Written by Eclectic Horseman 1. How did you get involved with horses? I grew up on a ranch in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado. We ran cattle and did everything horseback except the fencing, irrigating and haying. I learned to cowboy from my father and uncles who learned from their father and so […]
Written by Eclectic Horseman 1. How did you get involved with horses? I was an eastern-born, California-raised “town kid,” the proverbial black sheep when it came to dreams and later my profession. I saved up three hundred bucks by the time I hit 12 and was allowed to buy my first horse. She cost $300, […]
Written by Eclectic Horseman Chuck Stormes: Saddlemaker and President of the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association EH: What was the inspiration for starting the TCAA? CS: The idea has been around for twenty years or more. I remember discussing it occasionally in the eighties with other craftsmen and artists. When Joe Beeler helped with the Trappings […]
Ol’ Joe jumped up in the gooseneck With Dunny, side by side Even the horses seemed fired up To take this little ride We were goin’ to see a man My pard had heard about He’d heard he could get one goin’ Without a jerk or shout When come to caballo relations, We’d take what […]
Written by Eclectic Horseman 1. How did you get involved with horses? I was raised on a ranch in LaVeta, Colorado, where I day worked and rode bareback horses. I’ve always been around horses and had ridden colts for a few people. My cousin introduced me to Charlie Van Norman. Charlie told me if I […]
Written by Eclectic Horseman 1. How did you get involved with horses? We raised Quarter Horses and my dad rodeoed when I was a kid. I’ve always been around horses but was really never interested until I was about 20. I was trying to rodeo, and a ranch had a horse that would buck a […]
Written by Eclectic Horseman 1. How did you get involved with horses? I grew up on a small farm and inherited my mother’s love of horses. My mom was so worried that I would not want to ride because I didn’t get on my first pony until I was probably two-years-old! She said I said […]
Written by Eclectic Horseman 1. How did you get involved with horses? I saw my first horse when I was two years old and knew then what my passion was. I can’t explain this—it is just what I’ve always known. I was born the daughter of a fashion designer and grew up in Los Angeles. […]
Written by Eclectic Horseman 1. How did you get involved with horses? Horses were in my blood. As I have been told, I cannot remember back that far, I wanted to ride when I was just 3 or 4 years old and pestered my parents so they got me riding lessons when I was 4 […]
With Mindy Bower A simple thing that many people miss Situation: When I first watched Ginsor’s owner work him on the ground, the first word that came to mind was “sloggy.” While this is not a real word, it carried the feeling of what I was seeing. His owner was having a very difficult time […]