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Roger and Nikki of Callison Ranch
fashion l rodeo l beauty l horses l fitness February/March 2021
Kristen Galyean
Winner of multiple Equestrian World Championships, wife and mother
career cowgirl fashions Fashion ideas for white collared cowgirls
Valentine Gift Ideas
Cowgirl Footwear Comfortable, casual footwear by Twisted x and Ferrini
CIS Insider
Trace Adkins
Exercises For Your Horse
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In Every Issue February/March 2021
12 Letter From the Editor 14 Editor Picks 16 Beauty Barn Romantic Nails 18 Fashion Forecast Valentine Fashion 20 Cowgirl Fit Get fit By Spring! 22 Stable Life Softening Exercises For Horses
Trace Adkin from INSP The Ultimate Cowboy Showdown
Roger and Nikki of Callison Ranch
68 Rodeo Runway
Featured
On the Cover: Kristen Galyean Photo by: Impulse Photography
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Inside... 24 Career Cowgirl Fashions for the White Collar Cowgirl
Cover Feature 30 Kristen Galyean
Meet Kristen Galyean World Champion Equestrian
American Ranching 60 Callison Ranch Meet Roger and Niki Callison of Callison Ranch.
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54 Latest In Cowgirl Footwear These comfortable cowgirl shoes will give you a different look and feel when you aren’t wearing your boots
62 INSP The Ultimate Cowboy Showdown Season 2 with Trace Adkins
76 Valentine Gift Ideas for your family and friends
In Style
COWGIRLS February/March 2021
Founder Editor-In-Chief Susan Gentry
Contributors Devanie Gentry Glenys Cox Photography Contributors Impulse Photography Advertising Landon Gentry Director of Finance Robert Gentry Send editorial submissions to: editor@cowgirlsinstyle.com For Advertising: advertising@cowgirlsinstyle.com Country Productions P.O. Box 841 Washington, UT 84780 Art/Production/Layout Country Productions Contact
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A Cowgirl’s Voice...
W ishing You all A Editor-in-Chief, Susan Gentry
W onder f ul Valentine ’ s Day!
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Don’t forget to mark your calendars for February 24th, as it is the start of Season 2, “The Ultimate Cowboy Showdown,” with Trace Adkins. We take you a bit behind the scenes.
alentine’s Day is here and we have included some favorite romantic fashions, beauty tips and gift ideas for the romantic holiday.
And check out all of our fashion in this issue! From the beautiful handbags of American West to the boots of Ferrini and the gorgeous styles of Double D Ranch! We are Cowgirl fashion and style!
We are excited to be featuring AQHA multichampion Kristen Galyean on the cover with a feature story. Kristen has been a champion the majority of her life and she now shares it all with her husband Wes and their two beautiful daughters. Also, we are featuring Callison Ranch Beef, third & fourth generation ranchers who bring only the finest beef to your door. We go behind the scenes of their ranch and business.
We hope you are all safe and healthy during this trying time of the COVID pandemic. We will get through this and hopefully be better for it. Enjoy the coming months as we bring in a new year of spring and all that it has to offer!
Until next time, I hope to see you on the trail!
Susie
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Softening Schooling Horses Stable Life
-By Glenys Cox
Softening Exercises for Schooling Horses on Contact Whether green or well schooled, many horses will lay in the rider’s hands instead of taking true contact
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hether green or well schooled, many horses will lay in the rider’s hands instead of taking true contact. Some may do so as a form of resistance or greenness; whereas, others may be traveling on the forehand, sore, accustomed to pulling the reins from the rider’s hands, off the track or are unable or resistant of performing self carriage.
Next, prepare to supple your horse with some flex, counter flex movements at the walk. As you walk through a corner, bend into the corner using your inside leg at the barrel to bend your horse through his back and “sponge” your inside rein lightly to flex his head and neck. Hold for two strides. Straighten for two and counterflex your horse toward the rail using your outside leg at the barrel and sponging your outside For horses that need a little help in learning rein. Hold for two strides and allow him to how to stay soft and carry themselves, a walk straight. Perform the exercise at the few easy exercises are suggested below. All trot and in the opposite direction. exercises are performed first at the walk, then trot and later, when you and your Now advance that exercise to a simple horse are ready, at the canter. Ensure that serpentine. Flex your horse through the your horse is moving forward freely at all corner again and instead of straightening gaits. the horse, ride the bend onto the quarter line of the arena, straighten for two strides First, warm your horse up on a long rein. and counter flex as you head your horse Gradually take up your contact as you from quarter line to rail again. Do so only apply leg. Don’t just haul the horse into on the long sides of the arena and go your hands. At the walk, maintain contact straight through the short sides. Perform on your outside rein and give with your both directions at walk and trot. You may inside rein every three steps by pushing also incorporate full serpentines that loop your inside elbow forward. You should feel across the arena from long side, across the no contact on the inside rein. Give for three center, to long side, changing direction with strides and softly take back contact. Repeat. each loop. The goal for both serpentine Follow with the same exercise at the rising exercises is to maintain rhythm and have trot, giving with your inside rein while the three loops of equal size and equal arc of horse is still on contact on the outside rein. the horse.
