One of the riders demonstrating horses for John Dutton is real life horse trainer Bob Avila. Bob is an NRCHA Million Dollar Rider, a three-time Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion, and a two-time Worlds Greatest Horseman Champion. He won the Magnificent 7 Reined Cow Horse competition three times and was the first person to be awarded the AQHA, American Quarter Horse Association, Professional Horseman of the Year, and is one of only two people to win the Open at both the NRCHA, National Reined Cow Horse Association, and NRHA, National Reining Horse Association, Futurities.