Rowdy AlexanderBusby, MT

Rowdy grew up on a ranch outside ofBusby Montana where after College hereturned to put together his own herdalong with his wife Sarah and kids, Bai-ley, Isabel and Laney. Having a smallherd of cattle. Rowdy makes ends meetby riding outside colts and day workingfor local ranches. Coming from roughcountry Rowdy’s horses get plenty ofquality time in the hills and are ex-posed to all aspects of ranching.

Gary AndersonMiles City, MT

Gary grew up at Sidney, working atfeedlots and various ranches when

young. He began working for theDept. of Livestock as a brand inspectorin Sidney in 1968. He transferred toMiles City in 1978. He graduated fromfarrier college at Sturgis in 1966 andhas shod horses every since. He has es-pecially enjoyed participating in ranchrodeos, and working cattle at the yardsand in the country.

Martin & Melanie AnsethSt. Xavier, MT

Martin and Melanie Anseth manageCH Land & Cattle Co. at St. Xavier,MT. They along with their childrenSilas Ivory and Natalie have lived therefor six years. Before coming to the CH,they worked at the Padlock Ranchwhen Dan Scott was manager. Silasrode with Martin in the feedlot fromthe time he was seven. Later when theymoved to the Conley camp, Martintook out a branding wagon each sum-mer, where Silas was one of the crew.

MTRHA Member Biographies

Ashley Quarter HorsesLynn, Lance & Lanell

Forsyth, MT

Ashley Quarter Horses is a family runoperation that has been raising versatileperformance horses for over 40 years.They have concentrated their programaround the close-up breeding of provenversatile performance lines. Ashleysgoal has always been to produce the ul-timate ranch and rodeo horse that hasgood feet, bone, withers and dispositionas well as other desired traits. Theirhorses are born and raised in roughcountry and are an integral part of ourcommercial cattle operations. Find outmore about these horses and bloodlinesat www.ashleyquarterhorses.com.

Clint BainterPlevna, MT

Clint Bainter is from Plevna, MT andwas married to Maggie Nemitz on No-vember 19th 2011. He grew up on hisfamilies ranch. He started taking inoutside horses in Junior High. Aftercollege Clint worked for two differentranches untill June of 2012. He is nowback helping on his parents ranch whilebreaking colts, day working, and runsthe center ally at Miles City LivestockCommission.

Bar 7 U Quarter HorsesTiffany, Cort, Colie, & Rob Burdick

Choteau, MT

Rob and Tiffany along with their kidsColie and Cort operate a small horseprogram outside Choteau, MT. Theywork hard to turn out some of the bestworking geldings they can. The kidswork along side them through thespring and summer while also attendingJunior Rodeos. They run about 15foundation bred mares and 3 studs, allown sons of Wilywood, Wayward Ike andHancock Thirteen. Riding their studs justlike the geldings they get used and inturn are good to be around. The kidsuse one of the studs Wayward Luke inthe Junior Rodeos, and all of the studsget used in the mountains, gatheringand moving cattle. Horses get used hard for everything.From calving, branding, doctoring andpacking salt in the mountains they ac-cumulate some miles. In the spring thefamily helps a lot of friends and neigh-bors in the branding pens, then in thesummer moving to the mountains,where they run a grazing associationcovering 18 square miles of steep andrough country. The horses getting usedrange from their studs to younger geld-ings and by the time summer is overthey are pretty well used up and ontheir way to being broke. They seeeverything from elk, bears, wolves,sheep, brush, creeks, and lots of steephills. Riding them until they are de-pendable enough for the kids and thenthey take over. Haltering them, swing-ing aboard and chasing each otheraround the yard. The geldings offered for sale have manyhours of riding and we stand behindthem. Working hard to make goodhorses and not offering them for sale

until they are well broke. Offering justa few geldings every year allows time toput the most quality time on each one.Everyone wants that “horse of a life-time” and these are the horses theywish to offer for sale.www.bar7uqh.com

Josh BilbreyBozeman, MT

Josh grew up on ranches in easternMontana. He began working colts andyoung horses from an early age. Startedriding horses for the public while inhigh school and taking on problemhorses. He received a bachelors degreein Ag Business from the University ofWyoming. After graduation he startedtraining horses full time. Josh attendednumerous clinics taught by some of thetop horsemen in the country. He andhis wife Jana and kids Jace, Jaret andJ’ann reside in Bozeman where he isthe horse trainer for Copper SpringRanch. He is a founding member of theMontana Ranch Horse AssociationLLC and on the sale committee.

Beau & Tami BlakeHysham, MT

Beau and Tami Blake live with theirchildren, Asher and Emilyn on the XVcamp of the PV Ranch northeast of In-gomar, Montana. Tami was raised onthe ranch and Beau has worked therefor many years. With over 3,000mother cows, the PV offers a lot of op-portunity for putting miles on horses,including plenty of branding and ship-ping days. In the fall Beau's horses finddaily work doctoring weanling calves inthe ranch's background feedlot. Knownfor his kind and gentle mannerisms,Beau especially enjoys roping and turn-ing green horses into seasoned ranchhorses.

Jack BlankenshipBridger, MT

Jack was raised on his grandparent’sranches, located on the Crow Reserva-tion. He drew his first riding wages atthe age of 8, helping the neighborgather bulls and dries in the fall. Aftercollege, with a two year Ag Manage-ment Degree in hand, he went back topunchin’ cows. For the next twenty fiveor so years he cowboyed on outfits thatran anywhere from 500-9000 cows andcovered a 5 state area. He eventuallybecame a ranch manager for an out-of-state owner. During the mid 80s hestarted building silver mounted bits andlater spurs. He did it out of necessity,he was too cheap to buy them. He hasbeen told that his horses are fairly nice,but he just figures that he gave them ajob to do every day and they got betterout of self defense. Jack is a founding member of the Mon-tana Ranch Horse Association LLC,and on the sale committee. His other in-terests include helping promote ourranching and cowboy lifestyle, includ-ing high school rodeo, ranch rodeos

and ranch horse competitions. He alsoenjoys raising, selling and bucking hisrodeo bulls.

