January 23, 2025
Jan Swan Wood
My Dad had a really good, home raised gelding named Reno. He was my Dad’s horse of a lifetime. Agolden buckskin, he was a smooth made combination of a Thoroughbred mare and a Jack McCue bredstud. Foaled in 1960, by the time he was five years old, there just wasn’t anything he wasn’t capable of […]
January 19, 2025
Jan Swan Wood
This may not seem like a cowboy story to begin with, but hang in there, it gets to be. Several decadesago, my cousin John was a professional trapper in eastern Colorado. He worked for the state and also for private ranchers and farmers all over the plains for many years, besides being a wheat farmer. […]
January 12, 2025
Anna Foulger
Winter riding can be a lot of fun or a major hassle. Here are some practical tips to make riding through the cold months more enjoyable and safe. Basics include some safety things to keep in mind for your horse and you. As well as some easy solutions for even the most frigid days. With […]
January 10, 2025
Jan Swan Wood
My first custom saddle was a pretty exciting thing for me. Having ridden all sorts of saddles over theyears, I was finally getting one made to fit just me. I’d studied the options the maker was offering andhad, on paper, created the saddle to fit my needs perfectly. The saddlemaker was an artist at his […]
January 8, 2025
Anna Foulger
Waking up early, I bring the baby to the living room, place him on his sheepskin and start on breakfast while the toddler sleeps in a few extra minutes. Eggs, bacon, coffee boiling, toast, as the pitter patter of toddler feet come racing down the hall, “mama, breakfast?” she asks as I serve up plates […]
January 6, 2025
Jan Swan Wood
Years ago, I had the most evil, witch of a milk cow I called Hazel, amongst other things. Her exploits were many, but one of the funniest things I saw happen was when she got educated by a horse. Cody was a stout gray mare who had a fanny on her a yard across, it […]
December 19, 2024
Jan Swan Wood
It was in October and my Dad and brothers, and a brother-in-law were on an elk hunt in the Dubois, Wyoming area about 350 miles away. I had hauled my horse Kelly from wherever I was living at the time and was taking care of the livestock and keeping Mom company for the duration of […]
December 14, 2024
Jan Swan Wood
It was probably about 20 years ago when I was day working regularly for a rancher in the area. We’ddone all the fall work, including trailing the cows home, preconditioning calves, preg checking, giving asecond round of shots to the calves, and then shipping the steer calves and light heifers. He had kept me pretty […]
November 19, 2024
Jan Swan Wood
Many decades ago my oldest brother Steve bought a three year old gelding off of the race track. The colt was well bred, grown out huge, and athletic. Unfortunately, he had gotten an eye blinded while at the track due to some kids shooting BB guns in the barns, so wasn’t a good candidate as […]
October 30, 2024
Ruth Nicolaus
A big strawberry roan in Oklahoma is about to reach retirement. Bromby, who is 17 hands and 1,500 lbs., is owned by pickup man James Hajek. Born in 2004 north of Edmonton, Alberta, he was on a truckload of colts that were supposed to be bucking horses. Purchased by Sammy Andrews, of Andrews Rodeo Co. […]