Jaquima a Freno Series
(with Richard Caldwell)
Traditional Vaquero Gear takes the viewer through all of the essential pieces of traditional Vaquero gear and shares his insights into quality, fit and craftsmanship.  Learn gear from each stage of the bridle horse process, from the hackamore, to the two rein and finally the bridle.  Richard Caldwell discusses bosals and bosalitos, mecates, bridle bits, reins and romals, spurs, martingales, breast collars and saddles.  Music by Dave Stamey.
Running time is approx. 2 hr. 5 min.
DVD Format.  $50.00
 

Starting the Horse in the Jaquima focuses on the beginning process and steps involved with introducing the horse to the Jaquima.  Richard discusses in detail the differences between different bosals and bosalitas and their unique means of communication between rider and horse, including proper fitting of the Jaquima, proper tying of the mecate, use of the get down rope, ground flexion exercises, lunging in the bosal, side passing, and rollbacks.  He shows how he gets control of the five specific body parts of the horse, and why that is so important.  Richard Caldwell’s style stands out in the midst of typical western-clad cowboy competitors, including the gear on his horse.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
DVD Format.  $50.00
 

Classic Rodea Style Ranch Roping
(with Martin Black)
Classic Rodea Style Ranch Roping showcases everyday life on a real working ranch set at the base of the beautiful Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon on the historic Alvord Ranch.  Martin Black and Frank Dominguez show examples and explain the details of the stockmanship, horsemanship, team-work and dedication of traditional ranch-roping while accomplishing the job of summer branding.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
DVD Format.  $50.00

Rodea Style Ranch Roping-Part 2
(with Martin Black)
Rodea Style Ranch Roping-Part 2 addresses many of the questions raised by Martin’s Classic Rodea Style Ranch Roping DVD.  This DVD exhibits everyday life on a real working ranch set at the base of the beautiful Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon on the historic Alvord Ranch.  Martin Black and Frank Dominguez show examples and explain the details of the stockmanship, horsemanship, team-work and dedication of traditional ranch-roping while accomplishing the job of summer branding.  Three of the top Great Basin ropers, John Schutte, Wade Black, and Martin, share their knowledge and humor with you in a relaxed, unrehearsed atmosphere.  Martin’s library of old family photos and home movies, the knowledge and humor of three of the top Great Basin ropers along with exclusive music from Pedro Marquez makes this both educational and entertaining.  Martin’s unique insight and perspective will benefit both the experienced ropers and beginners alike.
Running time is approx. 2 hr. 30 min.
DVD Format.  $60.00

2 Videos Set
Both videos (Classic Rodea Style Ranch Roping and Rodea Style Ranch Roping-Part 2).
$100.00

Ranch Roping of the Vaqueros
(with Alfonso Aguilar)
Ranch Roping of the Vaqueros demonstrates and explains the vaquero-style roping techniques developed by the Mexican cowboys (vaqueros), who took these skills northward to the United States.  This style emphasizes control, safety, and eloquence, with roping shots for catching livestock in a variety of situations.  Alfonso Aguilar spent several years roping both horses and cattle as a charro in Mexico and on ranches in the United States.

The Basics:  This video builds the foundation for vaquero-style reata roping, including safe & smooth rope handling & horsemanship, loop building, swings, delivery, etc. for successful head & heel shots (using both a roping dummy and cattle).  This video also includes bonus demonstrations by Alfonso showing various roping shots and his amazing horsemanship.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
DVD format.  $50.00

Advanced:  This video builds on the foundation of The Basics video, demonstrating and explaining many vaquero-style head & heel roping shots (using both a roping dummy and cattle).
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
DVD format.  $60.00

2 Videos Set
Both videos (The Basics and Advanced).
$100.00

There's Roping to Do (Ranch Roping - From the Ground Up)
(with Joe Wolter - special guest Bill Dorrance)
There's Roping to Do takes the viewer through all aspects of ranch roping, from the basics through advanced techniques.  Joe Wolter thoroughly explains and demonstrates various ranch roping and livestock handling techniques, with additional comments by Bill Dorrance.  Topics covered include: Building a Loop, The Swing, Head Shots, Working in a Herd, Working on the Ground, Heel Shots, Dallying, and Roping on Your Horse the First Time.  This is an excellent video for anyone interested in learning the California vaquero style ranch roping, or for the skilled practitioner wanting to improve current ranch roping and livestock handling skills.
Running time is approx. 2 hrs.
DVD Format.  $50.00

Beginning:  Takes the viewer from building their first loop, to proper practice technique with the roping dummy.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
DVD Format.  $50.00

