A sampling of photos from Sunday May 11th, 2008 at Burns. It was the guys against Glen Shelley's super rank bucking horses and big loop roping practice for Jordan Valley. Pictured above pickup man, Ed Dunlap, on his huge...and beautiful horse. Pictured first below, one of the other three pickup men for the day, Billie Mort.
Also Buckaroo Guide is back up for your enjoyment...click here!
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In a perfect world horses would all be trained the old traditional vaquero way which factored in the impact to young horse's bodies of too much, too soon. Years ago, horses were not started until they were 5-6 years old. Nowadays, with so much pressure to start horses at 2 years old, the old ways have been adapted so that 2 year olds are just lightly ridden to prevent damage to growing bones and joints. This is in contrast to modern training where many young show horses are started at two years old and rammed and jammed during their formative years ending up physically and emotionally ruined by five years old. Most modern horses are started in a snaffle bit, and are often ridden their entire lives that way. The old way is to start a horse in a snaffle bit or start the horse right from the gitgo in a hackamore, making sure that , especially thru the fourth year, when the horses' teeth are in transition, that the horse's sensitive mouth is protected by going bitless with the hackamore. At the beginning of the fifth year, the horse's teeth are full size and now there is a good environment for him/her to start packing a bit using a "2-rein ." Control is still with a small hackamore, but the young horse can carry the bit and get used to it for another year to year and a half before he gradually transitions to "straight up" in the bridle. Everything is done slowly during this time as a solid foundation is carefully built physically and emotionally for the horse. The ultimate goal is to put the horse into a spade "signal" bit but not many horsemen know how to do this anymore! This process, along with traditional vaquero training techniques, results in the highest level of harmony and communication with the horse that can be achieved in ranch riding. These old vaquero traditions are not seen much anymore except throughout the Great Basin!!! If you are interested in learning more, check out the resources on my links page or attend clinics by master vaquero style horsemen like Richard Caldwell and Mike Bridges.
Next Yamsi Ranch Traditional Ranch Roping Clinic and Ranch Doctoring Competition July 17-20, 2008 to register click here.......
Click here for my favorite links
Check out these two gorgeous websites in GERMANY! I guarantee you will be surprised!!!! http://www.crha.de/ http://www.californiastockhorses.de/ Thanks...Martin Hansen
Also this website in France: We have an association who organise some ranch horse compétition in France,so we are véry interest by all the great bassin culture.The association website is http://chevalderanch.free.fr/
This year I’m traveling extensively with a new, much faster digital camera throughout eastern Oregon, Northern Nevada and Northern California. Let me know if you would like me to photograph activities at your place. Contact me: Mary Williams Hyde, 724 Main, #208, Klamath Falls, Oregon 97601, Office: (541) 883-7456, Home: (541) 882-1720, mary@maryhyde.com, mary@buckaroocountry.com, www.buckaroocountry.com, www. maryhyde.com
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