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Cowboys

Tim O’Bryne

By | Cowboys, Publications

Tim O’Bryne is well known in the industry for his cattle consulting business and now as editor of the popular Working Ranch magazine. He first cowboyed in Canada and was ranch foreman at several ranches in Alberta and the US including a 90,000 head(!) feed yard. In 1995 he started…

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Blue Allen

By | Competitions/Shows, Cowboys

My friend Blue Allen won the 2008 Snaffle Bit Futurity Limited Open Bridle Championship and Reserve for the National Reined Cow Horse Association World Championship Show. Blue lives in Alamosa, Colorado with wife Jeannie but competes and gives clinics all over the western United States. “The thing I like best…

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Tom Mix

By | Cowboys

Tom Mix (1880-1940) was one of the first Hollywood cowboy stars and probably did more than anyone to define the cowboy image. Born in Pennsylvania he learned to ride at a local farm and eventually found work at the famous 101 ranch in Oklahoma. Reportedly he won the 1909 national…

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Richard Caldwell

By | Cowboys, Trainers

Richard Caldwell is one of the very best cowboys teaching others about the Vaquero style of training horses and handling cattle. He is also an expert on tack equipment and has several very interesting DVDs about that subject. Richard is one of the toughest and most talented cowboys I know…

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Billy Bob Tennison

By | Cowboys

Everyone has been influenced by a few special people in their life. For me, one of those people was Billy Bob Tennison who died in 2007. Born in 1929 Billy didn’t start out as a cowboy although he was raised in Texas. He served in the Navy, got a masters…

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