Bruce Sandifer demonstrates how to put a leather bosal on his horse. (Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum) The public is invited to attend the 32nd Annual Vaquero Show & Sale Friday, Nov. 1, through ...

A new twist on the tradition of demonstrating vaquero roping skills brought out big crowds to an area off Faraday Street in Santa Ynez on Saturday, Nov. 12. Pat and Deb Puckett and Bruce Sandifer, ...

The vaquero is California’s own homegrown version of the cowboy, and the horse-riding, riata-tossing, saddle-making cattleman of yesteryear came into his own along the Central Coast, working massive ...

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