Joshua Rushing is a 5 time Extreme Cowboy Race World Champion. He holds 2 Pro World titles and 3 Futurity World titles. He won the Calgary Stampede's Cowboy up Challenge in 2019 and a reserve championship in 2016. He holds many local, State, and National Championship titles.

Joshua has gone on to teach or compete all over the U.S and Canada and was invited to compete in France in 2019 where he took home a win in the Pro and Green Horse classes. Joshua has recently begun competing in ranch horse competitions with American Ranch Horse Association and AQHA VRH where he is quickly making a name for himself as a top competitor.

In 2022 Josh won his First American Ranch horse Association World titles in Senior Horse Ranch Trail as well as a Reserve World Title in Ranch Boxing. In 2024 he earned another Reserve ARHA World Title in Senior Ranch Trail and Ranch Confirmation. He has won the Missouri Ranch Horse Associations Senior Ranch Horse All Around Championship For 2024 and 2025.

Growing up riding mules and horses with his family in eastern Kansas he developed a passion for horses and made a decision early to work with horses professionally.

At 12 years old Joshua started his first colts for the public. He has continued to ride and train horses for himself and or others. Joshua has been a farrier as his primary occupation in the Missouri-Kansas region for 20+ years. In 2007 He started competing in the sport of Cowboy Racing. In an effort to become a better horseman and competitor he sought out and rode with professional horseman in multiple disciplines in the region.

Taking what he learned he earned his first of 5 EXCA world championships in 2010. This win immediately sparked a demand for Joshua as a clinician and teacher as well as a trainer. Although a teacher at heart Josh continues to learn from and work with other equine professionals.

He has begun to minimize his career as a farrier to focus on training and teaching. He and his wife Holly, and two kids, Addisen and Rhyder, live just a few miles inside the Missouri state line north of Hume, Mo. They have Shoe-n-R Ranch and are continually developing the property into a top-notch training facility. Joshua also has a special interest In property development and keeps a realtor license in Kansas and Missouri. He and his family are active members of Riverside Cowboy Church in Nevada, Mo.