Intermediate:  Introduces and details scores of traditional reata style head and heel shots, positions and strategies.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
DVD Format.  $50.00

Advanced:  Features roping techniques for handling & doctoring cattle in real world situations.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
DVD Format.  $50.00

3 Videos Set
All three videos (Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced).
$135.00
 

Branding (Roping & Stock Handling Techniques)
(with David Weaver and Gwynn Turnbull-Weaver)

Branding is a documentary-style instructional video that takes viewers into the world of the buckaroo at a series of "rodera-style" cattle brandings.  It chronicles a way of life while educating viewers of the finer points of branding, including details of gathering, size and shape of branding traps, where to put the fire, ground work and stock management, setting up shots, dallying, running rope, pulling, managing calves at the fire, slack handling and the etiquette that saturates it all.  In addition, there are tips for handling green horses through the ever changing situations of the branding pen, as well as information about the signature rope of the buckaroo; the rawhide reata.  Interviews include some of the regions handiest cowboys - Martin Black, Buck Brannaman, and Larry Schutte, to name a few - who share their unique insights and opinions.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
DVD Format.  $50.00

Vaquero Series Videos
(by Susan Jensen and Paul Singer)

Tapadero is a documentary about the California Vaqueros, long revered as some of the world's greatest horsemen.  It includes a look at the colorful vaquero history that began 300 years ago in Mexico and traces the journey to Alta California, which would become a horseman’s paradise.  You get a first-hand look at the ranch life and the awe-inspiring scenery at some of California’s great ranchos where they still follow vaquero traditions, including riding slick-fork saddles, use of the hackamore and spade bit, reata roping, and livestock handling.  It is a tribute to those hardy souls living the vaquero tradition and carrying it forward, and features some of California’s mainstays of the vaquero way.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 22 min.
DVD Format.  $19.00

Remuda tells how the California Vaquero tradition moved into the Great Basin country of Nevada and Oregon, and shaped one of the world’s greatest horse cultures. In addition to a fascinating historical perspective, it includes an inside look at the buckaroo lifestyle, a front row seat at the Jordan Valley Big Loop Rodeo (where wild horses are roped with a twenty foot loop), and an old-fashioned ranch roping contest at California’s Tejon Ranch.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
DVD Format.  $19.00

Holo Holo Paniolo is a documentary about the Hawaiian cowboy, called "paniolo".  “Holo holo” in Hawaiian means to ride or get around.  And that’s what you’ll do as you see the workings of twenty ranches across 5 islands.  The Hawaiian cowboys inherited a rich history when three California vaqueros arrived on the islands to teach the Hawaiians how to rope, ride and catch the wild cattle.  From this beginning they developed their own style by chasing down those wild critters on the volcanic slopes of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, roping them and necking them to a tree.  The next morning, the paniolo would untie the snorting bull; snub him to his saddle horn and “lead him” down the mountain.  Needless to say, this demanded great horsemanship and uncommon bravery.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 36 min.
DVD Format.  $19.00

Houlihan traces the journey of the vaqueros and buckaroos to the Northern Range, where they met up with the Texas Punchers. Horses in this country were wild, tough and mean enough to eat you alive. So it's no wonder this country has turned out some of the best bronc riders. To make a hand here, you have to be able to ride anything with hair on it. That, coupled with the rigors of winter make the Northern Range Cowboy a breed of it own.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 36 min.
DVD Format.  $19.00

Los Primeros traces the Vaquero’s roots back to the Moors of North Africa and their nimble Barb horses, to Spain, where the blending of Moorish and Spanish horse cultures laid the groundwork for the bridle horse that was the hallmark of these superb reinsmen, to Mexico, where the underpinnings for roping and handling cattle on the open range evolved, and to California where it all came together, where the secrets of training horses through centuries of practice came full flower, and where the hackamore, romal reins and spade bit were refined.  The best of these proud Vaqueros earned the title “Californio.”  Los Primeros was filmed in Spain, Mexico, California, and the American West.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 38 min.
DVD Format.  $19.00

Tierra Encantado provides a unique look at the New Mexico cowboy traditions that began four hundred years ago when the Spaniards Conquistadors introduced the horse to the American West.  Descendants of early settlers still live in New Mexico and many of them still speak the dialect of the Conquistadors.  Descendants of the early caballos are still here, too.  It’s all part of this great Southwestern melting pot where Spanish, Indian and Anglo come together, each preserving their own traditions, but forging a colorful culture unique to Tierra Encantado — the land of enchantment.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 38 min.
DVD Format.  $19.00

