For the past two years, Rotan Productions has been hard at work gathering footage and interviews for a full-length documentary celebration of the cutting horse. With filming nearly wrapped, the history has been well-documented and many of our stories have come to culmination.
We have captured approximately 180 hours of footage; 80 interviews; 3,500 still photographs.
As we transition from the field to the editing suite, there is much work ahead of us. As an update, here are the places and people we have visited with in our quest to tell the story of the cutting horse.
Lead Characters
-Buster Welch
-Austin Shepard and Family
(Cade won the Non-Pro NCHA Futurity!)
-Lindy Burch
-Cogdell Family
Events Covered
-2018 NCHA Futurity and World Championships
-Four Sixes Branding
-King Ranch Cow Works
-2018 NCHA Summer Spectacular
-2019 NCHA Super Stakes
-Training at Austin Shepard’s
King Ranch
-James Clement
-Tio Kleberg
-Helen Groves
-Cowboys and horse trainers
Four Sixes Ranch
-Dr. Glen Blodgett
-Joe Leathers
-cowboys and horse trainers
Historians
-Jim Jennings
-Dr. Scott White
-Jerry Crowell
Cutters
-Phil Rapp
-Gary Bellenfant
-Josh and Haylee King
-Kory Pounds
-Wes Ashlock
Industry Professionals
-Dr. Jim Heird
-Dr. Jerry Black
-Red Steagall
Breeders
-High Brow Cat
-Metallic Cat
Celebrities
-Robert Duvall
-Tanya Tucker
-Tom Watson
This comprehensive list the experts and events surrounding the the cutting horse from the mid 1800s to present will help tell a compelling and worthwhile story. We are very excited with what we have gathered so far and look forward to the monumental task of editing it into the definitive cutting horse film.