Age: 60
From: Gonzales, TX
Phone: (817) 296-4233

Kathy Daughn


Money Won

$4,370,299

Titles/Finals

  • 2000 NCHA Futurity Champion
  • 1999 Horse of the Year: Playin Stylish
  • 1999 Super Stakes Champion Playin Stylish
  • 1985 NCHA Futurity Champion

Top Three Horses Trained

  • The Gemnist: First Futurity Champ
  • Royal Fletch: Second Futurity Champ
  • Playin Stylish: Horse of the Year

How I got started: I wanted to train horses from the time I can remember and never got an opportunity to ride until I was 13. I rode horses through high school. The first time I saw cutting I thought it was unique and amazing, that a horse could be so mentally focused on another animal with a loose rein. I went and worked for Larry Reeder in 1980 for three and half years. Then I worked for Lindy Burch, who was my mentor, for a year and went out on my own.

Biggest mistake I’ve made in cutting: When you’re young, you tend to shoot from the hip instead of planning…If I had to do over again, I would plan my finances much better and I would say that to all young trainers.

Biggest myth about cutting: That they are not considered very smart animals. Cutting horses are extremely intelligent. They are expected to out-think another animal while listening or not (depending on the circumstances) to the animal on their backs.

Favorite quote: “Of all the equine disciplines, the cutting horse is the most amazing and intelligent of all.” – Kathy Daughn

Most memorable moment in cutting: Winning both my NCHA Futurity championships, but probably the second one more because I was older and I had a greater appreciation of the whole training and breeding process that had gone into it.

Training philosophy: It’s about developing a horse’s natural talent and/or athletic ability and nurturing their innate ability to work and think about another animal. My job is to figure out how to best do that.

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