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Allison Thorson is passionate about every aspect of her life: her horses, her dogs, her family’s business, and her reining. Especially her reining. “This is my sixth year in the sport of reining,” Thorson said. “It always starts with one horse, and then you get the bug, and all of a sudden, you have four.” […]

Andrea Dorning didn’t hesitate. When her newborn daughter needed a kidney, she said yes. It started when Andrea was seven months pregnant, and doctors discovered a problem. “So they sent us to a specialist,” Andrea said. “My husband and I were in (a room), sat there for the doctors to come in, and they were […]

Horses with quality and longevity were the ones Tim Anderson set out to breed. A dedicated member of the reining horse family, Tim has served as an NRHA Corporate Partner, the Reining Horse Foundation President, and is an NRHA Million Dollar Owner. Rayne Anderson, Logan Flaherty, Kim Niven, and Tim Anderson. “I never went into […]

The stipulations to become a card-holding professional in any Western sports association are rigorous. Only a limited number of individuals manage to prove their skills in order to obtain the classification, and an even smaller number obtain the honor in more than one discipline. Throughout his career, Matt Goodman has been a card-holding member of […]

Elizabeth Hartin’s career as a horse trainer already has a wide scope of success but is simultaneously just getting started. Hartin grew up riding run-of-the-mill show horses, whatever she could swing a leg over. After graduating from the University of Missouri, she made the big move down to Texas, taking a job at the Carol […]

Tiecheng Chen has two purposes at the 2023 National Reining Horse Association Futurity and Adequan® North American Affiliate Championships: One is to compete. The other is to gain knowledge to share with fellow reining enthusiasts back home in Beijing. This year, Chen competed in Non Pro classes on his mare Mine Would B U in […]

Gunnamakacomeback Comes Back From Sepsis to Compete When Gunnamakacomeback was foaled in 2020, he was the answer to dreams for Shelly and Chad Hartmann. They had bred their beautiful Wimpys Little Step mare, Wimpys Bella Chic, to NRHA 10 Million Dollar Sire Gunnatrashya. Chad had piloted her through her show career for all but $400 […]