Jay & Nicole BlankenshipRosebud, MT

Jay and Nicole live on their ranchsouth of Rosebud. Jay has been theresince graduation from the University ofWyoming in 2006. He and Nicole mar-ried in 2009 and with their daughterTyree and son Brig run their ranch.They also have a small constructionbusinesses in which they build corralsand fences.

Eric & Annie BrangerBoulder, MT

Eric and Annie Branger live and workon the Mulvey Gulch Ranch near Boul-der, MT. Along with working on theranch, they specialize in starting andtraining reined cow horses, cuttinghorses, and top quality ranch horse.For more info on theMulvey Gulch Ranch and BrangerHorse Training visit us: www.mul-

veygulch.com/branger.

Bob BurfordMitchell, NE

Ivan & Amber BurchDillon, MT

Ivan and Amber were married in 2004.They have one son, Asher and will wel-come a new baby girl in December.Family, hard work, good horses, andgood dogs are important values Ivanand Amber strive to teach their chil-dren. Ivan was born and raised inWestern Kansas and worked in severallarge feedlots before he moved to Dil-lon in 1996, taking a 6 month positionfor calving and branding. At the end ofthe 6 months, he was offered a full timeposition and now jokes that it has been

the longest 6 months of his life. Ivanworks as a herd manager for a largeranch in SW Montana, where he useshis horses daily for all aspects of ranchwork. Summering in the CentennialValley, his horses are exposed to steepcountry, water, and wildlife. Ivan regu-larly attends clinics with internationallyknown clinician and bridle horseman ofthe traditional California VaqueroStyle, Mike Bridges. Over the past fewyears Ivan has been showing in localworking cow horse shows and 2 handcutting classes; winning snaffle, hack-amore, and bridle classes on several dif-ferent horses. When Ivan starts a newhorse his main goal and measure of suc-cess is to make each horse better thanthe last.

Ty ClawsonRanchester, WY

Ty grew up in Northern Colorado. Hisinterest in horses started at a youngage, as his father was a farrier and heoften took him along. He continued topursue his interest through high school

by day working and riding colts. Fol-lowing graduation he hired on at afeedyard where he was fortunateenough to work alongside and gatherthe knowledge of some very respectablecowboys and horse trainers. Duringtime spent in the feedyard he was ableto ride a variety of horses and drasti-cally improve his horsemanship skills.Ty is currently employed with the Pad-lock Ranch out of Dayton, WY whereIhe has spent the past two years in theWolf Mountains. Not only does heenjoy the many hours he feels fortunateto spend horseback, he delights in thereward of making a good ranch horse.

Will & Keshia CroftHardin, MT

Will lives with his wife Keshia and newson Henry born in early February of2013, in Hardin, MT working for PineCoulee Angus. He enjoys his work andtries to get away to any kind of expo-sure event (ropings, ranch rodeos, teamdoctorings, etc.) with his horses when-ever possible.

Amy DelleraBighorn, MT

Amy grew up on her family’s ranch ineastern Oregon. She has been ridingand showing horses her whole life.Amy has shown reining cowhorses andshown cutting horses. Growing up inOregon she has worked for several ofthe states largest ranches buckarooingand doing ranch work. After Highschool she went on to college at theUniversity of Montana Western whereshe received an ASS and BS in equinescience. Amy is currently working for acutting horse trainer, but tries to get outto the Sunlight Ranch in Hardin andcowboy as much as possible.

Jim DelleraBighorn, MT

Jim has worked on numerous cattleranches in and throughout NorthernCalifornia, Nevada, and Oregon. For17 years he owned and operated a 200cow-calf operation outside of Burns,OR. Since then he has worked on several ofthe largest ranches in Oregon, includ-ing the Roaring Springs Ranch, TheAlvored Ranch and The JuniperRanch. All located in south east Ore-gon.In March of 2009 he moved to Mon-tana to work.

Dean DelpHardin, MT

Dean Delp lives on the ranch he wasborn on. Along with his wife Jane andsons Jordan and Tanner they run asmall bunch of beef and corriente cows.His oldest son Travis and wife Rubylive in Billings. Daughter Amy and hus-band Cole live in Hardin. Dean runshis cows, day works and rides colts fora living. He has some of the last TomichiBars mares left around. When youngerhe was a PRCA saddle bronc rider.Now days he is very involved with theNorthern Range Ranch Roping Series.He is also very involved with his sonswith their school activities and their 4-H horse projects.

Zane DempewolfGlendive, MT

Growing up on a ranch and farm byLindsay, MT Zane has been aroundhorses his whole life. As a kid he was in4-H and rodeo. He started his firsthorse in the 7th grade and has beenbreaking them ever since. Zane also attended college in Glendive,MT and Dickinson, SD where he waspart of the rodeo team competing inbull riding, saddle bronc riding, andteam roping. In 2005 he married Autumn McDon-ald, who is a cosmotologist in Glendive,and lives 7 miles north of Glendive on alittle acreage where Zane breakshorses, runs a few cows, and dayworks. The Dempewolf family enjoysrodeos, ranch rodeos, and team rop-ings. In 2010 they were blessed withtheir son, Dace James, who now runsthe show!

DeSaye Quarter HorsesJordan & Tacee DeSaye

Weston, WY

Jordan grew up on a ranch at Rygate,MT. His parents are Grant and SilverDeSaye and sister Shona. His dad hasbeen shoeing, training and raisinghorses for 30 plus years. Jordan gradu-ated from high school in 2003 and wenton to college at Dawson CommunityCollege in Glendive, MT, and partici-pated in the team roping for the collegerodeo team. He graduated with a twoyear Agri- Business Degree, two yearEquine Degree, and a one year Weld-ing Degree. He partners with my dadon their horses. Jordan and wife Taceeare now raising a few of their own, withtheir children Ryan and Jace. Presentlyhe is working for Faddis Kennedy Cat-tle Co. in Weston WY. They do every-thing horseback and also rides colts forthe ranch.

