Bruce Sandifer demonstrates how to put a leather bosal on his horse. (Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum) The public is invited to attend the 32nd Annual Vaquero Show & Sale Friday, Nov. 1, through ...

A new twist on the tradition of demonstrating vaquero roping skills brought out big crowds to an area off Faraday Street in Santa Ynez on Saturday, Nov. 12. Pat and Deb Puckett and Bruce Sandifer, ...

The vaquero is California’s own homegrown version of the cowboy, and the horse-riding, riata-tossing, saddle-making cattleman of yesteryear came into his own along the Central Coast, working massive ...

POIPU Guest vaquero Manny Gonzales did not know which horse he would be using while performing vaquero-style trick roping at CJM Country Stables Friday afternoon. Kapaa High School cheer, under the ...

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The 38th annual Vaquero Show and Sale will circle back at the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum Nov. 11-13 to once again celebrate the vaquero spirit and the way of life. Lisa André covers lifestyle ...

The Heritage Society presents Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy, an exhibition created by the Wittliff Collections at the Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos, presented in partnership ...

Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including "Horse Heaven." EVERY year in mid-September, I go to a rodeo in my neighborhood of Carmel Valley. It is so close that I can see the arenas from ...