About Jim Willoughby
Jim Willoughby was among the competitors who showed up at the very first NRHA Futurity in Columbus, Ohio in October 1966 — entering First Command, owned by
Career Highlights
- Competed in the inaugural 1966 NRHA Futurity — one of the original competitors when reining was just beginning to define itself as a sport separate from open western classes
- First president of the NRHA Judges
- Committee — his advocacy for consistent, objective judging helped lead to the formalized judges approval system the NRHA uses today
- Longtime NRHA contributor — part of the generation that built the association from a grassroots jackpot into a structured national organization
Class of 1992
Jim Willoughby