Nate Burchell was born and raised in Northern British Columbia, Canada. His passion for horses began at a young age when he started volunteering at a local non-profit equine association. From there his love for horses grew. He rode in his first reining clinic and instantly fell in love with the precision and technical methods that reining requires. With his family’s support he bought his first reining horse and connected with NRHA professionals Shawna Sapergia and Locke Duce where he successfully competed as both a non-pro and youth rider throughout Canada and the U.S. Nate took an assistant trainer position with Sapergia Performance Horses in Madden, Alberta where he was able to learn a variety of aspects of training futurity, derby, aged horses, as well as starting two year olds. Nate’s dedication and work ethic to continually improve himself led him to make the long trip south where he joined up with Tremblay Performance Horses to further pursue a career in the reining industry.

Many will say Nate lives in a barn, most of the time you will find him there ensuring the horses are happy and healthy, however, outside of horses Nate enjoys spending time with family and friends, as well as staying active at the gym and getting out for the occasional hike and alpine ski trips.

”Champions don’t become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it.  The victory itself is merely the demonstration of their Champion Character”