The Travelin Buckaroo Leather Roadshow featuring the new AAA Wade Saddle

A video of Buckaroo John and the Travelin' Buckaroo Roadshow at the WSRRA Finals and "Buckaroo Christmas" gear and trade show in Winnemuccca, Nevada this weekend, November 4-6th

Featured in the video is Buckaroo John and all your favorite quality western leather horse tack from Buckaroo Leather. Including the new AAA Wade Buckaroo Ranch Saddle, the Cinch up for the Cure" pink cinch, leather headstalls, mecate reins, and more.

If you are in the area stop by and say hi to Buckaroo John and see in person the new AAA Wade saddle and see the quality American craftsmanship of Buckaroo Leather.


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Western Horseman the safest most durable
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Popular Pulling Breast Collars and Alpaca Mecate Reins

Video- A visit to Buckaroo Leather Booth at Western States Horse Expo 2010

This video features our number #1 seller- the soft Alpaca Mecate Reins and our popular Leather Pulling Breast Collar. This Breast Collar has an old fashioned cowboy look with either basket stamp or wild rose hand tooled pattern. The shoulder fit is designed to wrap through the saddle swells, perfect for a pulling position.

Barns By Harrahs provided a 3 sided shelter for Buckaroo John Brand and Buckaroo Leather to introduce our USA Made quality leather horse tack.

Thank you to Barns by Harrahs- we had a great time talking to existing satisfied Customers and meeting many new ones.


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New Concho Sets to Dress up Your Western Saddle

The How-to-Video on- How to Change Your Saddle's Appearance


BuckarooJohn Brand demonstrates how easily and economically one can Modify their Western saddle to a Show Piece. The use of a variety of Silver Conchos does the trick.

Buckaroo Leather has many conchos to choose from. Including these brand new sets that make it even easier!

Buckaroo Leather has introduced a new set of hand engraved conchos for your saddle. We have made it easier for you to add all the Bling you want to your saddle. There are two styles, slotted and screwback. All of the conchos are hand engraved and silver plated and come in a set of 6.

These conchos are on sale for a great price normally $99.00 they are just $89


These unique conchas will really dress up that old saddle or create a new fashion statement at your next horse event.

Concha Saddle Set Slotted

Silver Concha Saddle set for saddles with saddle strings, 6 piece matching set- 4 each 1 1/2" and 2 each 1 1/4" slotted to slide over saddle strings. Old Mexico style hand engraved silver plated.

Options are -
top picture- Antique Berry SPBA
the bottom picture from top to bottom-
top are Oklahoma-OSP smooth edge,
2nd down is Pico edge-SP,
3rd down Poco edge Berry-SPB,
bottom is Heart-SPHRT.




Concha Saddle set- screwback

Silver Concha Saddle set for saddles with screw in/back conchas, 6 piece matching set- 4 each 1 1/2" and 2 each 1 1/4" long screw back to screw into saddle. Old Mexico style hand engraved silver plated.

Options are
top picture-Antique berry-SPBA
bottom picture from top to bottom
Oklahoma-OSP smooth edge,
2nd down is Pico edge-SP,
3rd down Poco edge Berry-SPB,
bottom is Heart-SPHRT

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the Western Horseman the safest most durable Quality
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Western Horse Tack for Father's Day

Father's Day is June 20th
Be sure to get your Dad a gift!
Use the discount code "father" at checkout and receive 20% Off your purchase!
Tons of Western Horse Tack to Choose From!
Can't decide we also have Buckaroo Leather Gift Certificates!

And don't forget to check out our new category "Quality Horse Tack on a Budget". This new category is designed for the horseman and women who are on a tight budget but still want the American Made quality leather western riding tack Buckaroo Leather is known for. We have found a good buy on American leather as close to Hermann Oak as there is. This is NOT Hermann Oak but very close to feel and quality.

This category is also a great place to start for beginning riders or new horse owners! A great assortment of western reins, headstalls and all the basics for the beginning horse rider.

Here are a few items from the new category:

Harness Split Reins

Superior Leather Reins made in AMERICA! Made from the finest quality heavy weight Harness leather Hand Rubbed for a smooth, rich, "broke in" feel. 5/8" or 3/4" - 8' Split reins with water tie ends for easy bit change out.

