LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – Victor Hermanson doesn’t collect accolades or reviews based on his craft, even though he could. Hermanson is a gifted saddle maker who lives on the outskirts of Las Cruces.

FORT LUPTON – Barbara Kauffman was a systems manager for a high-tech firm in Boulder County when she decided to buy a new saddle. “My husband spent $80 for a book on saddles and I was so upset he’d ...

Doug Krause doesn’t consider himself an artist. Though he creates intricately detailed saddles and brilliantly colored handmade ropes, he still says he’s just a saddle-maker. An Eaton resident for six ...

Pickup trucks, horse trailers — even a car with the bumper sticker “Forget the Whales, Save the Cowboys” — crowded the parking lot at the Lawrence Holidome. Inside, visitors convened Friday at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pat Hooper is a veteran, a Texas saddle maker, Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) steer wrestler, and owner of Pat Hooper ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LOVELAND — Rusty May bends over the bare bones of a future horse saddle, unwraps a long strip of leather that has been wrapped around the pommel like a ...

Bob Klenda has been a saddle maker for 45 years. "I was in the Army and as soon as I could get to a craft shop I took to the leather and that's when I first got started on saddles," he said. Soon he ...

Exhibits at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum are in galleries, hallways, outdoors, and even in barns. Inside the towering Horse and Cattle Barn on the southern edge of the 47-acre campus is ...

HOOKERTON — Experienced horse enthusiasts probably know this better than anyone: The graceful pas de deux between steed and rider is not really a two-mammal show at all. It’s actually a ...