Jess' Blog

I’ve been struggling with saddle fit on one of my colts, and decided to rummage thru my tack room for an old pad I knew I had. I found the pad amidst a stack of others, and when I pulled it out, I noticed the patch on the back corner and was hit with a truck load of memories I wasn’t expecting.     You see, this pad is 10 years old. I won it on my old horse Bumper, who is now 17 years old, retired due to injury, and collecting dust with another lifer out in our field. It occurred...

It just occurred to me that this will be my 15th year going to Vegas for the NFR. Multiply that by 10 days of rodeo each year, plus the days before/after, minus the years I flew in and out… and we’ll call it 150.  I don’t get too excited about Halloween anymore. Playing dress-up in Vegas for 10-14 days a year makes Halloween look like child’s play. I’ve got an entire section of my closet dedicated to sequins, fringe and fur and it’s AWESOME!  Everyone has their favorite must see, must do things when they come to NFR, and I...

Buying horses. To me it’s one of life’s most exciting, nerve wracking, endorphine-filled experiences. There’s nothing quite like unloading that new prospect at your house, and watching them scat around the pasture for the first time. Infatuated with thoughts of the future, convinced this is the best investment you’ve ever made. Tho I am in no way in the market for another horse, I still check out BHW and various “Barrel Horse’s For Sale” FB pages on a weekly, if not daily basis. You just never know when one’s going to jump out at you, and there are still a...

"Had a bad experience with Tack repair after spending over $750. Spent money to send it back and have item fixed and product was not fixed when I got it back and I ended up fixing it myself and didn’t get any money back.” ~Anonymous A couple months back we posted a quick Customer Survey with some pointed questions to help us gather information about our customers. Where you live, what you do with your horse, etc… and most importantly to gauge how we are doing as a company. To date, there have been 661 responses to this survey. The survey was...