2003 Archive2003 WESTERN STATES WILD HORSE AND BURRO EXPO AND SHOWLIST OF VENDORSThese vendors are our strongest supporters and are instrumental in the work we accomplish. Some of the booths listed are the trainers that you will see at the event: Lesley Neuman, Jerry Tindell, and Ray Field. Remember, they have all donated their time to help raise awareness of gentle training methods and relationships with your horses. They are providing and inspiring in our youth and families a safe association with horses. All our vendors are critical to our continued success! Not only do they give you an excellent opportunity to shop in one location, but they support this show and the rescue efforts we are all working towards. They have donated thousands of dollars in time and merchandise over the years, which has been presented in our auctions and raffles to raise funds for water developments for wild horses in the wild, rescue work, education, and adoption of wild horses who have been removed from the range. Please take the time at the show or on the internet and thank them for their continued support and help. We couldn’t do this without them and their time is their livelihood which they’ve chosen to share with us. 2003 VENDORS LIST:BANDERA OUTFITTERS Custom embroidery jackets, caps, polo shirts, t-shirts, garment bags, and sweatshirts. Gordon has been with us since the first year and has donated more in time and merchandise to help this program than we can count. He can customize your clothing to meet the needs of your business, your personal logo’s, and clubs. Stop by and say hi, you won’t be disappointed. Please call him at 800-434-4391 for more information. BLACK HORSE DESIGN Carmon Deyo and Mike Dibble design and make jewelry, much of it horse themed. They have also adopted their first mustang last summer, Cuervo Humoso, from Sand Wash range in Colorado. They have incredible jewelry that you can view and shop at their booth or on line at www.black-horse-design.com CADILLAC RANCH They have a wide variety of western furniture, clothing, and material. For all of you that have a hard time finding western or horsey material to make things with, this is your one stop shopping center. I have never seen so much in a variety of western material than I did at their booth. Many other items such as gifts, household décor, and dinnerware. Too numerous to mention, please stop and visit with Pamela and you won’t be disappointed. CINDY’S THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE AND EQUINE CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY It’s a busy world and we need to take time for our bodies and that or our four legged equine’s as well. Cindy Halverson, ESC., CMT., Bowen Therapy and Therapy for horses, will be at her booth to explain massage therapy, is completely portable and will have a tent, table, and massage chair available AND can go to your stall or barn. On top of this, Cindy is donating two clinics to this Expo in an effort to help you understand how to make your horses feel better and also to help support this fundraising effort. Please do stop by her booth and thank her for helping us help our horses. CONTE CRAFTS Georgia and her husband have been with us for many years and have supported the efforts of the horse show crew. They make wood and western home decor items and you will find your unique one of a kind pony here. They make toy wooden horses on wheels similar to tricycles but much more fun for your children (and you). Each year they customize a horse with a BLM freeze brand and adoption papers for the lucky bidder in the auction. The horse comes with its own health certificate and brand inspection papers so you can take your new pet home to any state that you come from. They are one of a kind and very easy on the upkeep. Please stop by and say hello and thank them for their donations to help the horse program. They truly are committed to this effort. CROCKETT COLLECTION Rosemary and Tommy Crockett have been silversmiths for over 25 years and design and make their own jewelry including hand cut stones such as turquoise, lapis, and opals. They are one of a kind pieces that you will find nowhere else. Contemporary designs also including equestrian pieces. Everything from bracelets, hair ornaments, pins, rings, etc. They have three wild horses which are part of their family. View some of their items at http://crockett.hypermart.net DANNA’S CLASSY CORRAL Classy clothing and accessories….ladies' apparel and accessories including designer leather and show jackets, Austrian crystal jewelry and hair accessories. You can contact Danna dannacc@msn.com or visit their website at www.dannasclassycorral.com DAVID JOHN AND THE COMSTOCK COWBOYS The latest music trends of the new millenium seem to have no effect on this group. They are growing in popularity more and more each year. They have been the opening show for Merle Haggard, Juice Newton, Lacy J. Dalton, Michael Martin Murphey, and Eddie Raven. They will have their many CD’s and tapes available at their booth. Visit their website for more information on this wonderful group. www.comstockcowboys.com ELLENSBURG SADDLE COMPANY Custom leather goods, purses, belts, briefcases, day planners, clothing and much, much more, too many items to list. Stop by and see Julie Baugher for all of your accessory needs. FARR STAR This is a booth you MUST stop and see if you do any back country riding or casual riding in the hills. They have maps of all the best trails and back country riding. Also, they have descriptions of the different levels of riding to help you determine the best trails to take for your ability. Let these experienced Back Country riders and packers help you plan your best rides ever! Stop and see Al Farrar for all you trail riding needs…… FOREST HORSE Tack, gifts, grooming needs, wild horse adoption materials, t-shirts, etc. Kate Bremer and Lisa Dines have been with us for many years and are strong supporters of the horse program and have donated to the auctions each year to help the