Calf-Roper Tim Malm has big dreams. His goal is to once again compete horseback in the arena in the sport he grew up loving and excelling at.

Here is Tim's Story from his website at www.stronger413.com

"Welcome to my website. I was a 3x qualifier to the National High School Finals Rodeo and the 2009 National High School Reserve Champion Calf Roper. I suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury in 2010 and am working hard to make a full recovery back to roping. I have made so much progress, but I am still working hard each and every day to reach that goal. My Stronger line comes from my favorite Bible verse, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens Me" (Philippians 4:13). I want to thank you in advance for taking time to look at my website and new clothing merchandise, along with the continued prayers!"

Tim has found a unique way to share his story of God's amazing grace through the sale of his coffee line.

We look forward to having Tim on our radio program one day.

Warren Thompson from Colorado has been training horses and mules for years and has a stellar reputation. I was just looking on our website and it looks like Warren has several really good-looking mules and horses for sale currently. Visit those listings on horsemanscorner.com. Just click on sale horses.

Meanwhile, let's check in with Warren and find out what he does different when it comes to getting those horses ready.

"You want to calm horse out on the trail but you don't want them to be a dead horse, right Warren?"

"No, you don't want to desensitize. You just want them to accept and I call it willing acceptance that they accept an object or a situation willingly and so much of that is the horse trusting the rider and people blame the horse for being skittish or spooking and too often the horse reacts to the rider and the rider is the one that got spooked and so you have to understand that horses are prey animals and they react like prey animals." - Colorado trainer Warren Thompson.

If you want to see those horses for sale, visit horsemanscorner.com. You'll see a variety of horses from Warren Thompson as well as other sellers... looking at some of those trail horses Warren has; there's a 2016 Dunn Gilding, a 2020 Palamino Mare, a 2022 Missouri Fox Trotter, a 2024 Bay Tobiano Philly Paint Horse and a 2019 Sorrel Gilding Tennessee Walker.

See them all at horsemanscorner.com.

We have Tray Pelster on again today, New Mexico Horsewoman and Businesswoman with the Wild Cayuse Cinches business. Tell us what ranching life is like, what's the experience like there?

It's a wonderful experience. Every day I learn something new and I'm starting to build more things that aren't just cinches, cinches and breast collars and the different varieties and cinches and breast collars and women's apparel like purses, purse straps. And now I'm getting more back into leather. My father did it for a long time because he couldn't afford to. It's along the same concept my father could not afford to buy tack so he just started making it. So he makes all of his own head stalls and rains and breast collars and anything he needed he just made. And that inspired me to have the same concept of if I need it, why can't I just make it? It's available to me, it's cheaper and I can make a good quality product so why not? Just challenging yourself to do this. And since I've had my kids, this business has been a godsend. My children love helping me with my cinches. They love going to trade shows and meeting new people and learning the trades of other things and it's really a family based business. It's a true blessing to be in this community of people who care enough about other people to be supportive of that.

I recently asked New Mexico Horsewoman Tray Pelster what it takes to be a trainer.

I think a horse trainer is a horse trainer. You have to be, it's like a runner, people who run for fun. They're like, oh, you gotta be special. It's gotta be chasing you if you want me to run. It's the same concept to be a horse trainer and do it for the public and really enjoy doing it or just stay in the business for that long.

You really have to be a certain type of person. You have to be self-sufficient. You really have to check yourself but also be confident in yourself that you can do this. The horses are one of those animals. They're like kids and dogs. They will always put you on your butt. They will always prove you wrong and humble you in some way, shape or form. But horse trainers that are successful, they understand horses but they also understand people. So as far as differences between pleasure horse trainers and like I've worked for rope horse trainers, I've worked for all these different disciplines, types of trainers, there's really not many differences as far as like just a horse trainer is a horse trainer. They're all the same concept. They are very driven. They expect you to go out there and do your job and do it well. They expect for you to not have to be told what and how to do things. Also there's a certain level of learn but also ask if you don't quite understand. If you see growth in horses throughout the years with these trainers, you see growth in that trainer.

New Mexico horsewoman, Tray Pelster.

Today we talk to Tray Pelster again, this time about her Wild Cayuse Cinches business. Tell us more.

