Equine
Equine Superstars & Everyday Heroes – A Cowboy’s Cinderella
By Janis Blackwell
In this month’s column you will meet Karen Herbst, owner and operator of not only the Cinderella Ranch and Arena in Whitesboro, Texas, but also the woman behind Cinderella Horses.
Karen was born and raised on a cattle ranch in Wyoming that is over 100 years old and was homesteaded by her grandfather who emigrated from Austria. Her father expanded the ranch and ran a Hereford cow/calf operation, later changing to an Angus/Hereford cross. Karen and her siblings were the primary cowhands of the ranch, and Karen was her dad’s right hand man.
She attended college and decided that she wanted an office job. In 1981 just before graduation, her mom helped her secure a job in the oil and gas industry, which sounded better to Karen than another summer of moving cattle and stacking hay.
Her mom had been visiting with the independent oil man who oversaw their interests, and he was willing to help Karen get a job in the industry as a landman. Karen asked her mom what a landman does, to which her mom responded, “You remember that man who drove a Cadillac and wore a lot of gold jewelry and came out to look at maps all day with your dad and drink coffee?
That’s what they do.” To which Karen replied, “I can do that.”
For the last 37 years Karen has pursued that profession and became quite outstanding in it, working alternately as an independent and other times for companies. Throughout the course of her career, Karen has lived and worked in Colorado, Michigan, Oklahoma and finally Dallas. Dallas had been Karen’s dream location since watching the TV show by that name during her college years and admiring the elegance represented by the characters and seeing that Dallas was a hub of oil and gas activity.
To read more pick up a copy of the May 2018 NTFR issue. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.
Karen Herbst (Left) and Lisa Seed (Right). (Photo by Janis Blackwell)
Cinderella Arena prepared for a luau benefit. (Photo by Janis Blackwell)
By Krista Lucas Wynn
Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By: Krista Lucas Wynn | Copy Editor
The name, “Daddy of ’em All,” instantly brings to mind the world’s largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration. Cowboys and cowgirls from all across the country dream of competing on the iconic Cheyenne arena dirt.
Every July, pro rodeo contestants travel to Cheyenne, Wyom. to vie for the title of champion of the Cheyenne Frontier Days. The rodeo is steeped in western tradition and celebrated the 125th year this summer. With nearly two weeks of rodeo action, fans watched bareback riding, calf roping, breakaway roping, saddle bronc riding, team roping, steer wrestling, barrel racing, bull riding, and steer roping.
Steer roper, Tuff Hardman, knew winning “the Dad” was a tall order, but with a good horse and a few prayers he left no doubt who the best steer roper at Cheyenne was when it was all said and done. After two rounds, Hardman qualified back for the finals tied for ninth place with a time of 30.8 seconds.
To read more, pick up a copy of the September issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
Utilizing the horse to human connection.
By: Hannah Claxton | Editor
Deep in the heart of Texas, both humans and horses at Stable Strides Farm in Pilot Point, Texas aer demonstrating just how big their hearts really are. Founded by Mandy Cleveland in 2001, Stable Strides Farm serves dozens of Equestrians with Disabilities and Veterans each week.
Deep in the heart of Texas, both humans and horses at Stable Strides Farm in Pilot Point, Texas aer demonstrating just how big their hearts really are. Founded by Mandy Cleveland in 2001, Stable Strides Farm serves dozens of Equestrians with Disabilities and Veterans each week.
“My boys have been riding since they were 18 months old, and for the first 17 years they had a leader and sidewalker. When we moved here, and Mandy started teaching them, she just said, ‘Let’s see what they can do,’ and they ride independently now,” Danielle Frank explained, whose two sons, Adison and Aiden, ride with Stable Strides Farm. “Mandy is amazing beucase she doesn’t place any limits on them, she always wants to see what they can do.”
It is her dedication to never setting limits that earned Cleveland a spot as a national finalist for the NSBA 2024 Dianne Eppers Cowgirls Reaching-Out-to-Community Award. The award was established by the NSBA Foundation to recognize cowgirls across the industry for their selfless contributions to the equestrian community.
To read more, pick up a copy of the September issue of the NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
(Photos Courtesy of Hannah Claxton)
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