By AQHA Professional Horseman Jay Holmes with Christine Hamilton in The American Quarter Horse Journal “People who don’t rope a lot are better off tying-on in the heeling,” Jay says. “For one thing, their hands might not be used to the roughness.” “When you dally in the heeling, your horse…
The Cowgirls Historical Foundation is a non-profit organization and saddled up for patriotism when they rode in honor of our veterans in the 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade. The CHF Cowgirls are supporting the Veterans Medical Leadership Council’s Returning Warriors Fund. The fund provides support for soldiers returning from active…
Imagine an online community where you can breed your own horses, take care of horses, train horses, trade or sell them, enter competitions, get rankings, go for rides and have employees. There’s even a black market. And no horse poop to clean up! The Howrse online community lets you do…
I’ve written before about team penning and a competition often held at the same time is called team sorting. A very common type of ranch work is sorting cows which means certain cows in a herd are pulled out for medical reasons or to be moved to a new location…
There are many many small rodeos held each year but one of my favorites is the Makawao Rodeo held on the island of Maui. It’s always the weekend closest to fourth of July and is a very exciting rodeo event presented by the Maui Roping Club. It’s held at the…
