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MEET THE Corey Cushing
President NRCHA Two Million Dollar Rider, Corey Cushing, is serving his third year as the association’s president. Corey resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his wife, Kristen, and three children, Caleb, Lincoln and Capri. Together they own and operate the family-oriented Corey Cushing Performance Horses. Cushing began his show career in the reining horse industry, winning the 1999 NRHA Intermediate Open Futurity. During his seventeen years of training cow horses, Corey has claimed every major event championship title, including the 2007 NRCHA Open Stallion Stakes, 2009 NRCHA Open Derby, three NRCHA Open Snaffle Bit Futurity® wins and two NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman titles. The elite horseman crossed this prestigious seven-figure milestone at the 2012 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, and then became the association’s youngest Two Million Dollar Rider at the 2018 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity.
Todd Bergen
Todd Bergen is the only rider to achieve Two Million Dollar earnings status in both the NRCHA and the National Reining Horse Association. He passed that milestone in both associations in 2015. His lifetime winnings in all disciplines exceed $4 million. Bergen is a two-time NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champion, a threetime NRCHA Derby Open Champion, and a two-time NRCHA Stakes Open Champion. He is also a leading professional in the NRHA, winning the NRHA Futurity Open Championship twice and the NRHA Derby three times. Todd lives in Eagle Point, Oregon, with his wife, Missy, and his children, Gavin and Halle, where he owns and operates Todd Bergen Performance Horses, Inc. In his spare time, he enjoys snow skiing and waterskiing with his family.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Paul Bailey
Vice President Paul Bailey, Sparta, Tennessee, has been in the transportation/warehousing business for nearly 30 years. Besides his long-time service on the NRCHA Board of Directors, Paul is also a Tennessee State Senator and has been a member of the White County Board of Commissioners. Paul is an avid reined cow horse competitor, as is his wife, Amy, and their son, Caleb. The Bailey family supported the eastern reined cow horse community by producing the East Coast Reined Cow Horse Classic for many years. In 2020, the event became the first NRCHA premier event east of the Mississippi River, the Dom Conicelli Memorial Eastern Derby, named in honor of their dear late friend.
Joe Carter
The NRCHA Veterinarian, Joe Carter, DVM, was first elected to the Board of Directors in 2015. Dr. Carter was raised west of Moore, Oklahoma, in an area known as the Ten Mile Flats (Quarter Horse racing area). In 1984 he graduated from Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine with honors. While in veterinary school, he was part of the team that performed the first equine embryo transfer at OSU-CVM (1983). In 1988, he established Oklahoma Equine Hospital to serve the greater Oklahoma City, Norman, and Purcell area. Dr. Carter has served as President of the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association, is the recipient of the Outstanding Equine Practitioner in Oklahoma award, as well as the OSU-CVM Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Carter is married to Terri Carter who owns and operates Carter Thoroughbred Sales Company. They were married in 1980, have three children and four grandchildren.
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Todd Crawford
Secretary Raised in Mercer, Pennsylvania, Todd Crawford attended Findlay College in Ohio, graduating among the first class of students to complete the Bachelor of Science program established by legendary reining horse trainer Dale Wilkinson. After Todd finished his own formal education, he returned to teach at Findlay, and then established his own training facility in California more than 25 years ago. This successful trainer and his students have won more than fourdozen world championship titles in three major performance horse associations. Todd, who is now based out of Blanchard, Oklahoma, achieved Million Dollar Rider status in the NRCHA in 2006, the same year he won the Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Championship. In 2011, he made history by becoming the NRCHA’s first $2 Million Rider. Todd and his wife, Pam, have two daughters, Carter and McKinnon.
Diane Edwards
Diane Edwards has deep roots in the reined cow horse industry. She and her husband, Jess Garvin, own and operate Two Bit Performance Horses in Renton, Washington. Both Diane and Jess have retired from careers at Manson Construction Company and are enjoying spending more time with their horses, donkeys, goats, dogs and a pig. Diane is a dedicated NRCHA competitor, with a proven track record in limited age event competition aboard her futurity and derby horses, and in the horse show divisions where she has successfully competed in the hackamore, two rein and bridle classes. Diane’s leadership is evident through her involvement in the Northwest Reined Cow Horse Association and in the NRCHA, where she serves as the Non Pro Committee chairperson in addition to her service on the Board of Directors.
Trey Neal
Treasurer Trey Neal retired in 2013 from the banking and finance industry, though he remains an active consultant for financial services-related information technology projects. Trey joined the NRCHA Board of Directors as Treasurer in 2016. Fishing and horses are passions for Trey, and the multi-talented Texan is also a professional photographer, whose skills include portrait, action and wildlife photography. The affinity for reined cow horses also extends to Trey’s wife, Sandra; the couple are dedicated NRCHA sponsors and owners. The Neals’ daughter, Mattie Alexander, is a champion reined cow horse competitor with multiple world titles on her résumé.
Amanda Gardiner
Amanda Gardiner now calls Weatherford, Texas, home. The Gardiner family’s Gardiner Quarter Horses once called Kansas home, but has reestablished itself in Texas. Amanda’s business background includes serving as the Marketing Director of a regional account firm, development and leadership of two not-for-profit organizations, and working within Gardiner Quarter Horses. Amanda and her husband, Garth, share a passion for breeding and showing reined cow horse. They have three children—Greysen, Gage, and Grace.
