IF HE DIDN’T HAVE wide name recognition outside of the cutting world before, Adan Banuelos certainly did as soon as he commanded everyone’s attention at the inaugural 2023 American Performance Horseman competition in Arlington, Texas. From one of the best-known families in cutting, the horseman both won the cutting event and was a member of the winning team, which also included teammates cow horse trainer Sarah Dawson and reining trainer Fernando Salgado. “Events like this help people understand our sport,” Banuelos says. “I’m happy that the stage is big enough to where more people can reach it, more people can experience it, and more people can become interested in it.”
His father emigrated on his own from Mexico to the United States
