THE BEGINNING

Growing up in the Netherlands, Hubert had an equine breeding and training operation in France. He was, admittedly, a less than stellar academic. In hopes of spurring the young man into action for a future career, Hubert’s father sent him to the United States right after high school for a labour-intensive job – mucking stalls. Unfortunately for his father, the plan backfired.

Instead, Hubert loved every minute of his time in the American western performance horse world and he quickly secured a job training two-year-olds for Babcock Ranch in Texas. He later went on to work for Santa Hill Ranch in New York.

Meanwhile, Cara Heule grew up in the Okanagan, BC. She had always ridden horses growing up, but she relays that she didn’t come from a horse family. Instead, her horse was boarded at a local facility.

That’s when professional reining trainer Lisa Coulter moved to British Columbia and took over at the barn where Cara was boarding. From there, Cara began to work for Coulter while simultaneously finishing up with high school at the time. She continued to work for the trainer for a few years.

“Then Lisa purchased a ranch in the heart of horse country – Aubrey, Texas –when I was about 21, and I was more than happy to move down south and continue my horse career” Cara says.

After that, Cara went on to work for Sterling Ranch in Pilot Point, TX. She rode their two-year-olds, became a breeding assistant and handled their prestigious stallion, Smart Spook. Cara stayed on with Sterling Ranch for almost five years. Next, Cara moved to the then, Green Valley Ranch (now Cardinal Ranch), in Aubrey, Texas, where she worked with such legends as Wimpys Little Step, Spooks Gotta Gun and Lil Ruf Peppy. She also went on to study business at the University of North Texas, while continuing to work in the reining horse business and that’s when Cara and Hubert met. All of her experiences gave Cara a diverse equine and business-related background.

Decidedly solid in their relationship, it was then time for Cara and Hubert to begin their lives together. Their experiences leading up to their move to Canada gave this power couple the tremendous amount of knowledge they have to offer the reining public.

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

DC The Master Spark Shown by Hubert Heule and Owned by Bar K 2 Ranch earned over $20,000 in 2022.

Reining By The Bay - 2022 Derby Champion L1, L2 3rd, L3 12th.

Best Little Derby In The West - Open Derby L1 Champion, L2 5th, L3 9th.

NRHA Western Canada Affiliate Regional Championships - 2022 Open Affiliate Champion Dun Shooting Shown by Hubert Heule and Owned by Andrea Krahn.

2022 Northern BC Ride N Slide Open Futurity Champion - Smart Talker Shown by Hubert Heule and Owned by Luc Gosselin.

Smart Like Juice - World Equestrian Games Team Netherlands.

Chrome Shiner - World Equestrian Games Team Netherlands.

Wimpys Slippers - Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Finalist.

Mr Masota Star - trained by Hubert until June of his three-year-old year. He was then shown by Shawn Flarida at the NRHA Futurity placing third in the Open Level 4 finals.

Arc Gunnabeabigstar - Hubert selected him as a yearling out of the NRHA Futurity Auction and purchased him on behalf of HDC Quarter Horses. “Big Star” went on to win the NRHA Futurity and +$350,000 in his career.