NSBA Announces Bobby Smith as 2025 Jack Benson Award Recipient
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From NSBA:
The National Snaffle Bit Association recently announced that the 2025 recipient of its prestigious Jack Benson Award is Bobby Smith of Fort Worth, Texas.
The native of McLean, Illinois, was a member of Illinois Quarter Horse Association youth team and continued showing horses as an adult. It was the connections he made in the horse industry as a youth that shaped a career that has kept him in the business all of his life.
Bobby has worked for Miller International, parent company of CINCH Jeans and Rod Patrick Boots, for more than 20 years. He serves as vice president of CINCH Jeans and has been president of Rod Patrick Boots since the company was acquired in 2010.
Bobby has been instrumental in CINCH Jeans’ involvement as an active corporate sponsor with the National Snaffle Bit Association for several years, including supporting the National Snaffle Bit Youth Association’s denim drive, the CINCH Duel First 2 Finish Trail competition and the CINCH Horsemanship Invitational, which is now in its fifth year.
He is also the smiling face representing Rod Patrick Boots as a commercial exhibitor at the NSBA World Championship Show and at major horse show circuits around the country.
“I believe in what the horse community does for people, and what it’s done for me,” Bobby once said. “It’s important for the folks who can make a positive impact to do so to help keep these organizations growing and thriving. I am blessed to do what I love for a living, and I’m blessed to work for companies that want to make a difference. I feel there is no organization any better for youth than the horse community, and I’m especially fond of that area of the business.”
Bobby will be recognized at the NSBA Honors banquet on Sunday, August 10, during the NSBA Breeders Championship Futurity and World Championship Show, being held August 7-17 at the Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