Mula is an entertaining documentary about the history of the mule and its importance to the west.  When California was still a Mexican territory Americans were on the move…headed west.  California mules, along with finely trained Vaquero horses were driven twelve hundred miles up the Old Spanish Trail from Los Angeles to Santa Fe and then seven hundred more miles up the Santa Fe Trail to Independence Missouri.  These were the first Missouri mules.  There was no sturdier, more powerful and reliable means of travel than a mule...mules are tough, intelligent, and easy keepers.  In Mula you will learn about many historical events, including spectacular horse and mule raids when a motley crew of thieves raided California ranchos and missions from Monterey to San Diego…they wanted mules…mountain men, Ute Indians, New Mexicans and French Canadians all took part.  The Californios called these thieves the Chaguanosos.  Today, mule people are just as enthusiastic about their mules as they were in the 1800s.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 38 min.
DVD Format.  $19.00

Texas Cowpuncher (Part One) reveals a complex history of the Cowpuncher with influences coming from Mexico, South Carolina and California. It goes back in time to the roots of some of the most famous ranches, including the 06, Pitchfork, XIT and Matador, where once longhons ruled until the Herefords and Angus made their way west. Cowpuncher Buster Mclaury and buckaroo poet Waddie Mitchell, each laud the virtues of their own style of cowboying. “Dally roping and taking as long as it takes is easier on your horse and cattle,” says Waddie. While Buster explains why his Daddy taught him the virtues of “tying on and getting ‘er done fast.” Don Edwards and the singing duo Guy and Pipp Gillette provide a musical journey through this history.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 38 min.
DVD Format.  $19.00

8 Videos Set
All eight videos (Tapadero, Remuda, Paniolo, Houlihan, Los Primeros, Tierra Encantado, Mula, and Texas Cowpuncher Part One).
$130.00
 

Understanding the Hackamore (Vaquero Style)
(with Mike Bridges)
Understanding the Hackamore is a two-video set that includes a brief history of the hackamore and its importance to the vaquero style of training, and details on equipment including tips on matching size of the bosal to size and weight of the mecate (hair rope reins).  It includes discussions about how the bosal works physically, tips for fitting a bosal to an individual horse, and proper hand signals for cueing, and exercises Mike Bridges uses for hackamore training in the old California vaquero-style of horsemanship.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 39 min. for Video 1, 1 hr. 7 min. for Video 2.
DVD Format.  $95.00

Bridle Course - California Style of Bridling
(with Mike Bridges)
Bridle Course is a two-video set that includes discussions about the horse’s mentality as it relates to bridling, physical differences in horses’ mouths, bridle bits and their types and functions, the bosal and hackamore, and more.  Throughout these videos Mike Bridges gives numerous tips on how to bridle properly, making it comfortable for the horse.  He stresses working with the horse at his own pace, not pushing him faster than he wants to go, which was the original intent in the vaquero-style of horsemanship.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 22 min. for Video 1, 1 hr. 40 min. for Video 2.
DVD Format.   $95.00

Seeking Refinement
(with Mike Bridges)
Seeking Refinement is loaded with information about horse training in the vaquero-style horsemanship, with main focus on collection - what it is and how to achieve it.  It includes discussions about a rider’s body and hand positions, and the biomechanics of the horse’s body in the collection process from both the rider’s perspective and the horse’s point of view.  Mike Bridges demonstrates refinement techniques using both the snaffle bit and hackamore.  This video is a prelude to riding the horse in a full bridle.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 47 min.
DVD Format.  $55.00

3 Videos Set
All three videos (Understanding the Hackamore, Bridle Course, and Seeking Refinement).
$220.00
 

Greetings!
(with Tom Dorrance)
Greetings! is an in-depth look at the philosophy of Tom Dorrance and his unique way of working with horses.  Tom always looked for the good in people, and in the animals he worked with.  This video includes "horse sessions" from Tom's many clinics.
Running time is approx. 2 hrs.
DVD Format.  $60.00

Feel, Timing & Balance
(with Tom Dorrance)
Feel, Timing & Balance is a two-video set that describes the essence of Tom Dorrance's unique approach to working with horses in a way that will help the viewer work toward the "True Unity and Willing Communication between horse and human" at any level.  Tom's approach was founded on the belief that the human needs to think more and do less, to feel what the horse is feeling and operate from where the horse is.
Total running time is approx. 2 hrs. 52 min.
DVD Format.  $60.00

Visits with Tom (Learning to Ride with Feel, Timing & Balance)
(with Tom Dorrance)
Visits with Tom is a two-video set with Tom sharing his horsemanship ideas while helping a progressing rider improve communication with his horse.  Disc 1 shows Tom teaching how to develop a better understanding of his three major principles of horsemanship: Feel, Timing and Balance.  Disc 2 starts with a little biography of Tom as he talks about his earlier days and his family, and transitions to an in depth discussion of his bestselling book 'True Unity', where he expands on some of the deeper and finer points he makes within his book.
Total running time is approx. 2 hrs. 15 min.
DVD Format.  $60.00

