Dell Hendricks
Clinician and Reiner

Born and raised in Idaho, Dell began riding horses at an early age. He enjoyed roping and working cows. He pursued his interest in horses in college and graduated in 1992 with a degree in Horse Training & Management from Lamar College in Colorado.

Dell began riding and training reining horses during an internship with Bob Loomis while still in college. He continued to ride with Bob after graduating from college and less than a year later, was tapped by one of Bob’s clients, Pat Warren, to be the head trainer for Rancho Oso Rio, her private facility in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The ranch relocated to Scottsdale, Arizona in 1995 and in 1999, moved to a larger facility in North Scottsdale to accommodate the ranch’s growing breeding and training program.

After 8 years of working with Rancho Oso Rio, in 2001, Dell decided to pursue his lifetime dream of owning and operating his own breeding and training facility, and moved to Texas to make that dream a reality. Dell now owns and operates a 50-acre ranch located in Tioga, Texas. The ranch boasts a state-of-the-art breeding and training operation, located in prime horse country.

Dell does several clinics each year that draw novices through professionals to both ride and observe. Dell’s past clinic schedule has included Australia, Italy, Canada, Holland, Russia, and in the United States: Arizona, California, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

Dell’s rapid rise to the top ranks of the reining profession is unmatched to date. Dell showed in his first NRHA Futurity in 1993. In 1994, just one year later, he placed third on Taris Little Vintage at the NRHA Open Futurity among the leading reining professionals. In 1995, he rode that same mare to the AQHA World Championship title in Junior Reining. In 1997, Dell earned the honors of NRHA Derby Reserve Champion on Hangten Peppy. In 1998, Dell rode BH Hollywood Lady to the Reserve Futurity Championship, and in 1999, he took the NRHA Futurity Championship title aboard Hollywood Vintage. In 1999, Dell also earned one of the honors of a lifetime – the opportunity to compete in the first United States Equestrian Team Festival of Champions in Gladstone, New Jersey. To qualify, Dell rode Hangten Peppy to the highest score among all seven of the 1999 USET/Cosequin Qualifying Series. In 2003, Dell earned the USET/Cosequin Festival of Champions Reserve Title riding Starlights Wrangler and was the All-American Quarter Horse Congress Futurity Champion on Starbucks Sidekick. Dell has won AQHA World Championship and Reserve Championship Titles in 1995 on Taris Little Vintage, 2001 on Broadmoor, and 2002 on Dunnit In Hollywood. He has been the NRBC Champion five times, winning the prestigious event in 1998 on Mr. Boomerjac, 2002 on Starlights Wrangler, 2003 and 2004 on Reminic N Dunit, and 2005 on Hit The Lights. Dell has been the NRHA Derby Reserve Champion three times, in 1997 on Hangten Peppy, 1998 on Mr. Boomerjac, and in 2005 aboard Starbucks Sidekick. Dell has continued to win and place consistently and frequently, at the top levels of the sport.

Since the inception of the NRHA in 1966, there have been only a few people who have accomplished the achievement of winning over one million dollars in lifetime earnings at NRHA Events. During 2005, Dell became one of those people. Dell is the 6th person to win over one million dollars in lifetime earnings showing reining horses in approved-reining events. Dell’s lifetime earnings through December 31, 2005 are $1,139,858.93. During the year of 2005, Dell’s earnings are $145,474.09.

Dell’s keen focus on training and showing high qualify reining horses, developing a world-class breeding program for reining horse prospects, and his keen interest in providing the best conditioning program (training, exercise, and nutrition) for each state of each horse’s life at the ranch, have made him a trainer with whom sponsors want to be associated. Dell began using Purina Mills horse feed products in 1994, and was selected by Purina Mills to represent the discipline of reining in a national program that was rolled out across the country in 1999, called the Ride For The Brand. Dell & his wife, Terri, own and operate Hendricks Reining Horses, Inc. in Tioga, TX. They are committed to building high-quality training and showing operation and to developing a world-class breeding program.

Career Highlights

• Became 6th rider ever to earn more than $1 million at NRHA events
• Five-time NRBC Champion in 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005
• Three-time NRHA Derby Reserve Champion in 1997, 1998 and 2005
• Earned the USET/Cosequin Festival of Champions Reserve Title and was the All-American Quarter Horse Congress Futurity Champion in 2003
• Won AQHA World Championship and Reserve Championship Titles in 1995, 2001 and 2002
• Competed in first USET Festival of Champions in Gladstone, N.J. in 1999
• Reserve Futurity Champion in 1998 and 1999
• NRHA Derby Reserve Champion in 1997
• AQHA World Champion in Junior Reining in 1995
• Placed 3rd at NRHA Open Futurity in 1994