horse program. For more information on their items, please go to www.foresthorse.com GRANTS LEATHER Kristy and Colin have been with us since the beginning and have been instrumental in the success of our auction each year with their donations on behalf of the horses. They have a host of beautiful leather bags, purses, luggage, horse hair and leather belts, hat bands, horse hair key chains and barrettes. Too many items to list, visit www.grantsleather.com to see their wide array of products. HIGH DESERT LIVESTOCK High Desert Livestock Supply is your horse and livestock supplier for all your galvanized and painted panels needs. Three, four, five, six and seven rails panels available. We carry shelter systems, wash bays, roping chutes and arena’s, providing excellent service and free delivery is our specialty. Ritchie can take care of all your needs, you can also see our products on line at: www.highdesertlivestock.com Horse shelters, pipe corrals, gates, panels, and feeders. All your horse housing needs in one place. They will be supplying all our needs for the show from round pens to areana dividers. You can call him for quotes and know that nobody can beat his prices….775-971-1461. Ritchie has also generously donated a shelter to our auction to help in our fundraising efforts for wild horses and burros. Please stop and thank Ritchie and tell him how much we appreciate his help and support. Thank you Ritchie from all of us…….. HORSEPLAY UNLIMITED Colorful guatemalan halters and dog collars, bridles, shipping boots, as well as a variety of items for riders, including bags, soap, jewelry, t-shirts, sunglasses, gifts with horse themes, hats, and books. Stop and visit Barb Blum and you’ll be sure to find very special unique gift items. LINKS N THINGS What more can we say….Italian Charm bracelets, watches, and other fashion jewelry. Lori Hagedorn will be available with a wide variety of products and is specifically making charms that will excite the wild horse and burro crowd as well as the barrel racing enthusiasts; you won’t find these anywhere else. LOTSA HORSES Horse classified website, all states, all breeds, you can browse by catalog or easily complete a daily search, fast and easy. Stop by and see Paula for all your horse needs or check them out now at www.lotsahorses.com MIKE STRONG LEATHER PRODUCTS Christie and Mike Strong have a wonderful array of home decor and horse products including leather goods, gifts, jewelry, spurs, clothing, and many, many items to fit any home decor scheme. Stop by and visit them for all your shopping needs, you won’t be disappointed. MUSTANG M.A.G.I.C. "Mustang M.A.G.I.C. (Molding Adolescent’s Growth by Initiating Change) is a non-profit corporation whose goal is for a-risk adolescents to gain knowledge and experience enabling them to function as contributing members of society. By adopting wild horses, living legends of America’s past, and paring them with at-risk teens we are developing a bond many of the young people may not have before experienced and a sense of responsibility that might have been previously missing in their lives as well as challenging the potential of the youth. This effort will provide the educational process for learning job skills, teaching responsibility and cooperation, developing self esteem, respect for other humans, animals, and a respect for environmental resources while fostering positive behaviors to encourage youth to lead a productive and positive life. Through linking an important piece of America’s past with an important part of America’s future, we can build self-confidence, self-worth, and self esteem to overcome obstacles both now and in the future." For more information please contact them at: Mustangmagic1@hotmail.com MUSTANG-SPIRIT Motto: "Helping to save a piece of American History....one Mustang at a time." Mustang-Spirit rescues abused, abandoned, neglected and hard to adopt mustangs. Not only do they assist in rehabilitation and training of wild horses, but they accept domesticated horses as well. You can view more information about them at www.Mustang-Spirit.com 888-532-4524 or 916-519-8443 or e-mail Deanana Hazen at deanana@mustang-spirit.com MYLER BITS Ron Myler has been with us since the first year and been a tremendous supporter of our work. He is an incredible wealth of knowledge when it comes to bits and how they work for all of your horse needs. Stop by and visit with him with all of your bitting questions. Myler Bits are world renowned and have been designing and building bits to fit all the needs of the horse world. For more information on Myler Bits, please go to http://toklat.com/myler/ NATIONAL WILD HORSE AND BURRO FOUNDATION.COM The National Wild Horse and Burro Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to finding loving homes for America’s excess wild horses and burros. For years the BLM has gathered more than 10,000 wild horses and burros off America’s public lands in order to keep the wild herds healthy and preserve the quality of the range. The National Wild Horse and Burro Foundation is partnering with the BLM to find new homes for these excess horses and burro’s. They have also granted us the initial funding to be able to host this Expo and will be hosting a national adopters conference during this Expo. NEUMAN (LESLEY) TRAINING Lesley is an incredible trainer. She has an ability to work effectively with even the wildest, most troubled horses, while explaining what she is doing and what the horse is doing. She clearly loves the horses and loves being able to use her abilities to ease their transition from wild to domestic. Lesley will have a variety of educational tapes available at the show or visit her website at www.lesleyneuman.com for more information. Stop and visit with her at the show booth, you won’t be disappointed. Please make sure to stop and thank her for her participation as she has generously donated these three days of training to help with the rescue efforts. NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS This