Todd Bergen

Money Won

Titles/Finals

• NRHA, NRCHA Futurity Champion and Reserve Champion x10
  
• 2015 NRHA Open Derby Champion: Platinum Vintage
  
• 2014 NRCHA Open Stakes Champion: This One Time
  
• 2012 Equistat No 1 Leading Rider of Reining, Working Cow & Cutting Horses
  
• 2012 NRCHA Bridle Spectacular Champion: Smart Luck
  
• 2006 NRCHA Derby Champion: Sum Irish Rose
  
• 2002 NRCHA Derby Champion: Nic It In The Bud
  
• 2001 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion: Boonlight Dancer
  
• 1998 NRHA Futurity Champion: Chic Please
  
• 1995 NRHA Derby Champion: Lean With Me

Top Three Horses Trained

• Smart Luck
  
• Chic Please
  
• Nick It In The Bud

How I got started: I started showing in 4H as a kid and then went to breed shows here, you had to learn how to show all types of horses. I’m not from a horse family so I learned from a lot of guys. It wasn’t until I spent time as an assistant trainer to Bob Avila that I learned about training reining and cow horses.

Biggest mistake I’ve made training horses: Not trusting myself or the training I had done at home when it came to competition.

Biggest myth about cutting: That there is a secret method or bridle! There is no magic, it’s consistency, and repetition that produces success.

Favorite quote: “In your training, try and gain 1% every day.”

Most memorable moment in cutting: Winning the Reining Futurity in 1995 when I was still an assistant trainer to Bob Avila.

Training philosophy: Consistency is what makes a solid horse.