Marion Flynt

{{short description|Marion Flynt was a West Texas cattle rancher and cutting horse competitor}}

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Marion Flynt (1904 - 1987) was a cattle rancher and owner of the Square Top 3 Ranch in Midland, TX., home to many legendary horses including two foundation cutting horse sires, Jewel's Leo Bars (Freckles) and Rey Jay. Flynt was known in cutting horse circles as "Mr. Cutting Horse". He holds the record as the longest serving president of the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA), (1956-58, 1963-1971), having served a total of 12 years.{{cite web | title=In the Past: Marion Flynt | website=Quarter Horse News | date=2015-09-21 | url=https://www.quarterhorsenews.com/2015/09/in-the-past-marion-flynt/ | access-date=2019-10-13}}{{cite web | title=Horn Iron: Mrs. Marion Flynt Chancellor | website=COWBOY SHOWCASE | url=https://www.cowboyshowcase.com/horn-iron.html | access-date=2019-10-13}} Flynt was inducted into the NCHA Members Hall of Fame in 1977.{{cite web | title=Members Hall of Fame | website= Home | url=https://www.nchacutting.com/about-us/hall-of-fame-awards/member-hall-of-fame | ref={{sfnref | Home }} | access-date=2022-10-07}} He was the owner of Marion’s Girl, a 1948 bay Quarter Horse mare and twice NCHA World Champion Cutting Horse, trained and shown by Buster Welch.{{cite book | author=Texas Hereford Association | title=The Cattleman | issue=v. 41 | year=1954 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QaEUAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA124 | access-date=2019-10-13 | page=5-PA124}}{{cite web | title=In the Past: Marion Flynt | website=Quarter Horse News | date=2015-09-21 | url=https://www.quarterhorsenews.com/2015/09/in-the-past-marion-flynt/ | access-date=2019-10-13}}{{cite book | last=Holmes | first=Frank | last2=Campbell | first2=Patti | title=Legends. Volume 6 : outstanding quarter horse stallions and mares | publisher=Western Horseman | publication-place=Colorado Springs, CO | date=2004 | isbn=0-911647-73-2 | oclc=57597624 | page=100}}{{rp|100}}