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Exercises For On Contact
Finally, the last exercise is a version of the first giving rein exercise. However, here you will give both reins, alternating between them. At the walk, give with your inside rein so you have no contact on that rein, pushing your elbow forward, for three steps. Gently take up the contact again on that rein while giving the outside rein for three steps. Repeat each side then perform at the trot.
If you follow these exercises, your horse should feel lighter in your hands, feel more balanced in self carriageArticle Search, have a lower poll and softer jaw and jowl and be willing to stretch forward and down in soft contact as needed without pulling your reins out of your hands.
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Cover Girl By: Susan Gentry
Photo: Impulse Photography
Kristen Galyean
AQHA WOrld Champion, Kristin Galyean talks horses, family and more With CIS MagaziNE 30 | Cowgirls In Style | Feb/Mar 2021
Kristen Galyean
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risten grew up in Bixby, Oklahoma and started showing horses at the tender age of 6 years old. She competed in the local open shows and eventually moved into AQHA events. She won her first congress championship when she was only 11 years of age and her very first congress in the Hunt Seat Equitation. Her first World Championship was aboard the legendary, “Vital Signs Are Good” in Amateur Western Pleasure in 2003. In 2019, Kristen ‘Make sure was the Non Pro Champion your dreams at the World Championship scare you, if NCHA Futurity
they don’t they aren’t big enough.’ -Kristen Galyean
Under Her Belt: • • • • • •
Multiple AQHA World Champions Multiple All American Quarter Horse Congress Champion World Championship NCHA Futurity • NCHA Summer Spectacular Non Pro Champion • NCHA Super Stakes Non Pro Champion These are just a few wins under Kristen’s belt! Photo: Facebook
In 2010 Kristen was the NCHA Summer Spectacular Non Pro Champion on ‘Harley’ and in 2014 the NCHA Super Stakes Non Pro Champion on ‘ZR One.’ Photo: Facebook These are just a few of Kristen’s equestrian accomplishments. Enjoy our interview with Kristen as she talks about her horses, family and what it takes to have the heart of a champion...
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Q’s and A’s
trying to learn something new and Cowgirls In Style Magazine: Where did you grow up and when grow in my horsemanship. did you start competing? CIS: How many hours do you put Kristen Gayean: I grew up in Bixbi, in practicing before a show? Oklahoma. I starting showing hors- KG: I help run my family’s car deales when I was 6 years old at local erships and I’m a mom so I don’t open shows and eventually moved get to practice as much as I would like, but I try to whenever I have a into AQHA events. free moment. CIS: You are married with two beautiful daughters. How did you and Wes meet? KG: Wes and I met at a cutting in Texas in 2005. We quickly became friends and didn’t take us long to realize we met for a reason and the rest is history. CIS: What is your favorite part of competing in equestrian showmanship? KG: I enjoy the competitiveness. I like to push myself and I enjoy always
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CIS: Tell us about your horses. Do you have or had a favorite horse? KG: ‘Vital Signs Are Good’ changed everything for me. She helped me achieve goals I never thought were possible and gave me my two stallions, ‘VS Code Red’ and ‘VS Flatline.’ She created a legacy for me that I will cherish forever. ‘Coureygous’ is also very special to me as she won my very first NCHA Futurity non pro championship and we finished 2020 as the NCHA Non Pro Horse of the Year.
KG: Ride horses and spend time with my husband and my girls. CIS: What advice do you have for a young girl who is wanting to follow in your footsteps? KG: Make sure your dreams scare you, if they don’t they aren’t big enough. Nothing is unattainable if you believe in yourself.
CIS: You have achieved so much. Are there any goals you are working on now? KG: Yes I’m always working on CIS: What do you like to do in your doing it all again. off time?
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Growing up country...
Wes Galyean, husband to Kristen with daughter NCHA Futurity Champion Professional Horse Trainer Photo: Facebook
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Ranch
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Families want to know where their beef comes from and how it was raised. Roger and Nikki of Callison Ranch love sharing their ranching way of life and ranch-raised beef with families across the country.
