Age: 37
From: Weatherford, TX
Phone: (805) 245-0926
Hayden Upton
Money Won
$416,992Titles/Finals
- Top Seller at 2yr-old Western Bloodstock NCHA Futurity Sale x3
- 2018 NCHA Futurity Open Finalist
- 2012 Breeders Invitational Open Finalist
- 2012 Arbuckle Mountain Futurity Open Finalist
- 2012 NCHA Super Stakes Semi Finalist
- 2011 PCCHA Open Futurity Reserve Champion
- 2011 NCHA Open Futurity Semi Finalist and 3rd in the Limited Open
Top Three Horses Trained
- Superfly
- Melting Snow
- High Brow Jackson
How I got started: In 2008 I took out a loan for $20K to buy a High Brow Cat yearling filly then looked over every fence I could, to work out how to train her.
Biggest mistake I’ve made in cutting: Should have read the rule book, might have saved me practicing each mistake.
Biggest myth about cutting: That cutting horses are not broke.
Favorite quote: “You win or lose the day you buy them.” – Bob Avila
Most memorable moment in cutting: Watching the 5/6 yr old final of the Super Stakes on our first trip to Texas in 2003. It was my first eye opener to this level of cutting.
Training Philosophy: The mind controls the body.