Diamond X RanchShoshoni, WY

Diamond X Ranch is a family ownedhorse and cattle operation which hasbeen in existence for twenty years. Lo-cated in Central Wyoming, the horsesare born and raised in a hard settingrunning on 40,000+ acres of mountainrange. They have the advantage oflearning how to drink from a creek,cover steep territory and handle trickyfooting from the day they are born. Allhorses are used as saddle horses beforethey are ever bred. In addition to beinggood minded and handsome, they aretough enough to do a ranch days work.These horses have gone on to variousstates to be used for cutting, roping,barrel racing, kid and ranch horses.Horses being started on the DiamondX Ranch are ridden on cattle and areused for ranch roping and it is all donein a way that is accommodating to thehorse. In addition to using the horse asa work partner for generations, they’vebeen very fortunate to spend time withsome of today’s most respected teachersand continue to do so.

Dryhead RanchLovell, WY

The Dryhead is located at the base ofthe Pryors on the Crow Reservation insouthern Montana. They run about 30head of mares and 3 studs all whilestriving to create exceptional horseswith good cowsense.These horses hit the ground in the wideopen and crossing creeks and climbinghills are a part of them like their maneand tail. They don’t know any differentso there is never a problem.Along with their horse program theDryhead runs a bunch of cows. Theirhorses get plenty of cow work and areused extensively in big country.

Brian & Marcey EskewMusselshell, MT

Brian Eskew, his wife Marcey and sonKreed live south of Musselshell, MTwhere he works for Green MountainAngus Ranch. Along with normalranching duties, he enjoys making goodranch horses, raising and training goodworking border collie dogs. He hashigh hopes for all his horses and dogsand works very hard to help themachieve their full potential. His hope isthat his horses and dogs are versatileenough to go from his place to yoursand you enjoy them as much as he has.

Boedie EvansBlackfoot, ID

Boedie Evans is from Blackfoot, Idaho.He has been involved with horses hisentire life. For over 10 years he has hada distinct interest in Ranch Horses andalways made it a priority to work withhorsemen who are well respected andvery knowledgeable.Having worked on many ranches,Bodie has the insight of what is neededin a good horse. He has started coltsand strives to make really fine bridlehorses.Bodie believes in his horses and who-ever buys them will be more than im-pressed, with their training andcharacter for Bodie’s word is his life.He is honored to be a part of such aprestigious sale and hopes to come backwith equivalent or superior horses inthe future.

Wade FisherTwin Bridges, MT

Wade is a working cowboy, and horsetrainer in southwestern Montana. Heresides just outside of Twin Bridges,where he day works for many ranches,as well as being a full time horse

trainer. After over 30 years horse back,he spends much of his time passing onthe traditions to his daughters, andmaking good horses of many differentuses as rope horses, cow horses, orgood ranch horses. He continues tocompete in reined cow horse, ranchhorse, and roping competitions. To con-tact Wade, look him up on Facebook orcall (406)596-0876.

Froelich RanchLance & Sunshine Froelich

Selfridge, ND

Froelich Ranch has been producingquality ranch and arena horses for over50 years. Last year they received theAQHA Legacy Award. Located 55miles South of Bismarck, ND on roughbut scenic grasslands. They take pridein their horses and relationships withtheir customers. Please visit for moreinfo at www.froelichranch.com.

Braden GarwoodSpencer, NE

Braden Garwood is the son of Byronand Teresa Garwood of north centralNebraska. He has grown up in hisdad’s shadow and has become a hand atstarting colts. He keeps busy helpingthe neighbors with their cattle worktoo. Branding day and the chance torope is always a bonus. A recent high-light was the month he spent workingon the S Ranch. If he’s not horsebackor doing schoolwork, you can find himin his leather shop making a fine pair ofcustom chinks. Braden is a young cow-boy with a big heart. He enjoys younghorses and invests a lot of time withthem. He hopes you appreciate the onehe’s bringing to Montana.

Byron GarwoodSpencer, NE

Byron Garwood has been training coltsfull-time for almost 11 years. He andhis wife live in north central Nebraskawhere they homeschool their 4 chil-dren. They enjoy being involved in allaspects of ranch life. Byron also keepsbusy dayworking which provides himwith the situations to truly make de-pendable ranch horses. Byron believesa good horse starts with a solid founda-tion then the horse, progresses by ex-posing them to as much as possible.This not only makes them solid ranchhorses, but they will be equally pre-pared for any other direction they areasked to go. He has had some uniqueopportunities to ride with some greathands on some great ranches. He’s rid-den in TX, SD, MT, NV & CA. He hasenjoyed the opportunity to learn fromthese experiences and improve hishorsemanship. We are excited to be apart of this association.

Dakota GaustadScobey, MT

Dakota Gaustad grew up on a ranchthat’s been in the family for a hundredyears. Was in 4-H for eleven years,showing cattle and riding young horses.He helped on the ranch all throughHigh School. Then went to college atMiles City Community College in theEquine Studies under Josh Bilbrey. Heparticipated in the Top of The WestColt Sale and Competition for twoyears while in College. Has been ridingyoung horses for eight years now. Hehas shown his colts both at the NILEand in the Ranch Horse Competition.He is now working back home on thefamily Ranch and runs his own cattleand horses (Diamond D QuarterHorses).

Jared GillWyola, MT

Shane & Cindy GillWyola, MT

Jacob GoddardBroadus, MT

Jake Goddard grew up riding with hisfamily in southern Montana on rancheshis dad runs. He’s been involved inprojects as diverse as pasturing 1,000horses, 4,000 stockers, heat detecting1,200 heifers and calving 600 heifers.He rides a few outside colts for localpeople while staying busy day workingand riding his own in the summer. Inthe winter he runs a trap line for bob-

cats and coyotes, checking a good dealof his traps horseback. He makes it toas many ranch rodeos and ropings as hecan and loves to compete.

