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Age: 68
From: De Leon, TX
Phone: (254) 842-7164

Gary Bellenfant

Money Won

$3,170,062

Titles/Finals

  • NCHA Futurity Finalist x12
  • 2019 NCHA Futurity Champion
  • 1998 NCHA Super Stakes Classic Champion on Bayou Shorty (DNA)
  • 1996 NCHA Super Stakes Champion on Bayou Shorty (DNA)
  • 1995 NCHA Futurity Champion on Peptoboonsmal
  • 1989 NCHA Super Stakes Champion on MNY Peppy Star Rio
  • 1989 NCHA Summer Spectacular Derby Champion on MNY Peppy Star Rio

Top Three Horses Trained

  • Peptoboonsmal
  • Bayou Shorty
  • Gins Solano

How I got started: I was training reined cow horses, and snaffle bitters. The cutting was really popular in the mid-70s and I ended up getting enthralled with it and I got a situation where I could start showing and it’s just grown since then.

Biggest myth about cutting: The biggest myth that I see today is thinking that a horse needs to know all of this stuff before it even sees a cow.

Favorite quote: “Mistaking activity for achievement.” – Buster Welch

Most memorable moment in cutting: Winning the Futurity in 1995.

Training philosophy: In my opinion less is more. I don’t think we have to do as much as we do, to get the job done. Everyone’s objective ought to be, to refine their way of thinking to get the job done instead of being forceful and harsh.

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