6/ MAY 2018 THE RIDER MY SPIN: SPOTLIGHT - JONATHAN NEWNHAM


ment temporarily until I could get back to training horses. I now have a place again and have a good training business.


S: How did you first get into horses? J: I was always into horses. My grandfather used to live by a standardbred stable. I used to sit on bales of hay and watch the horses. As a teen, I used to show 4H cattle. I had jobs as a teenager working with horses. At 17, I went to Chicago and worked for Ron Mueller. After high school, I apprenticed for 5 years with top trainers.


Photo Credit: Jon N.


and non-pro/amateur riders and horses, and shows in Canada and USA. He con- sistently produces champions and top contenders at AQHA and NRHA futuri- ties and events.


“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”


~ William Arthur Ward (motivational speaker and author).\


I have the honour of telling quite an


inspirational story. I know you’ll enjoy it. I hope it encourages you to consider the uses of adversity. Jonathan is one of our top 10


NRHA/ORHA reining trainers and competitors. He’s on the ORHA board and chairs the new ORHA Trainer’s Committee. I interviewed him yesterday and asked his thoughts on his reining career and found out how he overcame his ad- versities. NRHA judge, Jonathan Newn-


ham lives in Brantford, Ontario, and operates an elite show horse facility Newnham Performance Horses spe- cializing in Western events. Jonathan’s program focuses on open


S: Tell us something about you that no one knows. J: Well 17 years ago, I had an accident which cut off all my toes on my right foot except the baby toe. (S: Wow!) I had to learn how to walk again, ride again, and show again. I lost all my horse train- ing clients. I had to move into an apart-


S: When did you get your big


break in training horses? J: I trained for Warren Hellyer from 1996 until 1999 until Warren sold the farm. It was at this point that I went on my own and started Newnham Perform- ance horses.


S: I’m one of the group of reiners who didn’t know much about your horse training career before you got into rein- ers, can you tell me a bit about that? J: Most reining people don’t know that I’ve shown Quarter Horse for over 20


S: I love asking about people’s men- tors - who inspired them? J: I have 4 mentors to thank. 1. Joe Carter, who taught me about judging. 2. Shawn Flarida, who gave me great advice to work my way up the reining classes as a pro. 3. Brett Walters, who taught me a lot about judging and 4. Larry Rose, who taught me how to get into the horse’s subconscious.


S: What are your accomplishments in reining as of 2017? J: I’ve had several champi- onships. 3 World NRHA championships. Several fu- turities and derbies in the USA and Canada, Several top 10 world placings, 2 re- serve world champions. One of his big


successes is 3x World Champion Gotta Good Gun (Spooks Gotta Gun x Holly Golly Miss (x Topsail Whiz) owned by Nadine Galbraith, Miami, Florida). Also, +1 Plus One Master,


years. I’ve made AQHA champions, NSBA champions, Top 5, Top 10 and AQHA Superiors.


S:What made you decide to primarily focus on reining horses in 2011? J: I have 2 reasons. 1. I like the fact that the judging is based on a standard. And 2. What looks easy, is often not. Reining is very challenging. It’s hard to do.


S: When did you become an NRHA judge and why? J: I became a judge and NRHA stew- ard 2 years ago to better myself. It’s a natural progression as I wanted to fur- ther my career. I’m 43 and plan to train for another 20 years.


2x Reserve World Champion (Master Snapper x Ima Mistress x Smart Star- buck), owned by Carrie Ann Berken- bosch, Netherlands.


S:What goals have you set for 2018? J: I want to break $100,000 in lifetime earning’s. (He’s


currently LTE


$97,496.21). And he wants to win the Congress. (I’m going to be there so I can watch that happen!!) “I also want to be the best judge


I can be. I hope to judge the NRHA Futurity someday.”


S: What’s your plans for your stud? TINSELTOWN’S PRIZE, LTE: $21,439.28. Sire: Wimpys Tinseltown (LTE$86,000+) by A Prize Package (x BE AECH Enterprise). J: I plan to promote him as a stud and continue his career.


S:Any last thoughts on reining? J: I just love the sport! I plan on doing reining the rest of my life!


Putting My Spin on a Spotlight


of Inspiration. Reinersue @KISS Reiners


About Susan Dahl Susan Dahl, ORHA/NRHA past mul- tiple champion, writer, blogger, author and clinician, retired certified profes- sional horse trainer. Owner of Foun- dation Reining Training Centre in Durham, ON. She specializes in effec- tive horsemanship, and reining. For more information on her services: judging, clinics or resale horses, please contact her on facebook, her website: www.reinersuehorseman- ship.com or reinersue@hotmail.com


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