Posts Tagged ‘saddle’

Back Cinch Blunders

July 13, 2019
Savanna Simmons

Plenty of reasons exist for the use of a back cinch, roping being the most prominent of reasons, to my mind, as well as starting a colt, to keep the saddle closer to the colt should he buck, and get him used to and comfortable with the feel as early as possible. An equal amount […]

Buckaroo Buys: Tapadero Annie’s

April 17, 2018
Savanna Simmons

I’ve been friends with Jessica for a few years now. I was immediately drawn to her incredible artwork, and I’ve even used it on a few of my kids’ T-shirts, with Jessica’s permission, so naturally, I’m pretty excited about this next step for Jessica. She adds to the market a lot of buckaroo feel that […]

Tricked Out Tack Room

April 13, 2018
Savanna Simmons

My husband Boe built a tack room into an existing quonset on the ranch here, and he implemented a really neat revolving saddle wall that makes saddling multiple colts and horses so easy. It eliminates scraping saddles through tight doors, getting in each other’s way, and slinging saddles up on fences. It really helps keep […]

Halter-Breaking While Mounted; Part 2

June 30, 2016
Savanna Simmons

In my first post I wrote about halter-breaking and the benefits of creating a soft feel while being aboard a saddle horse. Being on a saddle horse also puts the cowboy above the colt, as will be the case upon finally riding the colt. That colt gets used to a person petting on them from […]

Halter-breaking While Mounted; Part 1

June 14, 2016
by Savanna Simmons

The cowboys of the ranch by which we’re employed were contracted in February to start several colts for an outside source. Two of the cowboys started halter-breaking the colts for the first few days from atop trusty mounts. Doing so gives the human a few advantages and makes starting smoother on both horse and human. […]