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Lindsay McKenna Wind River Valley Author

January 17, 2017 by John Leave a Comment

Lindsay McKenna

Lindsay McKennaLindsay McKenna has led a full life, and it’s still going strong.  She broke a wild horse at age 12, took flying lessons at 17, and joined the Navy in 1964. And, those are only a few of her accomplishments.  Because of her military service, Lindsay McKenna is sensitive to military experiences.  She writes what she knows, and she knows about veterans and PTSD.  She has written so many novels dealing with military and mercenary subjects, she earned the nickname “Top Gun of Women’s Military Fiction.”

Because of her military service, Lindsay McKenna is sensitive to military experiences.  She writes what she knows, and she knows about veterans and PTSD.  She has written so many novels dealing with military and mercenary subjects, she earned the nickname “Top Gun of Women’s Military Fiction.”

But Lindsay McKenna knows about horses too.  Her new books, the Wind River Valley series, deal with horses and ranching life.  Because Lindsay has been around horses all her life, has even owned her own ranch where she bred and raised Arabians, I wanted to have her on the show.

Behind the Scenes

Lindsay is a wonderful storyteller.  A funny thing about the interview.  I have recorded over 100 different shows now and, as many of you know there has been an occasional glitch.  Most have been minor problems with volume or a poor phone line.  This podcast took two tries.  Lindsay McKenna tells the story of being struck by lightning when she was nine.  It’s an amazing tale.  After our first conversation, when I went to edit the audio, as soon as gets to the part in the tale where the lightning strike takes place, there’s nothing but static.

Two days later I request another interview.  Lindsay graciously agrees.  We have another great conversation.  Near the end, I ask her to once again relate the lightning bolt story.  No more than thirty seconds in, the line goes dead.  We reconnect several times with the same result.  You’ll hear part of what happens on the podcast.

Military Adventure Romance

Now, I must admit, I’m not a romance novel reader.  Lindsay McKenna created a whole new genre called Military Adventure Romance.  Most of you know I listen to quite a few books on Audible.  She has several there (Lindsay McKenna has written over 175 books and sold over 23 MILLION copies worldwide!).  Almost all the ratings were 4 and 5 stars. Her new book is Wind River Rancher.  We talk about the inspiration and reason behind the story.  She sent me a copy and I’m looking forward to reading it.

Links

Lindsay McKenna Website

Lindsay McKenna Facebook

About Us

Welcome to the Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship.   My name is  John Harrer.  I began the podcast in 2012 because I wanted to learn more about horses and horsemanship.  Talking with great horseman and women about their lives with horses and the history of horsemanship is my passion.

Contact Us

We have well over 100 episodes up now and you can find them all for free on iTunes, with our Android App in the Amazon store, and now Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are distributed.  Get the Stitcher app and let us know how it works.  We are on Google Play too!  You can also find every episode and more about the show at whoapodcast.com.  Please take a moment and join our email list. Get in on the conversation with Facebook and Twitter – just look for WhoaPodcast.

You are a big part of why we do this podcast.  We really love getting your feedback.  Please let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for the show.  You can email us at: John@WhoaPodcast.com

I blog at TrainingJessie.blogspot.com  and if you want to know even more – and I can’t imagine why – it’s all at JohnHarrer.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

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Legacy of Legends Ray Hunt – Tom Dorrance

January 3, 2017 by John Leave a Comment

Legacy of Legends

Carolyn Hunt & Buck Brannaman

Carolyn Hunt & Buck Brannaman

The Legacy of Legends, a tribute to the horsemanship principles of Ray Hunt and Tom Dorrance is happening March 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 2017 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth.  The Legacy of Legends was co-founded by Ray’s wife Carolyn and Buck Brannaman.

According to an article in Western Horseman, Ray Hunt knew a lot about horses and was a pretty good cowhand by the time he was 30 years old.  As a consequence, he started colts, shod horses, and day-worked ranches in the Hollister, CA area.  But then a horse entered his life that opened his eyes to a new way of thinking.

