BOB AVILA

Event: Trainer
Hometown: Temecula, CA
Born: November 16, 1951
Height: 5’10
Weight: 190 lbs

Bob Avila is described as one of the most versatile and accomplished horsemen seen in the last 35 years. Accumulating over 37 world champion and reserve titles during his career, Avila has taken on events ranging from performance to halter. Avila received the first AQHA Professional Horseman award and is one of only two horsemen to have won both the $100,000 NRCHA Futurity and the $100,000 NRHA Futurity. In 2000, he captured the title of Worlds Greatest Horseman. In the last few years, Avila has taken home five Stallion Stakes Futurity championships, three Snaffle Bit Futurity championships and one NRHA Futurity Championship. These wins have helped him achieve career earnings worth over $1.5 million between the NRHA and the NRCHA.

Often referred to as “the trainer’s trainer,” Avila has many young apprentices working for him at any given time. Along with teaching these young trainers his remarkable training ability, Avila keeps business in mind overseeing the Avila Training Stables operation and his Tucalota Creek’s breeding and sales. As Avila continues to flourish, you can find his teachings in “The Avila Collection,” which includes videos, books, saddles, boots and equipment. With hard work and dedication, pushing forward to tomorrow is this Cinch trainer’s goal.