For more than 200 years, the company now known as the Smith-Worthington Saddlery Co. has been making and repairing fine saddles. But the days are gone when the business thrived as Smith, Bourn & Co.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – Victor Hermanson doesn’t collect accolades or reviews based on his craft, even though he could. Hermanson is a gifted saddle maker who lives on the outskirts of Las Cruces.

Pickup trucks, horse trailers — even a car with the bumper sticker “Forget the Whales, Save the Cowboys” — crowded the parking lot at the Lawrence Holidome. Inside, visitors convened Friday at the ...

LOVELAND, Colo.—Rusty May has had two loves in his life. “I’ve got a lifetime love affair with horses … and my bride,” he said. May can’t remember the first time he rode a horse. He’s a native of New ...

A champion saddle maker passes his craft to his children, culminating in a special project for the San Angelo Stock Show.

FORT LUPTON – Barbara Kauffman was a systems manager for a high-tech firm in Boulder County when she decided to buy a new saddle. “My husband spent $80 for a book on saddles and I was so upset he’d ...

CODY, Wyo. — With the stove pouring out heat and the dog asleep on the floor, Gordon Andrus pulls down his visor and runs a finger over the carved leather of his new saddle. Here in his well-equipped ...

"I couldn't afford a good saddle and, like any other kid, I wanted to be a cowboy," Hillman said. "When I was 17, I had the opportunity to work in a saddle shop." That year, he made his first saddle, ...

Fifteen saddle makers design and build a saddle to award to the top 15 WPRA barrel racers that qualify for the NFR.

HOOKERTON — Experienced horse enthusiasts probably know this better than anyone: The graceful pas de deux between steed and rider is not really a two-mammal show at all. It’s actually a ...

KEARNEY - Lyle Henderson sits in front of a small window in his workshop. Hunched over a homemade wooden workbench, a tiny bead of sweat forms on his forehead. It is hot and humid - a fairly typical, ...

It takes thousands of taps from a small wooden hammer onto cowhide to make a fancy saddle, and Talabartería Rancho Grande in Magdalena, Sonora, has been doing it for more than 60 years. Strips of ...