Posts Tagged ‘horse’

Gotta Get Down? Get A Get-Down Rope.

August 27, 2015
Jolyn Young

Cowboys all over cowboy country use bridles on their horses, and out here in the Great Basin we add a get-down rope onto a bridle outfit as well. A buckaroo never leads his horse by his bridle reins, as that can bump the bit against the roof of his horse’s mouth, causing pain and damage. […]

The Mares

June 29, 2015
Jenn Zeller

We got our mare bunch in the other day to sort some colts and do some other miscellaneous things with them. I snuck out before the horses arrived, tucked myself in the cattle loading chute, and snapped a few photos. I thought you might want to see how pretty our horse herd here at the […]

Ride the Progression

June 9, 2015
Jenn Zeller

I just got back from my annual trip to ride with Buck Brannaman. I’ll be posting in a few installments about the “buzz” words if you will, from this time around. The principles drilled into us at this clinic are as follows: Have a purpose. Be Precise Be consistent. Be punctual.  If you’ve had to […]

Riding The Neighbors’ Horse.

March 24, 2015
Kay Schrock

When I was a kid, I was your typical horse-crazy little girl. My dad was a logger, and we didn’t have horses, so I would ride any horse I had the chance to ride. Now, I had very little practical knowledge of horses, but I’d read plenty of horsey books and felt quite able to take […]