Shawn GoodmanEdgemont, SD

Shawn grew up near Kyle, SD justsouth of the Badlands running about300 pairs. He started roping and ridingcolts around age 13. Shawn went towork for a cow horse trainer in Mis-souri when he was 24 and spent 2 yearslearning all he could. He then movedback to Kyle and spent a year and ahalf training on his own. After trainingon his own he then went to Texas for awinter working for a rope horse trainer.Since then he has started working forthe J/P Ranch and has been there forthe past 4 years.

Jake & Jess HahnLovell, WY

Raised mainly in Cody, WY, Jakespent most of his teen years helpingwith his family’s haying and farmingbusiness. There he learned the impor-tance of determination.Jake left home at eighteen and went towork on large ranches throughoutMontana, Wyoming, and Arizona.Working on these outfits gave him thefoundations that would later spur hisdesire to become more in tune andaware of his horses. As a “kid” on most crews, Jake was

willing to disguise himself as fearless.Whether an idea was his own or over-heard in conversation, he would at-tempt it if it had to do with cowboying.The suggestion of a fellow crew mem-

ber or an aged cowboy (40 and up...),an article by Bryan Neubert or book byBill Dorrance, be it print, video orword of mouth, Jake was eager to soakup as much information as he could.He learned to braid and to shoe, be-coming familiar with the complexitiesof bloodlines, and always seeking to im-prove his horsemanship. Through trial, tribulation, and helpfrom many people, Jake continues togather thoughts that pertain to how ahorse thinks and reacts. He believes inthe importance of allowing his horses tothink their way through things.Now, Jake lives near Lovell, WY,where he and his wife Jess make an im-pressive team, whether they are ridingcolts or raising their children, Madlyn,Cassidy, Howdy and James (not pic-tured).Jake is also a founding member of theMontana Ranch Horse Association,LLC and on the sale committee.

Charles & Danielle HallRed Lodge, MT

Charles and Danielle live on WillowCreek north of Red Lodge, MT, about4 miles from where Charles grew up.He worked for all of the neighboring

ranches in his youth from horseback tothe hay field. He competed in steer wrestling throughhigh school and college and the PRCA.He is ranch manager for Pine CouleeAngus who have ranches at Absarokee,Red Lodge and Hardin Montana. CJ has his own herd of both registeredand commercial cows and always has apen full of nice geldings along with ayard full of dogs. Wife Danielle worksas a nurse and also at the local VetClinic.

Chris HatchLovell, WY

Chris lives in Lovell, WY with his wifeLaurel and their two boys Jasper andChance.Chris started when he was in highschool on the family ranch. After highschool graduation he attended LamarCommunity College in Lamar, COwhere he completed their 2 year horsetraining & Management program.While he was attending college classeshe also worked with a local cuttinghorse trainer. After college he returnedto the family ranch to continue to honehis skills at training horses. He also has

done day work for numerous localranches in the Lovell area and workedfor several large ranches in Wyomingand Montana.

Kelly & Jolee HolmquistFlagstaff, AZ

Kelly, Jolee and Kincaid live and workon the Babbit Ranch in southern Ari-zona.

Jeanie HovermaleBroadus, MT

Jeanie has been riding horses since shewas a baby and was given her firsthorse at 5. Later she became interestedin rodeo after her parents bought theirranch in Broadus, MT.Not having much money growing up,there was no extra to buy finishedhorses for Jeanie to use on the HighSchool Rodeo Circuit. So Jeanie wentto clinics to gain the knowlege neededto train her own and knowing that hersuccess was not only her dedication buther hard work. Loving to train young horses she wenton to go to college in Miles City, MTand enrolled in the equine programwith Josh Bilbrey being the instrctorwho has influenced her training skillsgreatly. Now you can find Jeanie putting herknowledge to work riding her own aswell as outside customers horses on herranch in Broadus.

Ty HotchkissReva, SD

Ty grew up on his family’s ranch inReva, South Dakota where he raisesangus cattle and some Quarter Horses.His interests are ranching, horses,music, and serving the Lord. He con-

siders himself so blessed for being ableto make a living at something he enjoys.

Ty’s horses usually see a fair amount ofcountry and uses them on the ranch aswell as helping neighbors dayworking.Ty also team ropes so anything he usesin the pasture finds it’s way to the arenaat some point. They get used for abouteverything.

Blaine HumbleFaith, SD

Blaine was raised in a ranch and rodeofamily near Faith, South Dakota. Hestarted riding colts at a young age. Herodeoed in high school, winning thestate team roping title twice. In collegehe rodeoed for Dawson CommunityCollege of Glendive, Montana. Nowdays you will find him cowboying,starting colts, rodeoing and picking upat rodeos.

James IrishLewistown, MT

James Irish began riding at a veryyoung age of three or four years. Heand his younger brother trained somedriving ponies to ride with an open bri-dle at eight and eleven.James was in the 4-H horse programfor 10 years, and worked with some ofthe best trainers in the State of Mon-tana, - Ed Lamb, Joan Kissock, JanetNewman, as well as Dr. Doug House-holder from Texas A&M and his olderbrother John Irish. James is familiarwith many riding disciplines from rid-ing English to riding saddle broncs. James has participated in calf ropingand on both sides of steer wrestling. He also attended college in Texas andWestern Montana University on RodeoScholarships. He earned an associatesdegree in Welding and an associate andbachelors degree in Business. He has trained working dogs andhorses. Possessing a real sensitivity andintuition with animals. This past year James has trainedhorses while riding for Fred Hirschyand the Snowline Grazing Association.

J Bar 9 RanchJere & Patti Wittkopp

Circle, MT

Jere and Patti own and operate the JBar 9 Ranch Inc. near Circle, Montana.This is a zoo plus cow/calf ranch whichuses horses as an important part of itsoperation. Jere works solo many hoursof the day and saddles up early duringcalving, breeding and shipping season.He keeps a horse standing ready towork in corrals, alleys, to pull calves inon the sled and to open and shut gatesespecially when wet and sloppy. Ridingextra miles in helping out neighborscan also be part of an average day. Breeding and training horses has alsobeen part of operation since its begin-ning. A well rounded ranch horse needsgood cow instincts, speed, agility with asteady, calm disposition to get the jobdone. Raising and training horses thathave these qualities continues to be anactive function in this ranching en-deavor.

