Man Behind the Reins: Champion Reiner~Tom McCutcheon
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Born into the performance horse business in western Wisconsin, Tom joins his father and three brothers as a professional horse trainer. Tom McCutcheon owns and operates a training business that is located in Aubrey, Texas and has created a business with an international base. His fluent Italian, and contacts he made during a stint in Europe early in his training career, gave him a decided advantage in the worldwide equine market.
Tom has long been involved in building up the reining industry behind the scenes, and is a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Reining Breede
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A Classic of Tom
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rs Classic, the largest added money reining event and stallion incentive program in history. Tom is a member of the USEF Board of Directors, a member of the NRHA Professionals Committee, Member of the National Reining Horse Associations Professional Riders Committee. Tom was positioned in a leadership role in the global industry when the recent acceptance of reining by the Federation Equestrian International cleared the way to it becoming an Olympic event.
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Tom & Gunners Special Nite
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As a trainer, Tom is one of the reining industry's leading riders, with numerous championships to his credit and lifetime earnings exceeding $1.2 Million!
Tom rode the phenomenal stallion Gunners Special Nite owned by Turnabout Farm, to two gold medals at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky. The duo were the Individual Gold Medalists, as well as part of the gold medal winning Team USA. Additional honors followed when USEF named Tom McCutcheon the 2010 Equestrian of the Year, and bestowed the honor of 2010 USEF Horse of the Year to Gunners Special Nite.
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The facility at Tom McCutcheon Reining Horses is a family affair and second to none, with full training, breeding, and rehabilitation amenities. A very talented team of assistant trainers joi ns him, and together the team regularly wins top honors in Open and Non-Pro competition. Tom, his wife, Mandy, and their son Cade and daughter Carlee, all participate with horses. Mandy is also one of the industry's leading riders as the only woman and non-pro to surpass $1 Million in earnings, and was inducted into the NRHA Hall of Fame in 2011. Tom's has started the new website, www.virtualhorsehelp.com. "Your one stop site for everything equestrian". This site is not just "reining" it encompasses anything related to horses. Ask any question from the basics of how to saddle your horse to more advanced training such as roping, cow horse, cutting, or any horse related matter.
with you working with your horse and get a video response by Tom or another top professional. Now that is worth clicking on our logo to find out more!
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