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oger and Nikki are each from generations of ranching families. Roger grew up helping his father and grandfather care for their cattle herds. McCoy Ranch in southern Oklahoma was the childhood home of Nikki and her four brothers. Her parents’ ranch motto was “Raisin’ Kids, Cattle and Quality Horses.” Both Roger and Nikki left the ranching way of life until they met each other... www.cowgirlsinstyle.com | 43
Roger had experienced great tragedy in his personal life and had returned to his rural roots for comfort and healing when he and Nikki met. The couple began dating and every evening would feed the 20 heifers Roger has purchased. A dream and a love both grew... Nikki has written more about their beginnings and how they brought their three children home at one time on Instagram #callisonranchlovestory 44 | Cowgirls In Style | Feb/Mar 2021
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Now, 20 years later, Callison Ranch raises beef from start to finish and ships their premium dry-aged product right from the ranch to families coast to coast. The Callison Ranch Market will open on the ranch very soon, giving people an opportunity to make the valuable connection with their food and its source. It will be a place where visitors can buy great beef, see the ranch and meet the ranchers who love serving families. The market will also include other local goods and premium products thoughtfully sourced. The Callison’s have added a large patio overlooking the ranch creek for smoking beef and entertaining families, sharing the life they love.
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Their cattle are grass-fed, grain-finished and ranch-raised from start to finish. There are no shortcuts. As Nikki states, “We diligently care for our cattle and the land they enjoy. We are organically minded and GMO free whenever possible. Our cattle graze wide-open fields and drink fresh water their entire lives. From our pasture to your plate, you can confidently know where your food comes from and how it was cared for.�
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You can follow the day to day of their ranching, family life and business on their social media. Also updates of when the new market opens at:
Instagram: @callison_ranch_beef Facebook: Callison Ranch Beef www.callisonranchbeef.com
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Country music icon, Trace Adkins, returns to host the highly anticipated second season of INSP Channel’s first competition series.
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his season, fourteen strong-willed cowboys head to a sweltering Texas ranch to prove they can out-cowboy the competition. The contestants lock horns in a number of grueling challenges, with Trace and a panel of experts judging their skills, knowledge, grit, and passion. Competing to win it all is a group of men and women from all across the nation with diverse backgrounds, including a world-renowned horse trainer, an eight-time US team roping champion, and
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a professional bull rider, to name a few. Full of explosive drama, and lots of ego, the pressure is on for the cowboys to prove they have what it takes. One-by-one, the contestant that can’t stack up to the challenge hits the trail and heads home until only one stands, winning the prize of a lifetime. The 10 episodes of Ultimate Cowboy Showdown Season 2 will air on INSP starting on Wednesday, February 24th at 9PM ET.
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The fan-favorite show, hosted by awardwinning country music icon, Trace Adkins, will make its anticipated return on Wednesday, February 24th at 9PM ET. Craig Miller, VP of Original Programming & Development for INSP, made the announcement. “Our viewers really embraced the first season of Ultimate Cowboy Showdown,” said Miller. “They immediately connected with the real-life cowboy contestants and picked the ones they wanted to root for and against. We decided this 2nd season needed to be even bigger, so we filmed it in Texas, where everything is bigger. We added more episodes, more challenges, more contestants, and more prizes. Viewers are going to love seeing this incredibly talented and diverse cast of veteran cowboys as they lock horns.” www.cowgirlsinstyle.com | 63
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Entertainment Miller continued, “Country music icon, Trace Adkins is back in the saddle as host for season 2. Trace is a Louisiana native with a profound appreciation for what it takes to be a cowboy. He enjoys riding alongside these rough and tough wranglers to challenge their skills and cowboy code character. Then, as host and deciding judge, the cowboys must face Trace each week for an elimination round. Any cowboy who fails to perform to Trace’s expectations will be told to, ‘hit the trail’. So, things get intense quickly as no one wants to end up on Trace Adkins’ bad side!” In Ultimate Cowboy Showdown, 14 cowboys (men and women) from all across the country compete for a life-changing prize. Each week, viewers will watch the strong-willed cowboys undergo a series of grueling physical and mental challenges that will test them individually and as teams. Chock full of explosive drama, and lots of ego, the last cowboy standing will walk away with a prize package that includes a herd they can take to market, a Rawhide Portable Corral, an Arrowquip QCatch 87 Series Cattle Chute, the coveted Ultimate Cowboy Showdown belt-buckle, and a lifetime of bragging rights.
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