Rafter C3 and the Churchill County Fairgrounds outdoor arena welcomed National Reined Cow and Cutting Horse Association (NRCHA) Hall of Famer Bobby Ingersoll to the Reining Horse Association of Nevada Show. Ingersoll, now in his mid-80s, conducted a training clinic with local riders to improve their skill and ability in the arena. Ingersoll won the Snaffle Bit Futurity three times, the Triple Crown in 1975 (all three divisions), the LA and the Northwestern Cutting Futurities, and has racked up an enviable number of world championships.
Featured in the Quarter Horse News, Ingersoll told interviewer John Henry that he started at 12. After 72 years in the arena and horseback, he has more than a bit of knowledge to impart and loves sharing what he has learned with anyone willing to listen.
Ingersol has shown over 900 horses in his lifetime. He is what expert horseman and World Finals Ranch Rodeo two-time champion Martin Black calls a walking encyclopedia of working reined cow horses. Ingersoll has even been referred to as the real “Horse Whisperer.”
Now a Reno resident, Ingersol conducts clinics around the region and beyond, often working with youth riders and high school rodeo competitors.
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