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T.R. Potts is the owner and manager of Potts Performance Horses LLC. In March of 2000, T.R. started Potts Performance Horse LLC in East Windsor, CT and currently trains and coaches at Potts Performance Horses in Fountain Inn, SC, where his program focuses not on immediate gratification, but on developing trust and confidence and a sound foundation to ensure long-term results. He serves as the Primary Trainer and supervises all equine activities.

T.R. Potts can’t remember a time when he wasn’t immersed in the horse world. He is a fifth generation horseman who has been training Quarter Horses, Paints, and Appaloosas since he was a child on his family’s farm. Originally from Boone, Iowa, T.R. learned about horses from his father, Verlin Potts (AQHA Judge), grandfather, John Munson and close family friend Jim Dudley (AQHA, NSBA Judge). T.R. attended Iowa State University, graduating in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in Animal Science. He apprenticed with well-respected trainers, Clint Haverty from Texas and J.R. Reichert from Iowa, excelling in Western Pleasure and Reining, but, more important, he has a lifetime of experience training horses and coaching riders for competition in showmanship, hunter under saddle, equitation, western pleasure, trail, horsemanship, reining, and western riding.

Horses and riders he has trained have earned numerous titles in these divisions at the AQHA World Show, All American Quarter Horse Congress, and the AQHA Youth Show. He further supports the Quarter Horse community as a member of the Board of the South Carolina Quarter Horse Association.