Cardinal Ranch

Located on 200 lush acres in Aubrey, Texas, Cardinal Reining Horses is a top reining horse operation quickly moving to the forefront of the performance horse industry. Formerly known as Green Valley Ranch, the facility was purchased in the summer of 2013 by João Marcos. A native of Brazil, João Marcos is fully committed to supporting and developing the sport of Reining on an international level, with Cardinal Reining Horses becoming NRHA’s newest corporate partner.
“Cardinal Reining Horses is proud to be an NRHA Corporate Partner,” said João Marcos. “We are excited to build a long term relationship with NRHA to develop the sport of Reining on a world-wide basis.”
Cardinal Reining Horses features the largest private covered arena in the world, a first class show barn, over 200 stalls and a state-of-the-art breeding facility and Stallion Station. Cardinal Reining Horses head trainer is NRHA Professional & Million Dollar Rider, Franco Bertolani (BRA)

“NRHA is truly honored to have João Marcos and Cardinal Reining Horses come on board as a corporate partner. Reining is an international sport and João understands that idea and embraces that aspect of the reining industry. He has a true desire to see NRHA and the sport of Reining grow and become more accessible to equestrians worldwide. Welcome João Marcos and everyone associated with Cardinal Reining Horses,” Todd Barden, Sr. Director of Sponsorship says regarding this new partnership. NRHA has over 850 NRHA-approved shows worldwide with nearly $14 million in competition purses annually. Cardinal Reining Horses will be an official NRHA Corporate Partner of the NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show and NRHA Derby.