Ryan KelleyDeer Lodge, MT

Ryan Kelley was raised on a ranch inthe Deer Lodge valley. He has riddenhorses from the age of five and startedhis first pony at age eleven. Enjoyingstarting colts sent him to Oklahomaafter college to hone his skills trainingreined cow horses. After three yearsdown south he moved home to help hisdad on the ranch. He doesn’t ride out-side horses because his dad keeps hisstring plenty full of good ones. Ryanstrives to get his horses very broke inall disciplines.

Gene KukowskiMiles City, MT

Guy and Rachel LarsenLodge Grass, MT

Guy and Rachel Larsen live and workon the Sunlight Ranches’ Flat Ironunit. Raised in Wyoming and Montana,they have been involved in ranchingand riding colts most of their lives.They are grateful to be able to raisetheir children on a ranch, becausehorses are important to them.

Lazy J3 Quarter HorsesGreg SevereRoundup, MT

Greg Severe along with his wife Jeanand children Macabe, Gillian and Gar-rett comprise Lazy J3 Quarter Horses.They have worked on ranches their

whole lives, that have allowed them tomake good horses. They enjoy showinghorses as well. They strive to havehorses that can do it all; rope, cowup,turn around and stop. Their goals areto have horses for everyone, whether itis in the performance world, ranchhorse or pleasure horse.

Brendon & Veronica LemmonMoccasin, MT

Brendon and Veronica Lemmon residein Moccasin mt, working for a BosTerra LLC. Our first son, WessGrafton was born October 1st 2014.We both grew up around ranch workand Veronica around vet teching, as hermoms a large and small animal veteri-narian. We both have a love for horsesand met in Miles city at college wherewe took up equine studies, toughtunder Josh Bilbrey at the time. Wecouldn't imagine our lives withouthorses. It's very rewarding, and welove being able to do our job horseback.

Marvin LeyGlendive, MT

Marvin began training horses with hisdad when he was 9 and has continuedthroughout the rest of his life. Workingwith a horses mind is important and tohelp the horse understand what he isbeing asked is a big priority for Mar-vin. He has made ranch horses, rodeohorses, cutting horses, team ropinghorses and worked for horse trainerstuning their horses up. Showing horsesin many events is also a pastime forMarvin, his strongest event is reining.Has been a pickup man at the MilesCity Bucking Horse Sale for 6 yearsand also in PRCA rodeos. For over 20years Marvin has also taught horse-manship classes at Dawsom Commu-nity College in Glendive, MT.

Linger RanchQuarter HorsesTy & Pat LingerMiles City, MT

Ranching east of Miles City, Montanathe Lingers run in gumbo badlands andpine hills. This builds good feet andlegs on their horses and an easy way ofgetting around in rough country. Theyrun about 350 head of cows and haveabout a dozen broodmares. Ty starts allthe colts and always tries to use a realsoft touch, building a lasting trust intothem. This allows Pat (a 50 somethingolder guy) to get on and ride them afterjust a few rides. They hold their cattleup and sort out in the open and at preg-ging time the only man afoot is runningthe head catch. Lingers do a lot of out-side roping as well as in the corrals.They can’t guarantee how their horsesare around 4-wheelers because theydon’t own one.

Clayton MalsonClayton & DanielleLaramie, WY

Clayton and Danielle live in Deaver,Wyoming where they work for CraigSorenson. Clayton manages a feedlot inDeaver and a ranch in the Pryor Gap.He started riding colts at the age oftwelve under the guidance of his father.His wife Danielle, who is also a prettyfair horse hand, is a school teacher inLovell, Wyoming. They are pleased tohave brought horses to the “REAL”Ranch Horse Invitational Sale for sev-eral years.

Lyle MitchellArvada, WY

Lyle along with his wife Sheila resideon a large ranch at Arvada, Wyoming.Lyle is horseback a lot and is known tomake top notch ranch and arenahorses. Both he and his wife wereranch raised and proud that they wereable to raise their children the sameway. Lyle is also on the sale committee.

Lee MonkVolberg, MT

Lee is 25 years old and currently livingin Volberg, MT with his wife Shelbyand son Cooper. He grew up in LodgeGrass, MT and has been around theranching atmosphere his entire life. Heenjoys team roping, working withhorses for his son, Cooper to ride whenhe is old enough.

James MorganBennett, CO

As a full time professional horse trainer,James specializes in starting colts forboth Western and English disciplines.He pursues every opportunity to day

work also preparing his horses for a ca-reer on the ranch. In his approach tostart and train horses, he utilizes hisranching background gained by grow-ing up in Burlington, WY. He contin-ues his education by riding with tophorsemen across the country. He hasridden and started colts in CA, NV, TX,CO, WY, MT, and New South Wales,AUS. James lives in Colorado and islooking forward to spending more timein the future. www.JamesMorgan-Horsemanship.com

Logan NaylorWyola, MT

Logan is from Miles City. Works forSunlight Ranch at the Little Horn Unit,Wyola, MT.

Don & Sheila NelsonGlasgow, MT

Don was born and raised on the familyranch at Glasgow, Montana. They havea commercial cow/calf operation, inwhich they A.I. They run about twentybroodmares and stand a son of ColonelFreckles.

Vic & Carey NelsonHarlowton, MT

Vic and Carey Nelson have one childCody. They work for the C-J Ranch.Carey was raised on a yearling opera-tion and Vic on a cow calf. Over theyears they have worked several ranchesin Nebraska as well as Wyoming.

Pete OlsenMolt, MT

Pete Olsen has been horseback most ofhis life and has over forty years of horseexperience. In his early years, heworked on various ranches, was a pro-fessional farrier and trained horses fulltime. For the past thirty-seven years,Pete has worked for the Department ofLivestock as an inspector, with the lasttwenty-five years as the District Live-stock Inspector. He spends most of histime horseback and has continued totrain his quality prospects. His horsetraining program incorporates qualitybred horses, sound training techniquescombined with work, miles and experi-ence for his horses. Pete is also a found-ing member of the Montana RanchHorse Association, LLC and is on thesale committee.

