Ranch roping is at the heart of all ranch work, and unlike the rodeo variation of calf roping, the “vacquero” tradition calls for techniques that result in a skillful and graceful throw and catch. Buck Brannaman, a world-renowned master of the art, describes the essential tools, the partnership between horse and rider (incorporating the Natural Horsemanship approach for …
Harry Vold produced his first rodeo in 1944 when he joined his brothers to put on the Asker Stampede near the little community of Asker in southern Alberta, Canada. Today, the Harry Vold Rodeo Company is the premier producer of rodeos including Cheyenne Frontier Days and the National Finals Rodeo. Harry has been named Stock Contractor of the …
Her name identifies an industry. Say “Charmayne” and it’s like dropping Babe Ruth’s moniker or Michael Jordon’s or Lance Armstrong’s. People who don’t even follow the sport know that Charmayne James is the greatest barrel racer of all time.She burst on to the professional rodeo scene in 1984, winning the first of eleven world championships before her fifteenth …
The First 51 Barrel Racing Exercises to Develop a Champion (Volume 2)
As the second book in the BarrelRacingTips.com series, The First 51 Barrel Racing Exercises to Develop a Champion delivers that and much more. Author Heather Smith has gone above and beyond to share the critical and often overlooked elements absolutely necessary for achieving positive results with any barrel racing exercise. She has gone in-depth …
When someone says “Cowgirl Up!” it means rise to the occasion, don’t give up, and do it all without whining or complaining. And the cowgirls of the early twentieth century did it all, just like the men, only wearing skirts and sometimes with a baby waiting behind the chutes. Women learned to rope and ride out of necessity, helping …
An old-time champion shows how to spin a rope into rolls, figure 8s, zigzags, and other impressive formations. Sharpen your coordination with the Butterfly, Ocean Wave, Zigzag, and other spectacular stunts, using equipment that takes up little space and costs next to nothing. Includes photos, figures, and a Foreword by Will …
The Pastures of Beyond: An Old Cowboy Looks Back at the Old West
At age thirteen, Dayton Hyde, a spirited beanpole of a boy, ran away from home in Michigan to Yamsi, his uncle’s ranch in eastern Oregon. This was in the 1930s, and Yamsi was one of the last great cattle ranches of the West. Soon the boy, nicknamed Hawk,” was riding a horse, soaking up ranch life from the …
Wild West Shows and the Images of American Indians, 1883-1933
Between the 1880s and the 1930s Show Indians depicted their warfare with whites and portrayed scenes from their culture in productions that traveled throughout the United States and Europe and drew huge audiences–well over a million people in 1885 alone. The view that they were tipi-and-war-bonnet Indians exploited by entrepreneurs like Buffalo Bill was commonly held by …
Rodeo superstar Casey Tibbs lives again in Rusty Richards’ authorized biography of the memorable, charismatic cowboy from South Dakota. Movingly written, Richards spent over twenty years meticulously researching, interviewing, and capturing vibrant memories and recollections of the six-time world champion saddle bronc rider. Born in a log home in the wilds of South Dakota, the youngest of ten …
