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.

Doug Krause doesn’t consider himself an artist. Though he creates intricately detailed saddles and brilliantly colored handmade ropes, he still says he’s just a saddle-maker. An Eaton resident for six ...

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 ...

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 Rusty May has had two loves in his life.Ive got a lifetime love affair with horses … and my bride, he said.May cant remember the first time he rode a horse. Hes a native of New Mexico, and ...

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 ...

Bob Klenda has been a saddle maker for 45 years. "I was in the Army and as soon as I could get to a craft shop I took to the leather and that's when I first got started on saddles," he said. Soon he ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LOVELAND — Rusty May bends over the bare bones of a future horse saddle, unwraps a long strip of leather that has been wrapped around the pommel like a ...