The horse, a 4-year-old gelding named Hondo, had a bucking problem.  Ray was quoted in the magazine article with his dry sense of humor, “I wanted to show him in a hackamore class,” he said, “but about the time I turned a cow down the fence, I’d come back in the saddle bronc event, and you can’t show a horse in two events at the same time.  All I knew to fix the problem was what the cowboys said – just get a bigger club.”

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Ray Hunt Meets Tom Dorrance

One of Ray’s friends was Bill Dorrance.  Bill introduced Ray to his brother Tom.  Tom showed Ray a few things that helped that horse stop bucking. Many of the concepts Tom used on the big gelding were new to Ray.  A year later, Ray rode Hondo to a first place in the 1961 working cowhorse hackamore class at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.

Ray learned as much as he could from Tom over the next few years and in 1971 began holding horsemanship clinics using a mix of the principles he knew and the ones he learned from Tom Dorrance.  The pair changed the face horsemanship forever.

Although Tom died in 1999 and Ray passed in 2009 there are many who are working to keep their horsemanship principles alive.  On today’s show, I speak with Ray Hunt’s grandson, Jaton Lord. Jaton is one of the participants of the Legacy to Legends event in Fort Worth in March of 2017.  Traveling with his grandparents, Jaton spent summers going to clinics and seeing Ray’s horsemanship skills first-hand.

Editor’s Note 11/26/2018: 

I received the following email from Rice Horses and I thought it important to add it here.  -John

I believe the name of Ray Hunts horse was Hondo. If sound like you said, Honda. If I’m mistaken you said Honda  I apologize.

Tom Dorrance died in 2003, not 1999.

Sorry but I think that’s important to be correct.

__________________________________

Links to Places Mentioned in the Show

Legacy of Legends Website

Tom Dorrance’s Website

Ray Hunt’s Website

Jaton Lord’s Facebook

Buck Brannaman’s Website

 

About Us

Welcome to the Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship.   My name is  John Harrer.  I began the podcast in 2012 because I wanted to learn more about horses and horsemanship.  Talking with great horseman and women about their lives with horses and the history of horsemanship is my passion.

Contact Us

We have well over 100 episodes up now and you can find them all for free on iTunes, with our Android App in the Amazon store, and now Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are distributed.  Get the Stitcher app and let us know how it works.  We are on Google Play too!  You can also find every episode and more about the show at whoapodcast.com.  Please take a moment and join our email list. Get in on the conversation with Facebook and Twitter – just look for WhoaPodcast.

You are a big part of why we do this podcast.  We really love getting your feedback.  Please let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for the show.  You can email us at: John@WhoaPodcast.com

I blog at TrainingJessie.blogspot.com  and if you want to know even more – and I can’t imagine why – it’s all at JohnHarrer.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #82

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Emporium Western Store Over 100 Years Strong

November 29, 2016 by John Leave a Comment

Emporium Western Store

The early days at the Emporium.

Emporium Western Store

On today’s show, we talk to someone in our own backyard, Bakersfield California.  Stephen Goldwater’s Emporium Western Store has been a downtown fixture for over 100 years.

While it’s not exactly certain who initially established the store in 1909 – let’s face it, those records are hard to find -my research discovered Abraham Chain and Samuel Cohen owned the store in 1926.  

Arnold Rojas in his books about the early Vaqueros talked about the how the early cowhands got paid on a monthly basis and frequently bought a pair of new jeans around payday.  Many of the hard working vaqueros couldn’t afford to have their jeans washed and cleaned.  At the time, denim would shrink when washed and the vaqueros bought the size that fit them.  Then, at the end of the month, they came in for a new pair and threw the old ones away.  If you are not familiar with the Vaquero books, they tell the story of the early cowhands in the central valley.  If you are familiar, you may enjoy learning that Mr. Rojas’s wrote many of his books in the back room of the Emporium Western Store.

