Kathy Daughn

Kathy Daughn is a cutting horse trainer who has won over $4.25 Million in cutting horse competition. She is an honoree in the NCHA Rider Hall of Fame and National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, and the first woman to win two NCHA Futurity Open Division Championship titles (1985 and 2000).[1][2][lower-alpha 1] Daughn rode The Gemnist (Doc Bar Gem x Miss Fancy Zan by Black Gold Zan) to win the 1985 NCHA Futurity, marking an event-record score of 229.[3] After of span of 15 years, she rode Royal Fletch (Jae Bar Fletch x Royal Blue Dually by Dual Pep) to win the 2000 NCHA Futurity.

Kathy Daughn
Kathy Daughn riding Royal Fletch in the Open Division of the 2000 NCHA World Championship Cutting Horse Futurity in Ft. Worth, TX.
OccupationHorse trainer
DisciplineNCHA cutting - Open Division
Born1959 (1959)
San Francisco, CA
Major wins/Championships1985 NCHA Futurity - Open Champion
2000 NCHA Futurity - Open Champion
Lifetime achievementsNCHA Rider Hall of Fame - Open Division
National Cowgirl Hall of Fame
Significant horses
The Gemnist, Royal Fletch, Playin Stylish,

Early history

Daughn was raised in San Francisco, CA in a non-horse owning family.[4] As a teenager, she rode hunter-jumpers in Golden Gate Park, and it was not long before she set her sights on cutting horses. Daughn moved to Texas in 1980, and worked for cutting horse trainer Larry Reeder for 3½ years.[5] She left Reeder and worked for a year with her mentor, cutting horse trainer Lindy Burch, and then set out on her own.

Notes
  1. Kay Floyd is the first woman ever to win two NCHA Futurity Championships (1976 and 1987), albeit in the Non-Pro Division, whereas Kathy Daughn followed as the first woman to win two NCHA Futurity Championships in the Open Division (1985 and 2000).

References
  1. "Kathy Daughn". Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum. 2002-10-29. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  2. "California cowgirl achieves rare feat on cutting horse circuit". star-telegram. 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. "In the Stats: NCHA Futurity". Quarter Horse News. 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  4. "Daughn Holds Cutting Lead". Oklahoman.com. 1988-03-19. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  5. "Kathy Daughn - Cutting Horse Training Videos, Clinics, Coaching". Cutting Horse Training Videos, Clinics, Coaching - CHTOLive. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
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