ummer
is well on its way and we are just coming
up for air! After arriving back from
Arizona to the Home Ranch in Oregon May
13th, we jumped in full swing getting the
place in order, unpacking and preparing
the ranch for our spring training sessions
and horse client visits. Check out our
recap of the May & June Classes and
WHR Grapevine News below!
Heading
to Wyoming Cattle Ranch for Summer
Riding…
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June closes, and the July temperatures
rise here in Eagle Valley, we are heading
to the higher, cooler country of western
Wyoming for a month or so, staying some 30
miles out of Daniel at the upper summer
range of the Grindstone Cattle Company. We
are taking several geldings that
we’ll be riding on the ranch daily,
getting in lots of mile seeing plenty of
cattle and schooling them into the full
bridle. If you are trying to reach us
about schools or horses please just leave
word on our answering machine at
541-893-6535 and we’ll be
checking messages every couple days. Till
then, Happy Trails….
Fall
Schedule… FFF
Course Scheduled with Return Riders
Round-Up
Extravaganza!...
his
is a chance to broaden your horizons and
come for a full 10 days and get in on our
Return Riders get together where we
practice FFF training, get one –on
–one help on personal goals, head for
the mountains for some awesome back
country trail riding & training
exposure and work cattle as well! The
first week September 3- 9th is the
regular - From
Foundation to Finished
Coursewith a break day in which our Return
Riders arrive, and one can stay on for the
Return
Riders
Extravaganza
September 11-14th. Call Beverly for
Details at 541-893-6535 Last years
Round-Up was a huge success, we pick right
up where you left off and move you further
in your quest for refinement…call a
friend you met at the Ranch and ya’
all come! If you would like e-mail
addresses or phone numbers of your fellow
horsemanship classmates call Bonnie at
800-987-7875
Summer
String of Geldings!!!...
lways
keep a check out for our new
geldings offered for sale. As
time passes, we are sliming our
herd down to just a hand full of
good ones. It has been Wil’s
goal
for
years and as it is just the two
of us now, and we still like to
have our special
“touch” and signature
of approval on them, we find that
fewer is better for us. Check out
our website Horse
Page
for a listing of these premium
geldings. We have a rainbow of
colors presently… a
palomino, bay, red dun, black,
grey & a couple sorrels, some
with alot of chrome and a flashy
black & white
paint!
Other
Wil Howe geldings, not yet
posted… a 16 hand, 8 yr,
Jet Black with four high
stockings and a blaze face. ..
City Slicker looking deluxe
trail, ranch & rope horse,
and one who’s been on the
back burner a year, ready at the
end of this summer….a 6 yr
14.3 hand, truly a “one of a
kind”! stocking legged
sorrel reining cow horse …
gentle, super special, all around
deluxe model. Just a teaser
… call us for an appointment
541-893-6535. DVD’s
available on most
horses.
Wil
Howe Ranch Training Tack at
Huckleberry’s Line Shack.com.…
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have been blessed with Dary Reed taking
over our retail line of items and taking
care of the online part of our tack
business. Recently he added some beautiful
high quality cinchas that really are a
nice addition to one’s cowboy gear,
also we now have some handsome new saddle
blankets at a new great price. Treat
yourself and give your horse the added
good looks and comfort of one of these
100% wool saddle blankets!
e
sure to give Dary Reed a call, he’ll
answer any of your tack & training
related questions and will help you outfit
your horse with just the right gear for
getting started or finishing a horse
through our program. Dary will make sure
you are on track in your progression From
Foundation to Finished, offering our full
line of tack and DVD’s. If you are
Trail Riding this summer check out our
Hobbles, Trail Halter , Get Down Ropes
& Bridles. Etc. To Order call Dary
at 509-952-3188 or go right to our Tack
Page.
Note:
Dary’s number is a cell phone and can
be reached almost anytime. He always
returns his calls ASAP, so do leave a
message! He promptly ships tack orders
weekly.
2008
Oregon Home Ranch School Session
ReCap….
Our
Trail Riders Horsemanship School, May
14-21 we had some folks here from
Washington State and as far away as Texas!
Great group and we had super cool spring
weather and sunshine to boot! An awesome
day ride in the mountains made the week
memorable for the students who’s
horses progressed as well as the riders
confidence and techniques of handling the
back country terrain trail navigation.
Then June 1-7th we had great group of guys
show up for our From
Foundation to Finished
class.
It was a “all men’s class”
which Wil thoroughly enjoyed as he always
lays low for Beverly’s all
women’s class later in June. Three
guys were a father & two sons from
Boston, MA, the older son’s
horsemanship & rodeo coach from
Arizona attended also as well as another
horseman from western Colorado. Karl the
youngest proved to be the best of the
bunch at 12 yrs old. Small for his age,
but has been showing horses for the past
few years, this youngster made all the
adults shape up! Superb hands, timing and
feel, shown here below. We let him work
with our new addition to the ranch…
“Petunia” a now, 3yr
Mini…and yes a filly!
Our
New WHR Mascot
…”Petunia”
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acquired “Petunia” last
fall,… Wil is a sucker for a cutie
like her and it has been 8 years since
Mayflower, our last mini died. She is
truly a comical addition to the family.
Petunia rode to and back from Arizona in
the gooseneck trailer under the geldings,
no problem and they all love her! Wil is
quite empowered by being able to
“man-handle “ this little
horse,… as a joke of course! She is
quite a pistol, ball of fire and is no
“little horse” in her
mind!
everly’s
Annual Ladies Only Practical Horsemanship
Course went off well attended again
this year June 18-24. We had women from
Washington, California, Illinois, North
Carolina, Oregon and Idaho. Two were lucky
enough to find a match, bonding up with
the horse for their needs & dreams!
One had been to our Ladies class earlier
this year in AZ and the other’s
husband attended our class in Arizona four
years ago and purchased a horse then! So
now that his wife is up to speed, now she
has a Wil Howe horse too! Congratulations
Kristin Sorani, Rogue River, Oregon, and
Alison Macko, Lewisville, NC on your new
horses.
For more info on Beverly's Ladies Only
Practical Horsemanhip Classes
Click
Here!
very
time we get people together with good
horses, good information and
instruction... great things happen and
lives are changed! A week with us will
change your outlook on horses and give you
the tools to make a positive relationship
with your horse a possibility. We highly
encourage this in your quest for better
results with your horse or trying to start
a-new with a new mount from us.
WHR
Grapevine News!
“Zane
Grey” Still Impressing Owner!
We recently received a letter from
Jerry Flynt of Ketchum Idaho, who
purchased the handsome grey gelding,
“Zane Grey” that Beverly
rode in Wil’s
FFF Video #3, “Beyond the Snaffle
Bit”.
He bought him back in 1997. It’s
always a treat when we get feedback from
former clients and their WH gelding
stories.
”I
am still riding Zane. You sold him to us
when he was 5; he is now 16. Wil,
everything you told me about Zane was
true. He helped me be a better rider and
he is extremely well trained. Every once
and a while a friend who is a good rider
gets on Zane. In short order Zane starts
operating like the really good horse he
is. He suffers me and waits for the right
cue so he can do the right thing. Buying
Zane was one of my better decisions.
Thanks for everything.
Jerry”
Versatility
or what??? …Congratulations Wendy
& John Hughes &
“Cash”!
at’s
off to great geldings, well trained and
ready for any job… that’ll be a
Wil Howe gelding. Wendy & John
Hughes from upstate, NY are enjoying
“Cash”, a 7 yr AQHA old gelding
they purchased from us in February. Wendy
reports “He has done everything
we’ve asked… we love
him!” Here above he’s shown
with John, who professionally ponies race
horses at the tracks, warming up for
working at a a steeplechase race, along
with Wendy & Cash at their first 3-Day
Event Show ( Dressage, Cross country &
stadium Jumping), where they placed 1st in
the Cross Country portion and 2nd overall
in the Elementary Division. Way to
go… broke is broke…for any
event!
Wil’s
First Cutting Horse
Passes…
nother
grand horse in our life was
”I’m Country
Cutter”. We bought him in January
of 1981 as a coming 4 year old. He had
just won the Oregon Cutting Horse Asso.
Non Pro Futurity and soon became
Wil’s very first cutting horse and
Beverly trained and showed him in Western
Pleasure classes as well.
“Cutter” was a real “one of
kind”… gorgeous eyes, beautiful
to look at; big boned, perfect and
correct, and a huge hip, long pencil neck
and tiny ears, great mind, super cowhorse.
In 1977 he was the Pacific Coast (CA) QH
Asso. Champion Yearling Halter horse. He
was built and could ride! Our vet at the
time said he was built of perfect
constitution and should live a long and
healthy, sound life…. and that he
did…32 years!
"Country
Cutter” at 32 years, still showing
his handsome,
muscled stature & at 5 yrs old with
Beverly in 1982.
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sold “I’m Country Cutter” 3
times in those 32 years, our good friend,
Stan St Jeor of Grand Coulee WA,
(whom attended Wil’s first clinic
back in 1983), bought Cutter through us
back in 1987 and owned him 14 wonderful
years in which he, ranch rode him, sorted
and branded and made many a packing in
hunting trips with Cutter until 6 years
ago. In 2001, at age 25, Stan wanted to
retire him, he called us. We found a great
retirement home for “Cutter” as
a baby-sitter for the grandkids of Bill
Owens from Philadelphia, PA ( Bill has
bought a total of 6 Wil Howe geldings from
us, 2 most recently last year).
Bill’s good friend, Jeanie
Grey has been his sole caregiver for
the past 6 years. She just recently had
sent these pictures in May of
“Cutter” at the grand old age of
32, still showing his well muscled stature
and kind eyes, then Jeanie wrote to tell
us he passed away June 28th. Bless
“Country Cutter’s”: heart.
He was “one in a million’ and a
gift to all of us who were blessed by
being a part of his life.
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commend Jeanie and her great care she gave
him as well as 3 of Bill’s other WH
geldings Zack, in his late teens, Blue,
now 21 and Dewey,11 years old (the half
Belgium Quarter cross ). Time flies when
you have a great horse!
Please
share with us your stories and successes
with your horse ventures and path to
refined horsemanship accomplishments.
emember
we are stewards, guardians, leaders and
companions to these wonderful creatures.
Respect the responsibility of this
relationship, and pursue a path of
knowledge to enhance and broaden your
horsemanship horizons… We are here
anytime to lend a hand in your quest.. it
is all about priorities.
Have
a blessed and wonderful month of July and
we look forward
to seeing you all this fall…
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Here
ummer
is well on its way and we are just coming
up for air! After arriving back from
Arizona to the Home Ranch in Oregon May
13th, we jumped in full swing getting the
place in order, unpacking and preparing
the ranch for our spring training sessions
and horse client visits. Check out our
recap of the May & June Classes and
WHR Grapevine News below!
s
June closes, and the July temperatures
rise here in Eagle Valley, we are heading
to the higher, cooler country of western
Wyoming for a month or so, staying some 30
miles out of Daniel at the upper summer
range of the Grindstone Cattle Company. We
are taking several geldings that
we’ll be riding on the ranch daily,
getting in lots of mile seeing plenty of
cattle and schooling them into the full
bridle. If you are trying to reach us
about schools or horses please just leave
word on our answering machine at
541-893-6535 and we’ll be
checking messages every couple days. Till
then, Happy Trails….
his
is a chance to broaden your horizons and
come for a full 10 days and get in on our
Return Riders get together where we
practice FFF training, get one –on
–one help on personal goals, head for
the mountains for some awesome back
country trail riding & training
exposure and work cattle as well! The
first week September 3- 9th is the
regular - 
e
have been blessed with Dary Reed taking
over our retail line of items and taking
care of the online part of our tack
business. Recently he added some beautiful
high quality cinchas that really are a
nice addition to one’s cowboy gear,
also we now have some handsome new saddle
blankets at a new great price. Treat
yourself and give your horse the added
good looks and comfort of one of these
100% wool saddle blankets!
e
sure to give Dary Reed a call, he’ll
answer any of your tack & training
related questions and will help you outfit
your horse with just the right gear for
getting started or finishing a horse
through our program. Dary will make sure
you are on track in your progression From
Foundation to Finished, offering our full
line of tack and DVD’s. If you are
Trail Riding this summer check out our
Hobbles, Trail Halter , Get Down Ropes
& Bridles. Etc. To Order call Dary
at 509-952-3188 or go right to our
very
time we get people together with good
horses, good information and
instruction... great things happen and
lives are changed! A week with us will
change your outlook on horses and give you
the tools to make a positive relationship
with your horse a possibility. We highly
encourage this in your quest for better
results with your horse or trying to start
a-new with a new mount from us.
at’s
off to great geldings, well trained and
ready for any job… that’ll be a
Wil Howe gelding. Wendy & John
Hughes from upstate, NY are enjoying
“Cash”, a 7 yr AQHA old gelding
they purchased from us in February. Wendy
reports “He has done everything
we’ve asked… we love
him!” Here above he’s shown
with John, who professionally ponies race
horses at the tracks, warming up for
working at a a steeplechase race, along
with Wendy & Cash at their first 3-Day
Event Show ( Dressage, Cross country &
stadium Jumping), where they placed 1st in
the Cross Country portion and 2nd overall
in the Elementary Division. Way to
go… broke is broke…for any
event! 
emember
we are stewards, guardians, leaders and
companions to these wonderful creatures.
Respect the responsibility of this
relationship, and pursue a path of
knowledge to enhance and broaden your
horsemanship horizons… We are here
anytime to lend a hand in your quest.. it
is all about priorities.
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out our