Sam OlsenClaremont, WY

Sam Olsen started his horse career at ayoung age and has been horseback eversince. Growing up he helped his dadand brothers start lots of horses, whichsparked his desire and interest. Samcontinues to develop his horsemanshipskills any way he can. Sam loves toshow horses, and he loves to rope any-thing; in competition and on the ranch.

He attended Northwest College for 3years focusing on Farrier Science andRanch Business. During that time, healso worked for various ranch outfits (N Bar, Sunlight Ranches, BartlettRanch) Sam’s focus and time are spentwith his family – Lacey, Rylee Marie,and Teegan Jo, his horses and his dogs.Sam’s training belief’s don’t consist ofany certain set of methods, but whatworks for the horse as an individual.

Pierson Quarter HorsesThree generations Bo, Cash & Mike

PiersonBrusett, MT

Mike Pierson is a native Montananwho has been around ranch horses hisentire life. He received his first broodmare when he was about 5 years oldand has been breeding and raisingQuarter Horses since. Mike became anAQHA Lifetime Member in 1968. He

currently owns 3 registered quarterhorse stallions - Snippy Wood, BanjosDueling, and MAP Flaming Tomcat.Mike and his son, Bo, run a cattle oper-ation in Brusett, MT. He also has hismare bunch and sells most of the coltsand young horses by private treaty.Mike prides himself on raising durablequarter horses that can excel in therough terrain of the Missouri RiverBreaks and will make cowy ranchhorses.

Blake RainsdonDeer Lodge, MT

Blake was born and raised in Idaho.Before coming to the Sunlight LittleHorn Ranch, where he has been for thepast 11 years, Blake worked for differ-ent ranches throughout Idaho. He ismarried and has three daughters. Blakeenjoys Bronc riding and rodeo per-

formance and is a member of the Work-ing Ranch Cowboy Association. In hisspare time he trains horses for others aswell as his own.

Chad RainsdonDeer Lodge, MT

Chad was raised in Idaho, and hasworked on many ranches in Montanaand Idaho. He enjoys making nice ropeand ranch horses.

Rawhide Quarter HorsesNate, TJ & Jake WaldLodge Grass, MT

Nate, TJ and Jackson operateRawhide Quarter Horses on the familyranch at Lodge Grass, Montana. All oftheir work is done horseback and theyuse the horses they raise everyday.They treasure traditional values in lifeand traditional methods of horseman-ship. Nate and Jackson also braidrawhide horse gear and TJ takes careof the whole outfit. Nate is also afounding member of the MontanaRanch Horse Association, LLC and ison the sale committee.

Nolan ReilBroadus, MT

Nolan is from Pleasant Dale, NE. Inthe last several years he has worked forseveral top trainers or ranches in Texas,Nebraska, Nevada, Montana, andSouth Dakota. Their help has been sin-cerely appreciated and has contributedgreatly to his education in horseman-ship and ranch horse work.

Bailey RemmichHinsdale, MT

Bailey Remmich lives on her family’scow/calf operation Northeast of Hins-dale, MT. Aside from cows; Bailey’sfamily also raises horse out of Drift-wood blood lines that are sound

minded, good boned, and easy going.Her family uses horses for everythingthey can throughout the year. Theyhead and heal 200+ heifers for bangsvaccinating, drag calves to the fire atbranding, and trail their cattle over 100miles every year. She has been aroundhorses for as long as she can remember,and started riding young horses at theage of 11. Bailey is currently attendingMiles City Community College to pur-

sue a Degree in Equine Studies.

Justine Reynolds-MunnsMelrose, MT

Justine grew up on the family ranch inMelrose, Montana. Summers werespent in the Big Hole Valley on a sum-mer grazing permit. She has helpedwith all phases of ranch work, workingcattle, and breaking colts all from ayoung age. 4-H horsemanship, marketanimals, and youth rodeos were an im-portant part of growing up. These de-veloped into High School Rodeos,where she won the 2007 State PoleBending championship on a horse shefinished breaking and training herself.Currently, Justine is attending the Uni-versity of Montana-Western on a rodeoscholarship in Equine studies and aBusiness option. She also breaks andtrains colts and day works for variousranches in the area around her collegestudies.

Cody & Andrea RiegerIsmay, MT

Cody, his wife Andrea, and kids Tyleeand Turk live on his family’s ranchabout 60 miles east of Miles City. Codygraduated from Dickinson State Uni-versity with a bachelors degree and wason the rodeo team. He then moved toBridger, MT to manage a ranch for 5years and then relocated to a ranchsouth of Miles City for 2 years. Thenabout 5 years ago he moved back hometo the ranch south of Ismay, MT wherehe is now a third generation rancher tooperate a cow/calf outfit on O’Falloncreek. He has been working withhorses his whole life and enjoys the tra-ditional ways of using his horses on theranch. From calving and branding topreconditioning and shipping, hishorses get the experiences they need to

move on to the roping arena. He be-lieves a well-rounded ranch horsemakes a better kind of rope horse.Cody enjoys roping, going to ranchrodeos, and teaching his kids how torope and ride.

Scott & Josie RiegerIsmay, MT

Scott and Josie live on a family ranch65 miles east of Miles City, MT. Scott isthird generation of his family to operateon the ranch. Scott and Josie both ridetheir horses outside during calving,branding etc. either on their own placeor helping neighbors. Their horsesspend a few years doing ranch choresuntil their solid in the hills before doinganything in the arena. All their horsesspend a lot of time in the spring drag-ging calves to the fire at branding. Both

Scott and Josie spend a lot of timekeeping their horses quiet. Away fromranch life, Scott enjoys roping at jack-pots and attending ranch rodeos whileJosie spends time working with herbarrel horse and taking them to jack-pots as well.

