Buckaroo Leather on the Road Again....Northwest Horse Fair

All you cowboys and cowgirls hitch up your wagons and head on over to the Northwest Horse Fair and Expo in Albany, Oregon on March 21-24 2013. This is an annual tradition for horse owners and horse lovers in the Northwest. This event has something for everyone. There will be world-renowned clinicians, various breed demonstrations, stallion review, and equine related shopping  booths....including Buckaroo Leather.

Buckaroo Leather is hitching up the old wagon and loading it up with all your favorite quality leather horse tack. Come by the Buckaroo Leather booth and "sit a spell" with Buckaroo John. He loves to show off his "wares" and chat with all you cowboys and cowgirls.

 Great Basin Split Ear Headstalls

cancer breast collar cinch

our new retro headstalls

Also on hand at the fair will be good friends horse trainers Mark Bolender and Raye Lochert. They will be conducting clinics and demonstrations all weekend. See the schedule here.......

 Mark Bolender

 Raye Lochert

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What is Extreme Trail Riding...???

 Course at the Bolender Horse Park

 course at Extreme Trail Pauwel's built by Mark Bolender

Extreme Trail Riding is like Mountain trail riding on steroids.


In the sport of Mountain Trail Riding the horse and rider navigate trail obstacles with skill and finesse against a ticking clock. There are graded levels of difficulty and horse and rider will navigate the trail with accuracy, subtlety and speed.

Extreme Trail Riding is similar to Mountain Trail riding but with far more difficult challenges in terms of the obstacles and time requirements. In fact, the obstacles frequently are way more challenging than you would experience on a real trail ride. The obstacles in Extreme Trail come at you one after another and often together.

 Bolender Horse Park

In Mountain Trail Riding negotiating a gate, cowboy curtain, or pond is common. But when all of these are united into a single obstacle, it constitutes and Extreme Trail Riding obstacle. 


To execute these taxing obstacles in Extreme Trail riding with finesse you must have a true partnership between horse and rider. Lack of subtlety is obvious to anybody watching. When the horse and rider disconnect, it seems like the rider is forcing the horse to perform the task of negotiating the obstacles.

an extreme trail created by Mark in Rural SW Missouri

At Bolender Horse Park (BHP) you can learn how to negotiate these obstacles. Horse Trainer Mark Bolender designed BHP to meet the needs of the horse and rider of any skill level in the sport. Thus, at any one time, amateurs and professionals alike can be found training for Mountain Trail and Extreme Trail at BHP.

Learn more about Mark and the Bolender Horse Park here

 Bolender Horse Park is now on Youtube.....

click here to see Mark and his Horse Park in action

Mark Bolender

Bolender Horse Park

www.bolenderhorsepark.com

www.facebook.com/bolenderhorsepark

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Mark Bolender... Extreme Trails Trainer

 

Extreme Trail Competitions for horse and rider are a very popular equine sport. The competitions are a timed event where the horse and rider must complete a course with all manner of obstacles. The horse and rider who successfully negotiate the obstacles in the fastest amount of time wins the competition.

There are many trainers and horse facilities that offer training, but the leading expert in Extreme trail is Mark Bolender.

Mark Bolender is a nationally recognized horseman and instructor. He is an expert in not only extreme trails but also in mountain trail and competitive trails.

Mark believes that, "good horsemanship is not about domination but leadership, and having the horse volunteer for a partnership with the handler". The more you understand the horse the more you love the horse and the more you love the horse the more you understand the horse.


In addition to training horses Mark owns and operates Bolender Horse Park in Washington State. At the Bolender Horse Park there are two large arenas, an outdoor mountain trail course that offers challenges and opportunities for beginners and advanced riders and 6 miles of scenic trails.

Mark has also designed and built extreme trail courses across the nation. All of  these courses offer extreme trail clinics. All of Mark's courses are designed to challenge any skill level within in the extreme trail discipline. Mark has built courses in Missouri, British Columbia, Germany, and New Mexico.  Mark's philosophy for building a trail course is that it is pleasing to the eye, has a good flow pattern, one that challenges both horse and rider and is a workable training tool.

 Extreme Trail course at Extreme Trail Pauwel's

Mark also has events and clinics throughout the year. At his clinics Mark will teach you how to negotiate obstacles and build boldness and confidence in your horse.

Mark is a pioneer and leader in the extreme trail world. If you are interested in more of Mark's training information I encourage you to visit his website, follow him on facebook and pick up his "Bolender's Guide to Mastering Mountain and Extreme Trail Riding" book.

Our family has been dedicated for 30 years in serving the Western Horseman the safest most durable Quality American made leather horse tack....... Buckaroo John Brand 
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