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Nov 8, 2024 | 
westernhorseman.com | Jennifer Denison
The Great Basin buckaroo is best described in contrasts: proud yet respectful, reserved yet direct, artistic yet understated, customary yet experimental, independent yet collaborative. These qualities have helped this culture, prominent in Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Oregon and parts of California, persevere without mainstream popularity and embrace traditions at risk of being lost to modern mentality and technology.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
westernhorseman.com | Jennifer Denison
For centuries, branding has been essential for proving ownership of livestock. In the open-range days of the cattle industry, many a rancher got his start by applying his brand to unclaimed or wild cattle, or branding slick claves that didn’t follow their mothers. “A lot of herds have been started with a fast horse, a long rope and a running iron.” says Montana horseman Paul Woods.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
westernhorseman.com | Julia Ayres |Melissa Hemken |Johnny Motley |Jennifer Denison
Keep up with the World’s Leading Horse Magazine Since 1936
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
cowgirlmagazine.com | Jennifer Denison
Story and photography by Jennifer DenisonDuring the late 1700s and early 1800s, Spanish vaqueros brought their horse-handling skills to the missions of early California, long before it became a state. They were known as exceptional horsemen, who prided themselves on masterfully training their horses to work cattle on the vast ranchos with smoothness and finesse.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
westernhorseman.com | Jennifer Denison
An independent, free spirit, Elle Parker has tried different things in her life, but they’ve always centered around horses. The 29-year-old native Montanan grew up on her stepfather Matt Wald’s family ranch on the Crow Indian Reservation in Lodge Grass, Montana, with strong ties to rodeo. However, Parker was drawn to competing in jumping and three-day eventing. After high school, she worked on ranches in Idaho and Oregon, where she was usually the only woman on the cowboy crew.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
westernhorseman.com | Jennifer Denison
This week, the sixth-annual Art of the Cowgirl main event takes place at Horseshoe Park & Equestrian Centre in Queen Creek, Arizona. Cowgirls of all ages and walks of life will gather for fellowship; to showcase their artistic talents, horsemanship abilities and athletic horses; learn new skills; and celebrate the Western lifestyle. They will also honor the event’s founder, Tammy Pate, who passed away on December 21, 2023, after fighting a brave battle with cancer.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
westernhorseman.com | Jennifer Denison
A fixture in the western industry, Judy Wagner of Park City, Montana, has been an innovator and trailblazer her entire life, whether it was in ranching, roping or operating a business. Along the way she has inspired others with her can-do spirit and pearls of “ranch-grown logic.”At age 16, her father died in a tractor accident, leaving the family cow-calf operation in Avon, Montana, in the hands of his wife, Luella, and their children. Judy was the oldest of seven children.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
westernhorseman.com | Jennifer Denison
Late at night in a 12-by-12-foot cell at the Montana State Prison, 33-year-old inmate Cody Orcutt’s rough hands hitch strands of vibrantly colored horsehair into geometric designs on belts, hatbands, quirts, headstalls and other functional cowboy gear. He spends at least four hours a day hitching on a plywood jig after working eight hours in the prison’s hobby store, where inmates’ handiworks are sold.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
westernhorseman.com | Jennifer Denison
Jack Sorenson has one wish each Christmas: that his five children, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild will come home to Amarillo, Texas, to celebrate the holiday. Family and Christmas are two of Sorenson’s passions and the impetus for this month’s cover painting, titled The Christmas Star. His son Josh and 5-year-old granddaughter Roonie were models for the painting, which he began creating last spring. The horse, William Sugar Bars, belongs to a friend.
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Dec 3, 2023 | 
westernhorseman.com | Jennifer Denison
Western Horseman readers get a glimpse of Jolyn Young’s life through her monthly column “Real Life Ranch Wife.” Now, they can unravel the backstory behind the author’s byline in her debut memoir “Never Burn Your Moving Boxes: A True Tale of a Real-Life Cowboy Wife.”Growing up in a rural Northern California subdivision, Jolyn dreamed of becoming a working cowboy.
