Super Model Bella Hadid Steals Spotlight at NCHA Cutting Horse Show

Super model Bella Hadid made her appearance in the National Cutting Horse Association $50,000 Limited Amateur event at Bosque Ranch, Weatherford, Texas.

Madi Roelofsen | Jan 20, 2024

Super Model Bella Hadid Steals Spotlight at NCHA Cutting Horse Show /

This weekend, Bosque Ranch in Weatherford, Texas, owned by 'Yellowstone' creator Taylor Sheridan, hosted the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) events – Open, Non Pro, Youth, $50,000 Amateur, and Unlimited Amateur.

Stealing the spotlight was none other than super model Bella Hadid, a 'Vogue' cover star and 2022's Model of the Year. Beyond the runway, Hadid is a seasoned show jumper who is now making waves in Western sports – a switch possibly influenced by her connection with Adan Banuelos, a cutting horse trainer and the first Mexican-American NCHA Hall of Fame inductee, who also clinched the 2020 NCHA Open Futurity.

In the $50,000 Limited Amateur category, Hadid rode Metallic Tito, a bay roan stallion by the $7 million Metallic Cat, and out of Sweet Abra from the prestigious Abrakadabracre line. Owned by Iron Heart Trust, this dynamic duo scored 132, securing an impressive eighth-place finish.

Published Jan 20, 2024

MADI ROELOFSEN

Madi Roelofsen is a writer for Sports Illustrated's feature, Rodeo Daily. Madi not only writes about the western lifestyle and rodeo world but lives it daily. She attended Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, and competed in the barrel racing as part of their rodeo team. Roelofsen graduated in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in animal science. Madi enjoyed not only competing in rodeo events but also spectating the greatest sport on dirt. In 2017, while on vacation attending the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, she met her husband Tim Roelofsen. They got married a few years later in 2020. Tim had already established TVR Working Horses but together they grew their program and enjoy raising foals, training colts, barrel racing, team roping and standing their stallions (TVR Eye Needa Corona and CR Baron Bee Joy "Big Sexy") in both Texas and Iowa. They stay busy with the horses, farming alfalfa and raising their baby girl, Texi. Madi has always been passionate about horses, from learning about different bloodlines, breeding the foals themselves to training and competing. She expresses that passion within the articles she writes to open up the world of horses and rodeo to everyone. Twitter-@Madi_Roelofsen Facebook- @TVR Working Horses