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 […]
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 Jennifer K. Hancock This article appeared in Eclectic Horseman Issue No.7 Reprinted from the June 2002 issue of The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal. Ray Hunt offers more help for horses that are having problems with their people and their environment. As the beautifully conformed sorrel stallion steps from the barn, you can tell […]
Written by Jennifer K. Hancock This article appeared in Eclectic Horseman Issue No.6 Reprinted from the May 2002 issue of The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal. Ray Hunt offers a different approach to exasperating gate schooling. The morning sun is rising, horses gallop around the oval, a few turn and work from the chute. And already […]
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 […]
Written by Wendy Murdoch This article originally appeared in Eclectic Horseman Issues No.1 and No.2 When a great horseman passes away, his insight and his personal style are forever lost to us. But if he leaves behind a protégé, we are left with a window into the past that can guide us into the […]