5/8" Stiched Harness Browband

5/8" Double stitched Heavy Harness Browband Headstall w/double cheek adjustment, ties at bit end. Hand rubbed for that supple harness feel BUCKAROO is famous for!! Stainless steel hardware Double adjustments makes it easy to fit your horse and adjust to the bit. Cowboy blood knot tie at each side of brow.

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Barrel Racing History

Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to complete a clover-leaf pattern around preset barrels in the fastest time. (Typically three fifty-five gallon metal or plastic drums) It combines the horse's athletic ability and the horsemanship skills of a rider in order to safely and successfully maneuver a horse through the pattern.

Though both boys and girls compete at the youth level and men compete in some amateur venues, in collegiate and professional ranks, it is primarily a rodeo event for women. In the 1900’s when the women began to compete in the rodeo’s they excelled at horse racing, trick riding and relay. Their weight was an advantage and, due to their gentler nature, the females seemed to have a closer kinship with the horses.

The History
(By Gail Hughbanks Woerner)

Faye Blackstone (pictured here) began her trick riding career in the 1930s, but when specialty acts began being replaced Faye turned her great horsemanship talents to barrel racing. She and a few other cowgirls began the barrel racing event in Florida in 1950. Dixie Reger Mosley(the last picture on the page) began her rodeo career at age 5 ½ years old, trick riding on a Shetland pony. Growing up in a rodeo family gave her many varied opportunities, including some rodeo clowning. When the Girl’s Rodeo Association (GRA) began in 1948, which turned in to the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) in 1981, Dixie was the bullfighter, rodeo clown, and competed in most events, except bull riding. She saw barrel racing evolve through the GRA organization to become an event for women that today offers purses that compete with the Professional Rodeo Cowboy’s Association (PRCA) event purses.

Barrel racing was first seen in Texas , according to Faye Blackstone, and spread from there. Although women had been competing in rodeo, in various ways, since the 1880s, when Buffalo Bill Cody, hired Annie Oakley (pictured below), the best known woman gun handler of the day. Cody discovered that fans would flock to his wild west shows to see her perform. But the decision to include women bronc riders, relay race riders, and so on, was always at the discretion of the men producing the event.

The 1931 Stamford, Texas, Cowboy Reunion, a weekend rodeo, decided to add girls, sixteen years and older, that were sponsored by area businesses and represented the community from which they came. The girls would lead the parade, participate in various minor rodeo activities and be available to visit and dance with the cowboys at the social events held each evening. The following year the young ladies were given prizes for (1) the best mount, (2) most attractive riding outfit, and (3) best horsemanship. The horsemanship was demonstrated by riding in a figure eight around barrels. In 1935 the Stamford event changed the barrel racing to a cloverleaf pattern, but it was not judged strictly by the shortest time until 1949.

The Cowboys Amateur Association (CAA) organized in 1940, and held rodeos where the contestant could compete on the amateur level until they had won $500. They could then join the ‘professional’ rodeo organization, should they choose to do so. The CAA held competitions for women, as well as men, which included barrel racing, cutting horse contests, bronc riding and a roping event. They also offered money as prizes instead of feminine gifts, such as make-up cases and hair products, which were the general prizes offered previously.

There was a flurry of “all girl rodeos” during World War II. They were highly successful, but when the war was over and the men came home things went back to the way they had been before the war, that meant few rodeo competitions for women.

Mildred Farris, barrel racing pioneer, whose competitive years spanned the 1950s until 1971, and was a Girl’s Rodeo Association director, vice-president and president from 1965 to 1971, remembers the days when she and others in her era were trying to get barrel racing included at rodeos across the country. “I worked for the rodeo producer, Tommy Steiner, as a rodeo secretary and he always had barrel races at his rodeos. I think that the barrel racing event, in the beginning, often took the place of contract acts, that had been such an important part of rodeos in earlier days. The girls in the barrel racing event, in our day, always wore more colorful, flashy clothes, much like the contract performers. Steiner was the first producer to use the electric eye in timing the barrel racing event. It must have been in the 1960s,” Farris recalled. She also said that in those days the prizes for barrel racing were not comparable to the men’s events. If the men’s bronc riding or roping paid $400 to win, the barrel racing paid around $100 to the winner. She is quite proud to say that in today’s rodeo the WPRA-sanctioned barrel racing events pay comparable monies to the PRCA-sanctioned events, such as bronc riding, roping competitions, etc.

