Holy Cow Performance Horses

Nancy Crawford-Hall and her husband Phil Hall of Holy Cow Performance Horses are pictured here with their trainer Jake Telford and his wife Jessie Telford at the NRCHA’s Hackamore Classic in Paso Robles. Jake Telford rode three horses entered in the show for Holy Cow Performance Horses: Sheza Roo, Kiss My Shiny Lips, and Shady Lil Starlight. Top honors went …

TBE Cowboy Supply

Tom and Candi Block of TBE Cowboy supply were on site at the NRCHA Hackamore Classic with their newer, bigger, and better trailer with even more of the cow horse community’s favorite saddles, tack, clothing, and accessories. Their new logo, pictured here, is a design by Jayne Wayne Design, can also be seen on their website: www.tbecowboysupply.com (also by Jayne …

Richard Winters 2009 Champion

Richard Winters of Ojai, California was crowned Road to the Horse Champion in Franklin, TN March 15, 2009. Winters, John Lyons and Tommy Garland competed for the coveted title in front of a sold out crowd of 6,000 spectators. The competition matches three top clinicians with three unbroken colts and culminates in an obstacle course competition after just 3 hours …

The Gorrell’s and friends

I met up with the Gorrell’s today as well as their two life-long friends, Gay and Jody Tyndall. What a fun group they were! Jake is a reined cow horse trainer who has already made his mark on the industry, and Sonia is an accomplished barrel horse trainer.  They need help keeping their web site updated as great things are …

Smart Zanolena Stallion Ad

Lesley and Matt Day of Hooker Creek Ranch are the owners of NRCHA World Champion Stallion, Smart Zanolena. They have been instrumental to the success of the NRCHA. Matt Day was inducted into the NRCHA Hall of Merit at the NRCHA Futurity Banquet last night. Congratulations to both Matt and Lesley Day!

Tucker Robinson and Family

Another rising star, Tucker Robinson, is packing up to go home after a successful Pre-futurity for the Robinson family. Pictured here, also, is Tucker’s beautiful mom and grandmother. How adorable are they! Pictured here is Tucker’s latest ‘Congratulations’ ad highlighting his three big NRCHA Open and Limited Open championships–the latest of the three was the 2008 NRCHA Derby.

Sandy Collier and Tazs Precious Peppy

Congratulations Sandy Collier & Tazs Precious Peppy! Sandy Collier won the NRCHA Hackamore Classic this past weekend at Paso Robles on Tazs Precious Peppy…and what an amazing win it was. Sandy has a torn rotator cuff that she maintains with strengthening exercise; HOWEVER during this show it had flared up. Sandy secured her winning position after going down the fence …

The Walkers

Dawn Walker and her daughter Shelby are pictured here on a full brother to Smokums Prize: Just Right Smokum or “Tucker.” Dawn showed in the non-pro limited class and ended up 6th. Dawn Walker is the owner of Central Coast Boarding and Training. Her web site, created by Jayne Wayne Design, can be viewed at: www.horseboardingtraing.com.

Meet Marleen Deirkes

Meet Marleen Dierkes of Galloping Videos who sits at her desk working tirelessly at the NRCHA’s Hackamore Classic this past weekend in Paso Robles. She and her husband Tom provide the video service for the cow horse shows. It’s quite an undertaking as virtually all of the people showing stop by at least once or twice during the show to …

Jannae Nichols – Jannae Beauty Institute

Jannae Nichols and I began working together recently when she needed visibility for her new web site. The home page, while beautiful, was created in Flash. This put her site at an immediate deficit when it came to traffic and browser ranking. The optimization changes I made to her site less than a month ago is already making her phone …

TBE Cowboy Supply or Tom and Candi Block

Tom and Candi Block, pictured here in front of their booth at the Paso Robles AQHA Mother’s Day Circut show, sell quality custom-made saddles, tack, and apparel to virtually everyone horseback. Their equipment is a staple for the tack rooms of up-and-coming horse trainers everywhere. Tom has been selling his custom-made saddles since the 1980’s. Candi makes sure they’re stocked …