Emporium Western StoreIts’ a cool experience walking through the Emporium Western Store.  Jeans of all colors, styles, and sizes are stacked along the walls.   There is an incredible selection of boots and when I asked about a particular style, I was told the back room holds about 2,000 pairs.  

While the store had been in at least two other locations, the current location was originally built to be a bank.  There is an ample parking lot where the store will regularly stage live music events.  The walls are covered with memorabilia of years of service to the community.  Many celebrities have stopped into the store to shop over the years including Buck Owens.

About Us

Welcome to the Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship.   I am your host  John Harrer.  Each week on the show we talk about some aspect of owning a horse.  From feeding or supplementation to bits and bridles, tack, or cowboy boots, we cover training problems, or competing in shows.  We talk about the Western/ Cowboy lifestyle in movies, books and magazine articles.  And, we travel to places we think you would like to take your horse.   That’s what the Whoa Podcast is all about.

Contact Us

We have well over 100 episodes up now and you can find them all for free on iTunes, with our Android App in the Amazon store, and now Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are distributed.  Get the Stitcher app and let us know how it works.  It’s Free.  We are on Google Play too!  You can also find every episode and more about the show at whoapodcast.com.  Please take a moment and join our email list. Get in on the conversation with Facebook and Twitter – just look for WhoaPodcast.

You are a big part of why we do this podcast.  We really love getting your feedback.  Please let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for the show.  You can email us at: John@WhoaPodcast.com

I blog at TrainingJessie.blogspot.com  and if you want to know even more – and I can’t imagine why – it’s all at JohnHarrer.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #80

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The Life of Mustang Man Bobby Kerr

September 8, 2016 by John 1 Comment

Bobby Kerr, The Mustang Man

bobby kerr

We have a good story for you today.  Bobby Kerr, the Mustang Man lives his life.  Bobby came to town for the Tehachapi Mountain Rodeo, a PRCA event.  Since Bobby works with mustangs and has started many horses.  I’ve started one, my wild Oak Creek horse, Scratch.  My friend and rodeo announcer Dal Bunn knows I’m always looking to learn more and he invited Scratch and me to meet Bobby at the rodeo grounds.  I rode with Bobby in the morning.  He has smooth hands and works his horses with apparent ease.  Bobby was generous with his time and even rode Scratch.  He complimented us on the work we had done, then gave me some pointers to help us get better.

Performing over 100 times a year, Bobby travels across the country entertaining rodeo fans everywhere.  His act includes both dogs and horses, along with the props for his show.   I sat down with Bobby and talked about his journey through horsemanship.

From his first experience with the 4 B Wild West Show, how he ran away at age fourteen, and then how his friend and bit maker, Jeff Payne got him interested in the Mustang Makeover, Bobby Kerr tells the story of his life with horses.

Bobby Kerr makes horsemanship look easy.  His horses glide and go wherever he asks.  Listening to Bobby tell his story led me to believe there is no secret to his magic.  He wanted to be a cowboy and ride a horse since he was twelve.  A cowboy gets the job done, some way, some how, often with little money and a lot of imagination and ingenuity.  It’s fitting that he is now linked to the American Mustang.  The two have survived the harsh environment of the west by making magic together.

About Us

Welcome to the Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship.   I am your host  John Harrer.  Each week on the show we talk about some aspect of owning a horse.  From feeding or supplementation to bits and bridles, tack, or cowboy boots, we cover training problems, or competing in shows.  We talk about the Western/ Cowboy lifestyle in movies, books and magazine articles.  And, we travel to places we think you would like to take your horse.   That’s what the Whoa Podcast is all about.

Contact Us

We have well over 100 episodes up now and you can find them all for free on iTunes, with our Android App in the Amazon store, and now Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are distributed.  Get the Stitcher app and let us know how it works.  It’s Free.  We are on Google Play too!  You can also find every episode and more about the show at whoapodcast.com.  Please take a moment and join our email list. Get in on the conversation with Facebook and Twitter – just look for WhoaPodcast.

