Travis Rempel said cutting horse competitions are fun, especially the winning part.

He isn鈥檛 sure how many championship belt buckles he has.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know,鈥� the Fort 91原创 resident said, laughing.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a lot, but it鈥檚 never enough.鈥�

Rempel is one of the rising stars in the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) with nearly a half-million dollars in winnings.

鈥淚鈥檓 just a guy on a horse,鈥� the modest Fort 91原创 resident said.

A guy with a string of major titles and sizable purses to his credit.

Facing a field of 500 in Fort Worth, Texas, Rempel finished inside the top 10 at the NCHA Futurity 2018 World Championship last November.

Rempel rode 鈥楾his Cats Max,鈥� to take the a, the first Canadian to do so in 40 years.

The way Rempel tells it, he always knew he would do something horse-related, but he didn鈥檛 settle on cutting until other people told him he seemed to have a knack for the sport, which requires a high degree of communication between horse and rider to 鈥渃ut鈥� cattle from a herd.

鈥淚 had a lot of success and the more I did, the more success I had,鈥� Rempel said.

鈥淚t just kind of landslided.鈥�

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Rempel is going to Chilliwack for the Heritage Cutting Classic that runs this weekend at Heritage Park.

Cowboys, cowgirls and Hall of Fame trainers from B.C., Alberta and Washington State will be competing for over $20,000 in prize money.

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