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Lester Buckley Horsetrainer Clinician Breeder

August 8, 2017 by John Leave a Comment

Lester Buckley – Horsetrainer, Clinician, Breeder

Lester Buckley was not a trainer I was familiar with. Listener Robin Kane has been helping out getting guests for the show and she is hosting a clinic with Lester Buckley in Willits, Ca. at Berry Creek Ranch, August 18 – 20. It’s great to learn from every trainer, and I wanted to find out Lester’s story.

We got a hold of Lester via Skype while he was waiting on a load of hay to arrive. Lester lives in Kentucky and, boy, does he have a story to tell. Lester worked on the King and Parker ranches. One is in Texas, the other in Hawaii. Both are very large cattle operations. Lester gained a great deal of experience from riding on these to ranches and he talks about it on the show.

Lester attributes a lot of his early experience to riding horses at the ranch of Delwin Burch, cutting horse trainer and breeder. The experience he gained there led him to learn more from Ray Hunt. After earning a degree in equine science from Sul Ross State University in Texas he began working and training horses. Lester also competed in cutting and captured the Reserve World Champion APHA Open Superstakes.

Wanting to learn more about classical horsemanship and precision movement, Lester Buckley turned to the German Equestrian School where he learned from some of the top trainers in Europe.

Clinics Lester Buckley

Lester Buckley Website

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Cowboy Bill Cummins and His Horse King

June 13, 2017 by John Leave a Comment

Cowboy Bill Cummins and His Horse King

Cowboy Bill Cummins grew up in post-depression era Ohio with his father and four brothers. His mother died when he was 15. He nearly lost his fingers and thumbs when he was nine. Bill dreamed of one day becoming a singing cowboy in the same vein as Gene Autry and the wit and wisdom of Will Rogers.

Bill worked with his family’s horses on their farm and a local stable owner noticed he had a special knack working with the horses. Although he was only 15, the stable owner hired Bill to manage his stable and run his tourist trail riding business during the summers of Bill’s high school years. One year a traveling horse stage show came to town. Bill befriended the two main riders and trainers, Montana Frank and California Joe. Meanwhile, the stable owner had a palomino stallion he thought would back a good stage performer.

The scene was set when the two trainers worked with the young horseman and his palomino and the result was Smilin’ Cowboy Bill Cummins and his horse King. For five years the duo performed for audiences doing tricks and singing songs. While Bill got to live his dream of being a singing cowboy, he got to perform for people all over the midwest.

Bill later went on to pursue a career as a civil engineer. Then, later in life, in went into publishing and write several books. At age 86, Cowboy Bill Cummins is an inspiration.