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Archive for July, 2010

My wife Kathy and I saw went to see Lyle Lovett and His Large Band Thursday night. (Kathy in the yellow blouse, I’m to her right in a black plaid shirt) It was a special concert because it’s the last one that will be held at the famous Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre in Santa Fe before [...]

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From the Breeds of Livestock website: “King Ranch Santa Cruz cattle represent more than seven years of intense research and development aimed at creating a more market acceptable beef animal that produced superior results as both a feeder and seedstock animal. The new cattle are a composite breed, produced by first crossing Santa Gertrudis cows [...]

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I’ve written before about our friend Craig Goldwyn and his Amazing Ribs website. Here is his great recipe for potato salad. ——————————————— “It is better to be looked over than overlooked.” Mae West Easily overlooked, a good potato salad is the perfect foil for barbecue. And yup. This is the stuff. Just like Mom made [...]

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Today’s guest blogger is EN Jio. This article first appeared on ezinearticles.com. Trail riding is a great way to spend a lazy summer afternoon – you and your horse will enjoy the sunshine and the fresh air, plus a little bit of exercise never really hurts an animal. However, as much as you’re having fun, [...]

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Here’s a website with thousands of horse names called Fun Horse Names. You can get more information at their website by clicking HERE.

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Galisteo is a small town (population 265) five miles south of our home in New Mexico. The 1896 settlement was where the Spanish setup their operations when they returned to New Mexico after the 1860 Indian Revolt. For the past 39 years Galisteo resident Rudy Sena, his extended family and volunteers have put on a [...]

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Today is National Day of the Cowboy! I posted a blog entry last year regarding this day that you can read by clicking HERE.

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This first-ever definitive book on bridles by Ned and Jody Martin with Robert Bauver includes descriptions of the styles and origins of bridles used in Mexico as well as by Native Americans in the Southwest. It features 500 stunning color images in an impressive 12” by 13 1/2” hardback format. The Navajo and Southern Plains [...]

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From USA Today: By Oren Dorell A federal roundup of wild horses in Nevada was scheduled to resume Thursday and to continue through this weekend despite nearly two dozen animal deaths since it began. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) says three of the deaths were due to injury and 18 due to severe dehydration [...]

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Today’s blog entry was written by Gary Syck Despite what you see in movies and on TV, rearing is an unsafe maneuver and should be avoided at all costs. While you can do things to prevent rearing, your horse may have other ideas. In these cases, a quick and correct reaction is important to reduce [...]

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From Wikipedia: “The Missouri Fox Trotter is an American breed of horse with a unique four beat gait. It was bred in the Ozark Mountain foothills, and used by settlers who valued its smoothness. “The breed is best known for its unique gait, known as the fox trot,a four-beat diagonal gait in which the horse [...]

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Super Bowl has 76-1/4 inch tip-to-tip horns. One of the great young generation bulls. He is by Superman, the longest horned son of Overwhelmer. His dam is a Bouncer daughter. Bouncer sired the largest horned steers and horn circumference of any Longhorn bull. Granddam Kingly Blend is over 60″ horn. This flashy pinto stamps a [...]

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Bulletin just published by Horse Back Magazine. By Laura Allen, Animal Law Coalition Judge Larry Hicks has lifted the injunction prohibiting BLM from proceeding with the Tuscarora roundup. The judge has also denied plaintiff Laura Leigh’s motion to delay the roundup until August, after the foaling season, particularly as to the Owyhee Herd though she [...]

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From the Associated Press Bringing in considerably more than expected, Roy Rogers’ stuffed and mounted horse sold for $266,500 to a Nebraska-based cable TV network. RFD-TV, which says that Rogers is representative of the company’s values, purchased the movie cowboy’s sidekick, Trigger, at a Christie’s auction in New York City on Wednesday. The network hopes [...]

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