Tim Katona

Following his high school education, apprenticed with Shorty (OK) Russell in Texas, where he trained and showed World Champion halter, cutting, reining and rope horses. This is where the dream of Katona Reining Horses began.
With a lifetime dedication to developing the Katona training program, he works these prospects on a daily bases, developing their style and fine tuning their ability to achieve the level of excellence that Katona trained and finished horses have already represented in the show pen. Tim believes that a well-trained reining horse should be an athlete that loves his job.
The success of this philosophy is well-represented with Tim’s career achievements, which include multiple MRHA Futurity and Derby championships, multiple State and World Championships, competing in NRHA Futurities and Derbies, 2 major Derby wins in 2005 and currently holding the the highest open run score to date at a Michigan Reining Horse event, captured in 2011 on Sonny Zan Olena.
Tim has had the privilege of being an NRHA approved judge and having held the first NRHA Judges Clinic on his farm in Belleville, Michigan. He participated in founding and implementation of the National Reining Horse Association Youth Program. He was also one of the founding members of the Michigan Reining Horse Association in addition to serving on the Board of Directors for both the NRHA and MRHA. (Source)