Pennsylvania Natural Horsemanship Association's
" First Annual
Horseman's Extravaganza"
Ranch Roping Demonstrations by Bob Sagely along with other horse
demonstrations and presentations.
Visit www.pnhaonline.com for details and schedule of presentations.
Cow Works
at Rocky Ridge Ranch Roping and doctoring the longhorn herd of the Gottsliegs of Monangahela, PA.
Team
Penning Practice at Rafter M Ranch in Van Orem, PA. Pasture
Rotation at Grandview Ranch in Blairsville, PA. Cow Works
at Captain Yohe's place. Roping and doctoring the longhorn herd in
Fredericktown, PA. "Buckaroo
Roundup and Gear Swap Weekend" at
Smokerise Ranch in Ohio.I'll be there to sell saddles and gear and defend my last year's buckle win.
Well, as luck would have it I was on the winning team again this year. Had a great time and sold a saddle and some gear. Look for details of next year's doings as I may be conducting a ranch roping clinic as part of the weekend as well as more roping competitions on the weekend.
"Beginning Ranch Roping" Clinic- Inexperienced ropers
welcome. Come learn the vaquero traditions of the long rope and quiet,
humane cattle work.
Sponsored by Rising Ranch in Avonmore, PA. Visit this
link for details.We had 10 participants and it went real well. Folks left me with some great evaluation comments and since it was indoors, noone baked their brains out in our unusually hot and humid weather. Ragean and Clayton are looking to have an Intermediate Ranch Roping Clinic, so stay tuned.
Ranch
Roping Demonstration at the Derry Agricultural Fair in New Derry, PA.Bob will be demonstrating the vaquero traditions of authentic, working ranch style roping for humane restraint of cattle. Bob will show how a man and horse can effectively catch, restrain and doctor cattle in a low-stress manner.
Well, sometimes things do not go as planned. Don't ever rely on someone else to put up panels to keep you demo cattle in. My demo got spoiled by calves getting out of the arena cause I relied on someone else to secure the gate panels alongside the stock trailer that hauled in the cattle. It funny in retrospect but not really at the time. Oh well...
An "Introduction to Ranch Roping" Clinic
hosted by the PNHA. Beginners and
inexperienced ropers welcome. Kid's Cow
Camp - The Saddle Tramps (a cowboy re-enactors group I belong to) will be
holding their annual overnight kid's camp. Last year was a lot of fun, this
one will be too. We'll have campfire cooking, cowboy sing along, knot tying
and braiding, dummy roping and plenty of real roping the next morning. Roping and laying down cattle for vaccinating, worming and castrating. What could be more fun?
West Virginia "West Fest" -
Cowboy music and poetry festival, not too far from Morgantown, WV. The Saddle Tramps Cowboy Re-enactors Club will be there demonstrating old time ranch roping and cattle working skills.
Over 200 elementary school children got to watch the traditional cowboy/buckaroo ways of handling cattle. We laid down some pretty large (600 - 750 lbs.) played out corrientes and got a big round of applause for our efforts. Showed them the humane way of roping and downing cattle. Had a good ol' pickin' and a grinnin' jam session later that night. Picture folks dressed up as cowboys, indians and trappers all singing bluegrass, country and old-time folk... a real blast. Roped a whole bunch on Saturday too. Think PB was ready to roll out by the time we left.
"Intermediate Ranch Roping Clinic"
with Bob SagelyDesigned to build on the skills learned in the "Introduction to Ranch Roping Clinic". We will heel rope live cattle using breakaway hondas and those that are ready will head rope and track cattle with the breakaway. Must have completed the Intro Clinic or get express permission from Bob because of previous roping experience.
A successful, albeit small, clinic. Changed the curriculum mid-stream and instead of just breakaway heeling we put the regular hondas back on our ropes and laid a few down in the afternoon. Everyone got in plenty of heading and heeling, learned a little ground crew working, no horses, cattle or people hurt (not even a rope burn)... the kind of experience I try to provide in all my clinics.
Fall Works at the Gottslieg's.
Time to brand up the summer crop and worm 'em all for winter. "Brave
Horseman ~ Brave Horse Weekend" with Patrick King and Bob Sagely - Bob and
Patrick will be combining their expertise for a weekend of fun and valuable
instruction. Patrick's "Calm and Brave Horse Clinic" and Bob's "Introduction
to Ranch Roping" will help you to improve your horsemanship skills and
expand your relationship with your horse. Come challenge yourself and your
horse with new and exciting activities. SaddleTramps Annual Ranch Rodeo -
Season ending competition for the "Top Hand" award. Also the final cow works
for the Captain's cattle. We'll be branding, worming and castrating cattle
after the boys compete for the buckle.