Person · 2000
NRHA Hall of Fame · Inducted 2000
Tim McQuay
First $3M Rider · 11-Year All-Time Leader · Inducted 2000
Tim McQuay earned his first NRHA check in 1978 at Columbus, Ohio and never looked back. He became the second NRHA Million Dollar Rider (1997), the first $2 Million Rider (2005), and the first $3 Million Rider (2012) — holding the title of NRHA All-Time Leading Money Earner for an extraordinary 11 consecutive years. He won every major NRHA event and qualified for the Futurity finals every year but one over a 30-year span, earning prize money on 229 different horses. His daughter Mandy McCutcheon and grandson Cade McCutcheon are both NRHA champions.
Career Highlights
- First $3 Million Rider in NRHA history — also held the All-Time Leading Money Earner title for 11 years; won Futurity (2008), Derby (1994, 2003), Superstakes, NRBC, and World Equestrian Games Team Gold (2006, 2010)
- Co-owner of Hollywood Dun It — showed "Dun It" to the 1986 Futurity Reserve Championship, then purchased and bred him into the NRHA's all-time leading sire
- A reining dynasty — daughter Mandy and son-in-law Tom McCutcheon are both NRHA $3M Riders; grandson Cade McCutcheon became the youngest NRHA Futurity champion in history
- McQuay Stables, Tioga then Pilot Point, Texas
Class of 2000