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By: Susan Gentry

Photo: Impulse Photography

AQHA WORLD CHAMPION, KRISTIN GALYEAN TALKS HORSES, FAMILY AND MORE WITH CIS MAGAzINE

Kristen 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 Plea- sure 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!

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.’

These are just a few of Kristen’s Photo: Impulse Photography 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...

Photo: Facebook

Cowgirls In Style Magazine: trying to learn something new and 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 into AQHA events. like, but I try to whenever I have a 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 KG: Ride horses and spend time you have or had a favorite horse? with my husband and my girls. KG: ‘Vital Signs Are Good’ changed everything for me. She helped CIS: What advice do you have for a me achieve goals I never thought young girl who is wanting to follow were possible and gave me my in your footsteps? two stallions, ‘VS Code Red’ and KG: Make sure your dreams scare ‘VS Flatline.’ She created a legacy you, if they don’t they aren’t big for me that I will cherish forever. enough. Nothing is unattainable if ‘Coureygous’ is also very special to you believe in yourself. me as she won my very first NCHA Futurity non pro championship CIS: You have achieved so much. and we finished 2020 as the NCHA Are there any goals you are worNon Pro Horse of the Year. king on now? KG: Yes I’m always working on CIS: What do you like to do in your doing it all again. off time?

Wes Galyean, husband to Kristen with daughter nCHA Futurity Champion Professional Horse Trainer Photo: Facebook

Photographer: Creig nakano Hair & Makeup: Moni Sebestyen

CALLISON RANCH

By:Nikki Callison Photo: Couresy of Callison Ranch

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.

Roger and Nikki are each from generationsofranchingfamilies. 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...

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

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.

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.”

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