Cutter Bill
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Cutter Bill (1955–1982) was a Quarter Horse stallion and the 1962 National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Open World Champion cutting horse with record earnings for the year. He also won the 1962 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Honor Roll cutting horse award which made him the first horse to have won both the NCHA and AQHA awards in the same year.[1][2] Cutter Bill was owned by the flamboyant Texas millionaire Rex Cauble who in 1962 decided to campaign Cutter Bill with Sonny Perry in the saddle showing him. In order for Cutter Bill to compete in as many shows as possible that year, Cauble flew Cutter Bill and three other horses on his private jet to various shows.[3]
Cutter Bill | |
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Breed | Quarter Horse |
Discipline | Cutting |
Sire | Buddy Dexter |
Grandsire | Dexter |
Dam | Billie Silvertone |
Maternal grandsire | Silvertone |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1955 |
Died | 1982 (aged 26–27) |
Country | United States |
Color | Palomino |
Breeder | R. L. Underwood |
Owner | Rex Cauble |
Other awards | |
AQHA Performance Register of Merit AQHA Champion AQHA Superior Cutting Horse 1962 AQHA High Point Cutting Horse 1962 NCHA World Champion Cutting Horse 1963 NCHA Reserve World Champion Horse NCHA Silver Award NCHA Bronze Award | |
Honors | |
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame |