COWGIRL Editorial

Growing up, Michigan native Emily Konkel had always dreamt of training horses. As she became more involved in the Western industry, she discovered the vast opportunities outside training. She began producing events in Michigan and eventually moved to Oklahoma to pursue other opportunities. What started as contract labor at various National Reined Cow Horse Association...

The Legacy Ranch Horse Sale is a collaboration between historic Arizona ranches—the K4 Ranch and Diamond A Ranch. The sale offers the public an opportunity to purchase horses carrying the brands of legendary outfits that have a history of producing quality horses and cattle. These are working cattle ranches, still run in the traditional way,...

Night had fallen over Tombstone, Arizona, and every restless and rowdy character in the vicinity of the southwestern town had poured into the saloons and gambling dens to while away the hours until dawn arrived. The doorways of the numerous taverns that lined Allen Street were illuminated with smoky kerosene torches. Signs that hung over...

Cara Brewer grew up immersed in the cutting horse industry. Her mother was a lifelong horsewoman and her adopted father, Tim Barry, put on cuttings in Northern Illinois. “I showed in the youth and the amateur growing up,” she says. “When I was younger, they had a rule in the NCHA that when you turn...

Cheers rose into the air as Boise, Idaho, residents watched the entries in the Fort Boise Centennial parade travel along the main thoroughfare of the historic military post.  The honored guest leading the 1934 procession of floats, scout troops, marching bands, and period-dressed townspeople was seventy-seven-year-old Katherine Caroline “Kitty” Wilkins, more popularly known as the...

Stagecoach, the country music’s premier annual three-day festival, is scheduled to grace the grounds of the Empire Polo Club in Indio from April 26 to 28. The festival boasts an impressive lineup featuring country music luminaries such as Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Morgan Wallen, Willie Nelson & Family, Leon Bridges, Post Malone, Jelly Roll, Elle...

From Western powerhouses Ike Sankey and Miss Ryan Sankey comes the next round of Cowgirl Cadillacs–this time, in Sheridan, Wyoming, at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds June 14-15. Following the massive success of the Arizona sale that has become an annual Wickenburg tradition, another set of the best horses from ladies, for ladies will be offered...

The Diamond-McNabb Ranch Horse Sale has announced its 16th annual sale will happen on June 1, 2024. The 16th annual sale will feature 83 quality ranch-trained horses at the beautiful Powderhorn Ranch near Douglas, Wyoming.  “We could not be more blessed to be coming up on two decades of offering quality horses to the public, alongside our families,...