Lindy Burch Information

Lindy Burch began blazing trails in 1980 when she captured the National Cutting Horse Association Open Futurity Championship with a record 225.5 points on Mis Royal Mahogany. The victory was unprecedented in more ways than one, as she was the first woman in the history of the sport to win the prestigious event. The previous year, Lindy had become the first woman to claim the title of NCHA Open Futurity Reserve Champion. To this day, she remains the only woman to have earned that distinction. In addition, she is one of only six open riders that have earned back-to-back NCHA Open Futurity titles in the 50 year history of the event. Lindy shook down the thunder once again, when she marked a historic 233 at the 1998 NCHA Open World Finals - a score that was not to be topped for some 13yrs. Bet Yer Blue Boons, her mount, was a mare that Lindy had raised and trained. Three years earlier, riding another homegrown mare, Shesa Smarty Lena, she had become the first rider in history to win all four go-round of the NCHA Open World Finals. In 2000, Lindy marked another singular accomplishment, as the first woman to win the NCHA Open World Championship. She claimed the title on Bet Yer Blue Boons, while once again wining the NCHA Open World Finals. Raised in Chino, California, Lindy grew up riding a horse the way most kids ride bikes. As a teenager, she competed in gymkhana events and got her first taste of cutting with a local trainer, who taught her the mechanics of the sport. Intent on a career in veterinary medicine, Burch majored in zoology at UCLA and received her master's degree in endocrinology. While studying for her doctorate, she began competing in local cutting events and soon found herself with a small stable of show horses, including Diamond Mystery, the horse she rode to Reserve Champion of the 1979 NCHA Open Futurity. While she was showing Diamond Mystery, Lindy conducted a cutting clinic for the staff of the Oxbow Ranch, owned by Dan Lufkin, cofounder of the famous Wall Street firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & ...