Tag: Jul/Aug 2025
by Andrea Chancellor | Photos courtesy of Barbara McAlister
When she was eight years old, Barbara McAlister received a horse as a Christmas present — a registered Hambletonian trotter who could not race anymore because of an injury.
She already loved the horse, named Pete, and often had ridden him in...
by Kim Redo-Thacker | Photos courtesy of Craig Kime
If you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life. Craig Kime has not worked a day. He started out polishing rocks with his parents, who were in the business, and progressed into cutting and polishing...
by Casie Bazay | Photos courtesy of Greg Guerrero
In the heart of West Tulsa, spanning Lookout Mountain and Red Fork Mountain, is a unique ranch that offers visitors beautiful views of nature and wildlife and downtown Tulsa. RFM Ranch, owned by RFM Enterprises, leases 190 acres of its land...
by Ashley Daily | Photos courtesy of Equine Medical Associates
As members of the arachnid family, ticks are external parasites that attach themselves to a host and feed on blood. Ticks have a two-year life cycle, going through four stages of development — egg, larva, nymph, and adult.
In the spring,...
by Kim Redo-Thacker
Photos courtesy of Coleman Proctor
To say Coleman Proctor was destined to become a professional roper is a gross understatement. Born into a roping family, he and his sisters and parents all roped. His dad, Keith Proctor, is a champion roper. Mom Melody Brewer and both sisters also...
by Carol Mowdy Bond | Photos courtesy of Tyler Crow
In 2016, Tyler Crow became the youngest artist ever to be inducted into the prestigious Cowboy Artists of America. He was only 27 years old.
Crow grew up near Apache, Oklahoma, surrounded by foothills and farmland. By age three, he was...
by Carol Mowdy Bond
Just a tiny four-year-old, Carleigh Harp stood by the fence and watched while the family horse, Tonka, approached her. “I reached out to touch her velvety nose, and in that moment, something clicked,” Harp says.
Harp’s family owns Harp Acres near Newcastle, Oklahoma, where her horses have...
by Lindsay Humphrey
Horseback riding provides a unique blend of physical, mental, and emotional benefits. Riding lessons shouldn’t be reserved for beginners or learning a specific discipline. They should be the drumbeat of any horse owner’s life to continuously pursue higher levels of horsemanship.
Taking a lesson at any age can...
by Rowena Mills
I was driving along one day this past spring, halfway listening to classical music on my car radio, when something suddenly caught my ear. The announcer was talking about Justin Morgan, founder of the Morgan horse breed, in connection with a musical composition. I thought, “What? What...
by Leigh Ann Matthews
After years on the road competing in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, steer wrestler Tyler Pearson is hanging his hat at his home just outside Atoka, Oklahoma. He told the Cowboy Channel network that he will miss his rodeo friends and the camaraderie among steer wrestlers...
