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October 2010

Cowboy Poet Ken Gardner

By | poetry

I’ve been privileged to know Ken Gardner and his wife Dorothy for over 10 years and have ridden with both of them a lot. Ken describes himself as “an urban cowboy and a professional dude. I own a saddle but no horse and a pasture but no cow. I have…

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Kentucky Horseshoeing School

By | Horses, Schools

From the Kentucky Horseshoeing School website: “January 4, 2010, KHS proudly opened the doors to their new campus near Lexington, Kentucky. Situated on 40 acres of rolling pasture, the new Kentucky Horseshoeing School exceeds all expectations. With 23,000 square feet of state-of-the-art classrooms, shops and instructional areas along with beautiful…

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Gene Autry – Barbed Wire

By | Media

Watched Gene Autry’s 1952 movie Barbed Wire the other night. I love those old westerns. It was directed by George Archainbaud and besides Gene starred Pat Buttram and Anne James. I couldn’t find any place to buy the DVD but I saw it on Turner Classics Network. Synopsis In 1878…

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Cowboy Rules

By | Media

A neighbor sent this to me. Cowboy rules for: Arizona, Texas , Oklahoma, Colorado , New Mexico , Wyoming , Montana , Utah ,Nebraska, Idaho and the rest of the Wild West are as follows: 1. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot. 2. Turn your cap right,…

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