McCutcheon Scores 2010 USEF Equestrian of the Year Title ...
By Joanie Morris, USEF
In a year that equestrian sport was forever changed in the United States, an all-American horseman was honored for his golden achievement. For the second consecutive year, the voters for USEF Horse and Equestrian of the Year have crowned a horse and his rider as champions in both categories.
Tom McCutcheon, the only American double Gold medalist at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games had barely finished celebrating the achievements of Gunners Special Nite as 2010 Farnam/Platform USEF Horse of the Year on Friday evening at the USEF Annual Meeting, when he would find himself on stage again, this time picking up an honor all his own.
McCutcheon wrote his place in history, becoming the first reiner to be crowned USEF Equestrian of the Year.
For McCutcheon, this honor isn’t about one day or one horse show, it is about the daily pursuit of excellence. A culmination of a lifetime of work paid off in the Alltech Arena during the first week of the WEG. After a year of disappointing results, McCutcheon knew it would take a really special horse to turn his luck around. He found some inspiration in wife Mandy McCutcheon, found the horse in Gunners Special Nite in April, he found an owner in Sarah Willeman and he found the revival of his career in 2010.
So it was fitting that 2010 was the year that the three-time World Equestrian Games Team Gold medalist took the highest honor.
“This whole thing has changed my life,” said McCutcheon of the last 12 months.
An NRHA One Million Dollar Rider, the 2010 Adequan/USEF Open Reining Reserve Champion and the Kentucky Cup winner, McCutcheon continued his pursuit of excellence on the national level and the international stage.
Pegasus Winners
Tom McCutcheon, Don Harris and Kelsey Kimbler
Photo: Geoff Oliver Bugbee/USEF
Although McCutcheon reaped the year’s highest honor, there were plenty of other winners to celebrate at the Pegasus Awards celebration. McCutcheon earned his nomination for Equestrian of the Year by picking up the Becky Grand Hart Trophy, given annually to an athlete in a non-Olympic FEI discipline. McCutcheon set a new standard by winning this award for the sport of reining, another first.
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