You are a big part of why we do this podcast.  We really love getting your feedback.  Please let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for the show.  You can email us at: John@WhoaPodcast.com

I blog at TrainingJessie.blogspot.com  and if you want to know even more – and I can’t imagine why – it’s all at JohnHarrer.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #79

 

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Horse Expo Pomona

February 23, 2016 by John Leave a Comment

Horse Expo Pomona

Horse Expo pomonaOn the road again to Horse Expo Pomona for the three-day event held on Super Bowl Weekend.  Horse Expo Pomona had a fantastic lineup of Clinicians including Clinton Anderson, Jonathan Field, Pat Parelli, Craig Cameron, Warwick Schiller, Brandi Lyons, Mary Kitzmiller and many more.  There were seminars and presentations going on at four different venues throughout the day.

Horse Expo Pomona

Kristine Wriding

There was live music by Kristine Wriding and three buildings filled with vendors catering to the horse and rider.

While I could only stay for the first day of Horse Expo Pomona, I was able to interview some of my favorites.  Jonathan Field talks about a free video series he is introducing on his website, 31 in 13.  Jonathan is an effective clinician and a wonderful interview.  We spent a good 15 minutes talking about my project horse Scratch before we got into a general discussion about his horsemanship.  Check out JonathanFieldHorsemanship.net for more details.

Horse Expo Pomona

Clinton Anderson

Clinton Anderson was making his return to Horse Expo Pomona after an almost 10 year absence.  Clinton has big plans for a show idea coming up in 2017.  While he would not reveal any of the secrets of the new production, if you listen to the words he says, rearrange the letters, you’ll exactly what he is up to (that’s a joke unless you figure it out, then let me know).

My friend Laura Rene Johnson was competing in the Ultimate Super Horse Challenge and we got and insight into the tension that these competitors feel.  Laura did a great job with her horse Star.

I had heard, from many of you actually, that Warwick Shiller is an effective horseman.  While he used to be a reining horse trainer, Warwick now travels extensively sharing his horsemanship knowledge.  He is very active on Facebook and is available to answer questions.  Check out the group Warwick Schiller Performance Horsemanship or WarwickSchiller.com.

Horse Expo Pomona

Warwick Schiller

Craig Cameron is out to have a good time.  He’s as much an entertainer as he is a horseman.  His down-home style and simple explanations of his exercises are the reason he is one of the top clinicians out there.  We even got to talk to one of Craig’s apprentices, Anton Hagstrom.  Anton is from Sweden and is learning a lot from Craig.  Check out CraigCameron.com.

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About Us

Welcome to the Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship.   I am your host  John Harrer.  Along with my wife, Ranae, each week on the show we talk about some aspect of owning a horse.  It could be feeding or supplementation.  It could be bits and bridles, tack, or cowboy boots.  We cover training problems, or competing in shows.  We talk to farriers and horse chiropractors.  We talk about movies, books and magazine articles.  And, we travel to places we think you would like to take your horse.   That’s what the Whoa Podcast is all about.

Contact Us

We have well over 100 episodes up now and you can find them all for free on iTunes, with our Android App in the Amazon store, and now Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are distributed.  Get the Stitcher app and let us know how it works.  It’s Free.  You can also find every episode and more about the show at whoapodcast.com.  Please take a moment and join our email list. Get in on the conversation with Facebook and Twitter – just look for WhoaPodcast.

You are a big part of why we do this podcast.  We really love getting your feedback.  Please let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for the show.  You can email us at: John@WhoaPodcast.com

I blog at TrainingJessie.blogspot.com and I have a new blog about my Louisiana Leopard Catahoula puppy named Buster at BusterBrownDog.blogspot.com and if you want to know even more – and I can’t imagine why – it’s all at JohnHarrer.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #78

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