Buckaroo Texan Blog

If you are nervous, think about this ole Cowboy saying:  Just keep the horse between you and the ground- one leg on either side and your mind in the middle-  BUSTER MCLAURY

If you’re not willing to go back every day and start over, you shouldn’t have started to begin with, because you might have to start over a lot of days in a row before it carries over from one day to the next, or one month to the next or one year to the next.            BUCK BRANNAMAN

Photo taken at Legacy of Legends event, December 2010, Ft. Worth, Texas

Best wishes to all my friends and horsemanship pals across the miles.  May you have a great holiday with your family, friends and horses!!  Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!!!

DECEMBER 3-5 , 2010-A Legacy of Legends- Old Fort Worth Stockyards Coliseum Ft. Worth, Texas. Join us for what will become an annual celebration continuing the vision of Tom Dorrance and Ray Hunt for the next generation of horsemen and women. More information coming soon.

Photo by:  Cindy Meehl

Out there in the western lands you’ll find a man of great repute.

He runs a thing called Cowboy School; he’s tall of hat and boot.

He takes on dudes and dudettes green, and teaches them to ride,

To rope some, and work cattle, too; he’s always at their side.

He knows just how to phrase a thing so you can comprehend

And lets you learn at your own pace to reach that better end.

At Cowboy School the rule of safety first is number one,

And number two is just behind, and that’s to have some fun!

His patient ways are legendary; he’s never out of time,

And if you need to see a thing again, well, that’s just fine.

He’ll teach you how to sit a horse and how to use your aids.

He’ll help you learn to help your horse, and doesn’t give bad grades!

This professor of  cowboy-ology, his name it is Bob King.

A skilled and sorta bashful guy, his praises I must sing.

For he has hung in there with me when I would ‘bout lose hope

And helped me start to see the light when in the dark I’d grope.

There is no telling where I’d be if not for this good man.

He’s helped me when I doubted if I could, to know: I can!

This journey of the horse we’re on will never reach an end

But I’ll continue traveling with the help of Bob, my friend.

My ponies mean the world to me and they deserve the best.

But I’m the only one they’ve got, so I’ll keep up the quest

To learn and strive to be as good with them as I can be.

So thank you, Bob, my friend and dean of cowboyology.

‘With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity ….. Nair  Keshavan’

Photo by:  Gary Reicherzer

It’s easier to accept others, than to change them. 
It’s wiser to understand them, than to get angry

Author:  Unknown

It’s hard to change the human. It’s easy to change the horse, but it’s hard to change the human.” – Ray Hunt

If horses were heartaches and cattle were hard times, I would ride home tall in the saddle every evening-

 lyrics from a song, author unkownn.

Photo by:  Gary Reicherzer

The 4th of July is a time to reflect and honor the horse and his contribution to the development of our country.         Jeannie

“If the horse is right on his feet, he’ll be right in his head.”  Ray Hunt

Photo by:  Gary Reicherzer