Rhett RigbyDrummond, MT

Rhett was raised on a ranch in Dubois,Idaho. Horses have been a part of hiseveryday life as long as he can remem-ber. He started training horses as achild with the help of his grandfatherand a few friends. By the time he was ateenager, he was riding horses for otherpeople. He worked for differentranches who used horses to get the jobdone. Rhett could be seen roping cattleor whatever was near by any chance hegot. Anything Rhett has rode has had arope swung off him. After working for

different ranches over the years it be-came evident that more people wantedhim to train their horses. He uses hisown horses as well as the horses he istraining to help local ranches withwhatever needs to be done. It has al-ways been Rhetts goal to make finishedhorses. He takes a lot of time and a lotof pride in turning out his personal fin-ished horses. On occasion he is able tooffer one of these horses for sale.

Roen RanchMusselshell, MT

Mitch Roen started riding colts andoutside horses in grade school. He en-joys watching how fast young horsesprogress while being used out side inworking situations. He also enjoyshorses that have a lot of heart and gutswhile maintaining a level head,and isversatile enough to do any job asked ofhim. Mitch Roen along with his WifeJennifer and kids Will, Jack and Jocie,

have been running a couple of leasedranches for the last eleven years. Ourfamily have always used horses exten-sively outside and in the working pentaking care of our 500 mother cows and1450 grass cattle.

Trevor RowleyHobson, MT

Trevor grew up on a ranch in southwest Nebraska. He attended Miles CityCommunity College where he receiveda and was enrolled in the Equine Pro-gram under Josh Bilbrey. He was alsoa member of the Miles Community Col-lege Rodeo Team. He is currentlyworking for Bos Terra out of Hobson,MT.

Morgan RussellBig Horn, MT

Morgan Russell is a sophomore atMiles Community College studyingEquine Studies and on the rodeo team.She grew up in Custer, Montana as theoldest of five children. As a kid she hadthe privilege of going through the 4-Hprogram with leaders Martin Ansethand Nate Wald and in high schoolworked for a couple of differentranches, rode colts in summers, androdeoed on the weekends. Morgan thenfurthered her education as a collegestudent under Josh Bilbrey and willgraduate this May. She loves taking ayoung horse from the ground on up. It’sthe most rewarding feeling in the worldto see the progress from groundwork,to a functional young horse. There is alesson to be learned from every personand every horse, and you should neverbe above taking the time to experienceways to not only make you a betterhorseman, but a better person as well!

Rex RussellLaramie, WY

Rex , wife Sarah, and four kids, live inLaramie, Wy. Rex works on a yearlingoutfit, where they buy calves in the fall,wean them, straighten them outthrough the winter, and run them ongrass during the summer. He does a lotof his work alone, so his horses getused quite a bit, for things like doctor-ing, sorting, moving, or loading steers.The cattle are on meadows all winterand some real rough country comesummer. So at times Rex has to pushhis horses pretty hard, but he figuresthat does two things. One the horseprogresses in his abilities, and two hegets to know how that horse is going tohandle a tight spot, cause life doesn't al-ways deal us the perfect setup. Rexuses his horse as an extension of him-self, so horses have to be willing andsupple, to move any part of himself anytime asked. Rex knows he isn’t perfectand neither are his horses, so there's al-ways room for improvement on bothsides of the saddle. He really enjoysworking with horses and learning newways to teach them.

Sargent Ranch Inc.Sargent FamilyShawmut, MT

The Sargent Ranch was establishedover ninety years ago and has usedhorses extensively since its beginning.Dale and his father, Bill Sargent, sharethe work load from Dales familyMartha, Wes and Kayla. Dale and Wesdo all the breaking and training on thehorses that are bred, born and raised onthe ranch.

Don SelleBaker, MT

Roy ShannonDillon, MT

Roy Shannon and wife Connel havetwo daughters Nadine and Cora. Theyhave lived there together in Dillon,Montana for the last seventeen years. Roy is a professional farrier and also aday hand cowboy for some of the localranchers in Beaverhead county. Hestarts his own colts and raises a fewcattle on the home place. He has cowboyed and started colts onseveral large outfits in Northern Cali-fornia, Nevada, and Oregon all duringthe late 70’s and early 90’s. While hewas working for the MC Ranch inSouthern Oregon he met his wife.

Shane SordenShane, Brandy & Madison

Melrose, MT

Shane grew up on a ranch in Nebraska.He moved to Montana as a young manto work with his uncle Shorty and learnhow to be a cowboy. Shane, wifeBrandy, daughter Madison and a packof dogs reside in Melrose, Montana. Hecurrently works near Dillon for thecommercial division of the RiverbendRanch. When not working at the feed-lot, Shane can be found starting colts,day working for other ranchers in thearea, participating in ranch rodeos andteam roping. Shane is also on the salecommittee.

Cody SpencerHamer, ID

Cody Spencer of Hamer, Idaho grewup on cow calf operation. Started rid-ing young horses at an early age. En-joys ranch roping and attended Milescommunity college for equine studiesand participated on the rodeo team.Currenlty he resides in Hamer, ID andworks for the Jacobs Ranch.

Kyl SperryCody, WY

Kyl was raised on ranches in Oregonand California. He’s been riding hiswhole life. Having spent time ridingcutting horses in Texas, working forRoaring Springs Ranch, Oregon andmost recently at the Flag Ranch in Ne-braska, Kyl now spends most of histime in Cody, Wyoming riding outside

horses, starting colts, and day working.He studies traditional horsemanshipand incorporates these techniques inhis training. Kyl just spent this winterin Wisconsin studying the finer pointsof horsemanship while riding finishedreining horses and starting colts forIdlewild Farms. Trying to help horseslearn, the satisfaction making everyhorse better then the last, and using hishorses packing, roping, and for every-day ranch work is his passion.

Annika StampfelRed Lodge, MT

Annika Stampfel lives and works onthe family ranch outside Red Lodge,Montana. She excelled in 4-H and

youth rodeo, and began starting andriding young horses her freshman yearof high school.

