Breyerfest 2009

Next weekend (July 17-19) at the fabulous Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, THE event for model horse collecting world is taking place. Breyerfest is a wonderful celebration of model horses and the role they play in horse lovers’ lives.
This year Breyerfest is celebrating its 20th anniversary. And they’ve pulled in a major celebrity (and [...]

Big Bozeman Event: Music, Cowboy Poetry, Cowboy Photo Exhibit

I’m a bit late, but I want to give notice to all my fellow Montanans that Bozeman is the place to be this Friday, June 26th.
The Western Folklife Center says it best:
Join us on Friday, June 26, 2009 at the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture for an extravaganza of cowboy poetry and music, [...]

BETWEEN GRASS & SKY: TRAPPINGS OF A RANCH LIFE

The Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada has another wonderful exhibit on the craftsmanship of the tools of the working horseman’s world. Some of today’s finest custom saddle makers and spur makers were invited to show off there work. Most of the pieces are offered for sale.
The exhibit is called “Between Grass & Sky: Trappings [...]

Plastic Western Saddles?

Sound crazy? Well, it’s true. During a short period of time in the 1940’s, the All Western Plastics Company in Nebraska produced plastic saddles.
It was a short-lived venture with only 65 saddles produced, but they are a highly collectible item. Wyoming rancher, Tom Harrower, owns 46 of them and is always on the hunt for [...]

Olympic Equestrian Events

It’s Olympic time! I am so excited. While I wish they included some western events such as reining and cutting, I still love to watch the Olympic equestrian events.
There are three main event categories in the Olympic Equestrian competition: Dressage, Show Jumping and Eventing.
You can find all the information (schedules, explanation of the events, [...]

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