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December 2011

Cowboy Poetry – News Years Resolution

By | Cowboys

A friend sent this – seems appropriate for New years eve! Cowboy’s New Year’s Resolutions By S. Omar Barker (1895-1985), from Rawhide Rhymes As one who’s been a cowhand since the wildcats learned to spit, I’ve made some resolutions for the comin’ year, to wit: Resolved, to ride a shorter…

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Mounted Patrols Beefed Up At The Border

By | Horses

By Rick Jervis First published on USAToday.com. HIDALGO, Texas – Clyde knows a thing or two about men hiding. U.S. Border Patrol Agents Chris Garza, Hipolito Coy and Daniel Milan monitor the banks of the Rio Grande River near Hidalgo, Texa If there’s someone squatting in the bush near the…

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The Jaquima – What It Is And How To Use It

By | Tack, Trainers

Richard Caldwell has a great video about starting a colt on a Jaquima which you can order by clicking HERE. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ From the PLF, Inc website A Jaquima is a Colombian equine headstall, complete with a nose band (bosal) and chin strap (curb). The Jaquima was originally brought to this…

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Hay Cheaper to Ship to China Than California

By | Uncategorized

There is something basically wrong when U.S. horses and cattle are starving because people can’t afford hay – but we can export it to China. By Jeff Wilson Bloomberg U.S. hay, the country’s third-largest crop by value, is now cheaper to ship to China than to farmers in central California,…

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First Ever Horsemen’s Reunion

By | Horses, Trainers

First Ever HORSEMENS RE-UNION April 2-7 2012, California Mid State Fairgrounds Paso Robles, California. From their website: This one-of-a-kind assembly of top hands will be held April 2-7, 2012 at the California Mid-State Fairgrounds in Paso Robles, California. Twenty skilled horsemen, a mix of well-known clinicians, professional horsemen and ranch…

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