John StampfelRed Lodge, MT

John lives on the same ranch he wasborn on located on Willow Creek northof Red Lodge, Montana. As a youth hisdad mounted them on about any ol’horse that came around, but now daysfor the sake of him and his kids they tryto ride a better quality of horse. He ac-tively pursues opportunities for his kidsin 4-H and youth rodeo. John is also afounding member of the MontanaRanch Horse Association, LLC.

Tyrel TuckerCody, WY

Tyrel was raised on the family ranch lo-cated at Clark, Wyoming. He is a fifthgeneration cowboy, and has punchedcows in Wyoming, Montana, Arizonaand Nevada. He prefers to day workand ride colts. Enjoys a good ranchrodeo and stock saddle bronc riding.When time and money allows, he likesto attend colt starting clinics.

Toby and Amy VineyardArvada, WY

Toby and Amy have two children,Bronc, and Brindle. Amy is a stay athome mom and wife. She helps out on

the ranch whenever possible and enjoysriding horses and being with the kids.Bronc has just begun to ride horses andhas really taken a liking to it. Brindlewill start riding soon, she loves animalsand to play outside with Bronc. Tobyruns the ranch, shoes horses, is a brandinspector and starts colts. He enjoysbeing with his family as much as possi-ble and enjoys riding with his family.

Bob WaldenFort Peck, MT

I was born in 1968 in Bozeman, Mon-tana with bridle reins in one hand and arope in the other. I’ve been attemptingto be a cowboy ever since.

Bob Walden grew up following his dadaround working on ranches inWyoming and Southwestern Montana.Bob struck out on his own at sixteenand dayworked for room and board for

him and his mare, Bunny. Bunny wastwo at the time, and the first horse thatwas truly Bob’s. He graduated fromHigh School in Phillipsburg, Montanaand after a short stint in the military,loaded up his saddle and headed out toNevada. While in Nevada, Bob workedfor the Tabor Creek Cattle Company,Bell Brand Ranches, 25 Ranch, GeyserRanch, Ranch O’Grandy, and the TLazy S Ranch. After seven years heheaded back north to Montana andlanded in the Missouri Breaks workingfor Page-Whitham. There he met andmarried his wife, Sylvan. After sixyears working for Page-Whitham, hemoved north of the Milk River andworked for the Cornwell Ranch forfour years. He is now ranching on therough western side of McCone County.He has one daughter, Reata Rose, bornin 2010. Horses and ranching havebeen the common thread throughouthis life. He has competed in ropings,ranch rodeos, working cow horse com-petitions, local AQHA shows, horseropings, and Craig Cameron’s extremecowboy races. Bob has attended clinicsby Ray Hunt, Craig Cameron, LesVogt, and Josh Bilbrey. He has neverstopped learning and trying to improvehis horsemanship.

Matt & Katie WalkerEncampent, WY

Matt and Katie Walker live on the BarM Division of the Silver Spur Ranches,outside of Encampment, WY. Theranch currently runs 800 head of mamacows and 150 head of heifers. Horsessee lots of outside miles, most of whichis by themselves. All the calves are drugto the fire and doctored horseback, soall the horses see lots of roping time.The Walkers also participate in reinedcowhorse and versatility ranch horseshows, both of which they feel make abetter all-around horse. They alsostrive to make horses that you can taketo a show on the weekend, but still useto get the job done during the week.Matt grew up in Lyman, Wyoming andstarted working on the Crowfoot ranchwhen he was just 8. He started break-ing colts shortly after that and decidedto pursue a degree in horse training andmanagement from LCCC. He has cow-boyed and ridden horses all his life andcurrently enjoys showing reinedcowhorses, versatility ranch horses, and

roping on occasion.Katie grew up in Guthrie, Texas on thePitchfork ranch and has ridden horsesmost of her life. She also attendedLCCC to obtain a degree in horsetraining and management and has heranimal science degree from OSU. Sheworked for a couple of reined cowhorseand cutting trainers after college andcurrently starts most of their personalcolts. She splitsher time between riding horses and car-ing for their 2 kids, Sammi and Boyd.

Jason WardDillon, MT

Jason works in the Big Hole for theHairpin Ranch during the summermonths. He team ropes and ranchrodeos. Jason grew up in Idaho, butmakes Dillon his permanent home.

Troy WilcoxAbarokee, MT

Troy is a 6th generation cowboy wholives and works on the family placenear the Stillwater River. He wasbrought up right with a horse betweenhis knees and a cow in front of him. Hisknowledge of cows and horses comesnot only from working on the homeplace and his mother’s outfitting busi-ness but also dayworking on neighbor-ing ranches. He loves spending time with his family,wife Brooke and two sons J.T and Tris-ten, who are very eager to follow indads footprints. He plans to raise hisboys on the ranch and pack them aswell as his colts up the mountains asoften as possible.

Steve & Lindsay WilliamsColumbus, MT

Steve and Lindsay feel fortunate tohave been involved in agriculture theirwhole lives with being raised onranches and working alongside theirparents growing up and that is also agoal with their 3 kids now. They arenow running Midland Bull Test wherethey performance test bulls from allover the country. It is in that feedlotwhere their horses learn what work isabout and they have plenty of experi-ence opening gates, working cattle andbeing exposed to a lot of different cir-cumstances. Steve and Lindsay alsocurrently have a small cow herd onlease up by Fishtail and help out therewhen they can. The kids are also get-ting involved in the TRC rodeos duringthe summer.

John WollenburgRed Lodge, MT

Wolter RanchJoe & Jimmie Wolter

Aspermont, TX

Joe and Jimmie Wolter make theirhome in Aspermont, Texas on theirranch where Joe trains horses for thepublic and conducts Ranch Roping andHorsemanship clinics throughout theUnited States. They also run a yearlingcattle operation “Mas O Menos Live-stock,” leasing ranches in Colorado andTexas, where their horses get alot ofranch use.

Jaime WoodTwin Bridges, MT

Jaime grew up on a ranch in SheridanMontana running pairs and yearlings.After graduating from college heworked on a couple of different placesbefore settling in Twin Bridges. Jaime,now manages the Hamilton Ranch withwife Lacey and daughter Maysa.