Farris reminisced about her first barrel racing horse. She bought a ‘spoiled’ roping horse. He was ‘high-headed’ and it was impossible to use a tie down on him. But when he started running he would put his head down and he handled well. “The first barrel race I entered with him was an amateur rodeo and I had only run him a few times. At the last minute they decided to change the pattern and run to the first barrel, then to the third barrel, (the farthest away), and back to the second barrel. In spite of the fact he’d not run this pattern before we finished second. That night I practiced this new pattern with him and the second performance we finished first.” Farris was one of the top fifteen barrel racers in the United States for twelve years, 1958 through 1970, only missing 1965. She was also voted Rodeo Secretary of the Year by PRCA nine times, with the most recent honor given to her in 2006. She was inducted, with husband, John, in to the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2006.


Buckaroo Leather has quality leather Barrel Racing horse tack, including Sheekaroo Tack and beautiful Swarovski "Bling" Conchos! Look for our upcoming blog featuring these items!

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Rawhide Riatas

The Riatas' History

The reata (or riata) was a long braided rawhide rope used by the early Mexican Vaqueros and was no doubt first introduced into Mexico by the Spanish conquerors.

Reata is from the Spanish word reatar, meaning to retie or a rope which ties one animal to another.

Though the word reata is often used to refer to any rope, the genuine Vaquero reata was and is a special item. It was usually 40 to 80 feet long and made from twisted strands of rawhide. The finest riatas used rawhide strands, cut by experts, from the primest part of several young heifer hides. The hides were well chosen and properly cured.

The Riatas are braided in 4, 6, or 8 strands. The 8 strand, if made by a top reatero, is a beautiful article and superb for light roping. For the average hard work on large stock, the 4 strand is the best. Diameters vary according to individual preference, but the 3/8 inch riata is the one most used.

A riata can be different stiffness's (called in roping circles: lays) depending on what type of rawhide is used. For instance, bull hide makes a very stiff rope for heel roping.

The Reateros (Spanish for "rope maker") were masters at the craft of braiding reatas and all other vaquero rawhide tools. Many of these tools were truly works of art. The braiding of the riatas was not only an art form but the braids had uniformity and even tension. This was to insure durable working tool for the Vaquero.

The riata was the most useful tool of the Californio Vaquero and he was highly proficient in handling it. The dexterity displayed by the Vaquero ropers impressed the early Americans cowhands and the riata was quickly adopted by them as were other items of equipment used by the vaquero. The riata can be thrown farther, with the use of less energy and retaining a more perfect loop, than any other type of rope on the market.

The Mexican way to treat a riata, to keep it supple, is to tie it between two trees. Then rub it first with lemon juice (cut a fresh lemon in two and rub the fruit along the length) and then rub it with beef fat (suet). This keeps the leather from drying out or becoming stiff. Using artificial products will make the reata too limber.

Old West Cowhands "Rope Talk"

Here is a brief list of some general rope terms used by the Old West Cowhands:

Lariat is an Americanization of la reata, Spanish for the rope

Lasso is the lazo, meaning in Spanish a noose or snare.

Lazo reata is a Spanish term meaning snare rope.

Catch rope, throw rope, saddle rope, grass rope, twine, whale line, hard twist, lass rope, and rope are all used to designate a catch rope.

Reata is from the Spanish reata, meaning rope, but the American cowhands use it to designate a rawhide rope.

Reata men are hands who use a rawhide rope and they sometimes refer to this rope as a lass rope.

Roping terms used by the cowhand are, rope, meaning to throw a rope, roped, meaning to have caught something with the rope, roping the act of catching and looped meaning caught.

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Old West Cowboy Tack- Rage of the Sage....

Love The Old Styles in Tack coming back in fashion...

The old west headstalls have tear drop cheeks, scallops

and lots of beautiful silver conchas & buckles....

Chinks and chaps are great for the vaquero look and

leg protection....

Also the old west cowboy style martingale breast collars designs 

are a better fit up over the shoulders of your horse for a more

comfortable position...

The old California Vaquero influence is coming back strong with 

the tack and training methods by all the clinicians...

Rage of the Sage.....

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