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September 2010

Gold In Cowboy Buckles

By | Buckles

As you know, I have a cowboy buckle website with approximately 700 buckles for sale of all types and prices (Beal’s Cowboy Buckles). It is a good business but more importantly for me I enjoy seeing the highly creative work that top silversmiths produce and calling many of them friends…

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Quieting A Jigging Trail Horse

By | Horses

Trainer Julie Goodnight had a good article in the April 2009 issue of Horse & Rider magazine that is worth reblogging. Question: I mostly enjoy trail riding on my 8-year-old Half-Arabian gelding. He has a great disposition and is calm and focused in the arena, but when I’m out on…

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Cowgirl Chutzpah

By | Cowgirls

My friend Clementine is today’s guest blogger So after I did a blog post last week on the Cowgirl Chicks, I got to thinking about this history of the American cowgirl. Aside from some of the “big” names, like Annie Oakley and Calamity Jane, it doesn’t seem like we talk…

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