"I started this cinch making business with my mom probably seven years ago. I knew at some point I would be pregnant and having kids and that was my ultimate goal with my husband was to start a family and get to do this with a family. So I wanted to have a little bit of extra income and like a backup, but also I just really like building things and creating good quality tack for your broke cowboys out there. I felt like spending $200 on a cinch was just outrageous for it to go bad in six months, and I needed like four cinches I think. We could not afford it and my husband was working at a feed lot at that time and he'd been in a feed lot for a while. The feed lots just eat up your cinches, especially the cheap ones, and I just decided well, how hard could it be to make something like that? And my dad, he does leather work and he braids and he made his own tack for a very long time but cinches was one thing he never learned to make. And so I asked around in the area and I was like if I started making cinches would that be something you guys would be interested in buying? Probably 80% of the people that I asked said yeah like that's something we need. And it's good to know that we make a product that can help somebody like that because tack is extensive."

New Mexico horse trainer Tray Pelster. Find Wild Cayuse Cinches on Facebook or look for their website coming soon at wildcayusecinches.com.

New Mexico Horsewoman and trainer Tray Pelster on how she likes to start horses.

"I like to do a lot of ground work so I don't have to deal with as much crap on top of them. I have the time to spend with them when I was training horses under people. You have 30 days so you spend across the board from a lot of my trainers on average about a week, week and a half in the round pin and then you just get on them. You learn how to take shortcuts and you learn how to do it quickly and I would rather start them on the ground for about a month and just see where they're at. I was raised on hand cocks and that's slow, start them on the ground thing. They don't look near as hard. It's mostly a scared thing or a fight. I don't trust you situation and the majority of the time I've found that hand cocks that get a bad rap for things because they're smart and they're smarter than most people. But if you can teach them that this is not a fight or fight situation and that you can trust me and they won't want to try anything when you're on their back. So I've had great success with starting them slow on the ground and just covering all your bases and moving with the horse. See my dad, he's a firm believer in starting them three or four. I am like 125 pounds. So for learning from horse trainers, honestly I like to start them at two. Some horses with exception just because they're not mentally ready or they're not physically ready."

New Mexico horsewoman, Tray Pelster.

Tray Pelster grew up deeply involved in the world of horses and ranching, particularly influenced by her father, who was a reputable horse trainer, and her grandfather who raised Appaloosas and competed at a national level in various disciplines like rain cow horse and cutting. Tray began her training under challenging conditions often working with horses that weren't particularly kid-friendly. Over the years, she has involved herself in various disciplines including English riding, roping, and cutting. She has had a passion for training horses and learning various aspects of horsemanship, specifically valuing starting horses from a young age with a focus on groundwork for long-term success.

Tray and her husband have moved multiple times across different ranches, gaining diverse experiences in cattle ranching. They currently operate on a ranch in Folsom, New Mexico, where they run about 500 Red Angus cattle and manage challenging terrains. Trey shares insights into the daily operations and the beautifully rugged landscape they work in.

For the listening publics we're talking to Brandi Iverson. I met Brandi at the Montana Cowboy Poetry gathering in Lewiston, Montana. You were a vendor. Tell us what you're doing there.

Yeah, so I sell wild rags, which are cowboy neckerchiefs. I bought the business about three and a half years ago to be able to stay home with my three kids more often on the ranch. I was previously a teacher in our local school, only school in the county and it has about 55 students kindergarten through high school.

That is the grand old cowboy tradition. You didn't come in from somewhere else like so many of the school farms back in the old days, did you?

No, I grew up in Montana. I've been here all my life and don't ever plan on moving. And so how far away did you have to move when you went to the school there? I grew up in Billings, which is about two hours south of Winnet and my husband dragged me up here. We just had our sixth anniversary. So six and a half years ago we moved out here. And I never really felt grounded until I came out to the ranch the first time and I was like, I am never leaving. I have been able to replace my teaching salary completely. I package all of the scarves and all of my scarves come with a lifetime hem guarantee. All of my materials are domestically sourced. And so that's really great that I'm doing my part to keep our economy going.

Brandi Iverson with Montana Wild Rags. Catch our full interview on halebroadcasting.com or anywhere your favorite podcasts are found.