is Nevada’s inmate/wild horse gentling program from the Warm Spring Correctional Center in Carson City, NV. The inmates are trained in gentling and riding wild horses using safe humane methods. These horses are gentled under the oversight of trainer Hank Curry, who has also donated a training clinic for the Expo. The horses are then offered to the public at quarterly adoptions where you can obtain a saddle trained wild horse that you can take home and ride the next day. They also offer training of adopted horses that you can select from the BLM or State of Nevada "estray" program. You may select the horse you want and have adopted and then place it in their training program which is much safer for you and your horse. For more information and photo’s of horses available for adoption, please go to www.silverstateindustries.com/horse.html NEVADA RANCHER The oldest livestock agricultural publications in the State of Nevada, edited for the agricultural producers of the intermountain west with special emphasis on Nevada. Nevada Rancher is dedicated to livestock and crop production, marketing and regional horse activities. Or visit their website at www.nevadarancher.com REESE TRAILER SALES Alice and Luther Reese carry a wide variety of Custom Horse and Stock Trailers. Circle J and Classic Aluminum Trailers fill their yard as well as used trailers taken in on trade. Call them for an updated list of trailers in stock or let them know what you’re looking for as they come across new inventory daily and can help you find the perfect trailer to fit your needs. Please stop by and thank them at the show as they are the people that generously supplied us with the raffle trailer to help raise funds for our wild horse projects. They are truly wonderful people that are always willing to help others. They are located in Yerington, NV 775-463-3430 SADDLE RACS PLUS Jona Kalayjian will take care of all your barn needs and then some. There are saddle racks, bridle tree’s, wood adoption certificates, frames, jumps, and many other items ALSO, if you have a request, it never hurts to ask! E-mail at saddleracsplus@yahoo.com SHADOW CATCHERS Deborah Clark is a master at creating individual leather items all custom detailed with western and horse designs. All leather has been hand painted with leather dye and weather coated for long wear. Brief cases, leather bags, handbags, and much more. She can also custom paint your personal horse on these items that you will cherish for a lifetime. She is out of Lufkin, Texas and we know you won’t be disappointed with her work. She has helped for many years in our fund raising efforts. Look for one of her custom bags in our auction to help our rescue work. SUPERIOR BARNS Modular barns, horse corral supplies, and the latest Breyer horse models, Stop by and see Marsha for all you barn and collector horse needs. http://kigermr.bendnet.com/superior.html TINDELL'S HORSE & MULE SCHOOL (HUMANS,TOO!) Jerry Tindell has worked with horses since early childhood. He is amazing to watch as he can take a very troubled horse and transform it within a short time to a soft trusting animal. Jerry has generously donated three days of training clinics to help you work and communicate with your horse. He is educating people and providing a safer relationship between horses and their families, you will be amazed by his teaching ability. He has material and videos that you may order online or purchase at the Expo and take home. He also conducts training clinics throughout the western (and occasionally eastern) states. Please take a minute to stop and thank Jerry for his generous donation of his clinics on behalf of the horses. For information: www.jerrytindell.com TWO HORSE ENTERPRISES T.H.E. place for horsecamping and trail riding information and items. Bonnie Davis has generously offered to host horsecamping clinics on how to get a horse ready to go camping, what to take, horse papers to pack, how to camp (highline, picket, portable, etc), setting up a camp to meet invironmental quality concerns, water and feed requirements, etc. Handouts include a list of places to go, check lists for camping, etc. Horsecamping is a way ALL owners can enjoy their "favorite friend" without spending a lot of money on equipment, tack, entry fees or keeping in style with the horse next door! VIDEO MIKE & NANCY KERSON: Video Mike will be at the Expo with his camera, and can video you and your horse or burro in your competition. He can only do two animals per show class, so get your orders in early! Mike can be reached at mikeker@napanet.net or nosrek@sprynet.com. "Video Mike" Kerson made both Lesley Neuman and Jerry Tindell's training videos, with a few more to be released soon. Mike has over 30 years experience in film, and is available to videotape you and your horse at this event. He can produce videos for all your needs: to help you in your personal training program, to promote breeding stock, to sell stock, or whatever your video desires may be. Nancy Kerson is the volunteer webmaster for this website, and she has an informational website about mustang adoption at www.mustangs4us.com. As "Outfitters For Cyberspace" Nancy creates and maintains websites for businesses and individuals, and will be offering a few "Expo Special Deals" for those interested in getting a website. The Kerson family has adopted and are currently training three BLM mustangs, as well as a PMU foal and a mustang mule. They live in Napa, CA, and operate the non-profit program for people with developmental disabilities, Vine Village, Inc, (www.vinevillage.org) which they founded in 1973. Either Kerson can be reached at nosrek@sprynet.com or 707-226-9193. WILD HORSE SPIRIT Located in Reno, NV, this group has been working hard in the rescue field to help horses. They will have available many wild horse t-shirts, photo’s, caps and related items. Bobbi Royle will be happy to answer any questions you have about the horse world and how you can get involved.
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