport’s legends through its Hall of Fame and the Hall of Fame Banquet. In the four short years since the National Reined Cow Horse Association moved its premier shows to Fort Worth, there’s been massive growth and interest in the sport.
Sam Elliot blowing kisses to his fans in Granbury, TX.Photo by Austin MillerImagery “I don’t care if you live or die. But should you live, you tell them about me…” booms the trailer for the Paramount TV show, 1883. The show began filming in Fort Worth, Texas on
Total Earnings: $1,158,883 2019 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Winner, Lance Johnston, learned about cow horses at 10 years old. “My dad was working for a guy, running his cattle, who also had snaffle bitters in training.” Johnston’s parents went to the Snaffle Bit Futurity in Reno and came home telling Johnston all about it.
Miles and wife Cassie Miles DeWitt is blessed to have a ranching background. During school he started colts and spent time on the rodeo circuit, roping, riding cow horses, and barrel horses and even shoeing. At one point he shod all of the horses he had in training but now he limits
Total Earnings: $624,535 Three time World’s Greatest Horseman, Russell Dilday, got his start in the cow horse world after watching the 1993 Snaffle Bit Futurity in Fresno when Sandy Collier won. His father-in-law was also a cow horse trainer. Dilday had grown up around horses. His family ranched and roped for fun. Dilday’s dad
NRCHA Executive Director, Anna Morrison When Anna Morrison stepped into the position of executive director of the National Reined Cow Horse Association in December last year, she felt she was taking a leap of faith in the middle of COVID-19 uncertainty. But Morrison soon discovered the NRCHA had done an incredible job
Total Earnings: $56,064 After 25 years of training reining horses and earning $1.7 million showing reiners, Dell Hendricks made a big change. After winning almost everything there is to win the reining world, his client base started to shift and he wasn’t as well mounted as he had been in the early years. Now
Veltri assessing a horse’s range of motion. Stretching before a big show or a hard training session is very important to keep muscles flexible, strong and healthy. Many horse owners already stretch their horse’s neck side to side with treats before a ride, but did you know there are more stretches you
Total Earnings: $758,980 Shawn Hays worked for JD Yates, a team roper, where he met his wife Tammy. She was interested in reined cow horses and introduced Hays to the sport. Everyone started sending him cow horses after Tammy was doing so well in the non-pro. Hays then got more involved in the cow