3 Videos Set
All three videos (Greetings!, Feel, Timing & Balance, and Visits with Tom).
$160.00

Step It Up!
(with Richard Winters)
Step it Up! guides the viewer through important components of proper stops, spins, lead changes, along with total body control.  A special bonus section includes World Champion Reined Cow Horse Trainer Ted Robinson evaluating  Richard's progress with a young stallion futurity horse.  This is a "must have" for the advancing rider.
DVD Format.  $40.00
 

Colt Starting Philosophy
(with Martin Black)
Colt Starting Philosophy demonstrates Martin's philosophy of starting colts as he takes several colts and one young stallion through their first day of riding. Topics covered in this video include Martin's five basic principles of horsemanship, a horse's need for self-preservation, finding and using the center of gravity, seeking relief vs. yielding from pressure, creating a crisis to gain confidence, working with an aggressive stallion, also, halter preparation, catching, saddle preparation, flag work, saddling, bridling, preparing to mount, first ride, transitions, and much more.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 45 min.
DVD Format.  $50.00

The "A" Pen
(with Martin Black)
The "A" Pen is designed to build the defense in your cow horse in a clear and efficient way. By letting your horse rest when he is in position on the cow and putting him to work when he is not, your horse will learn his job and have a good attitude about getting it done. Learn how to tap into experience and instinct that your horse already has to read a cow's balance point and flight zone and make his moves accordingly. With consistent presentation, you can develop your horse's cow sense without a lot of kicking and pulling or practicing mechanical patterns.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
DVD Format.  $50.00

2 Colt Starting Videos Set
Both videos (Colt Starting Philosophy and The "A" Pen).
$90.00

Roundpen to Arena
(with Martin Black)
This series picks up where Martin’s “Colt Starting Philosophy” left off, and takes you through the foundation building stage and entering the performance horse world. These videos are meant to be viewed as a set.

Part 1:  Foundation
Martin takes a 3-year-old from ride 5 to ride 11, as you watch the progression of each ride you will see the quiet manner the cold maintains as he advances through the basic maneuvers to establish a well rounded foundation.
Running time is approx. 1 hr.
DVD Format.  $50.00

Part 2: Progression
Martin demonstrates on a 3-year-old with 60 rides how the earlier foundation work starts to take shape with more precision and speed, and at the same time maintains the colt’s confidence.
Running time is approx. 1 hr.
DVD Format.  $50.00

Part 3: Refinement
Martin demonstrates with more experienced horses the progression of the maneuvers to a higher level, and gives some exercises and tips that were not covered in #1 and #2.
Running time is approx. 1 hr.
DVD Format.  $50.00

3 Videos Set
All three videos (Foundation, Progression, Refinement).
$130.00

Bridle Horse Series
(with Martin Black)
Great Basin horseman Martin Black delivers an insightful DVD series for the aspiring bridle horse maker and admirer alike. In these DVDs, Martin shares what he has learned from his experiences buckarooing on some big outfits and working around top-horseman using traditional gear and methods. Learn the function and use of this traditional gear, proper fitting and selection in the process of making of bridle horse. These videos share Martin's experience of an old tradition he wants to preserve and honor. Filled with great music and historical photos this series is sure to educate and entertain.

The Hackamore
• Sizes and Materials
• Proper Fit and Function
• The Art of Doubling
• Guidelines of Acceptance
• When To Move to the Two-Rein.
• Running time is approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
• DVD Format.
• $50.00

The Two-Rein
• Selection of Gear - Bit and Bosal
• Fitting and Adjustment
• Bridling and Unbridling
• Handling the Reins
• When To Move to the Bridle
• Running time is approx. 1 hr.
• DVD Format.
• $50.00

The Bridle
• Parts of the Bit
• Checking Up
• Bridle Horse Marks
• What is a true Bridle Horse?
• Running time is approx. 1 hr.
• DVD Format.
• $50.00

3 Bridle Horse Series Videos Set
All three videos (The Hackamore, The Two-Rein, and The Bridle).
$130.00

The Vaquero Tradition (Hackamore, 2 Rein, and Spade Bit)
(with Sheila Varian)
The Vaquero Tradition is an informative and lively film that features Sheila Varian demonstrating and explaining the California Vaquero methods of training.  As a person who is knowledgeable in the old time California techniques, Sheila takes the viewer step by step through the tradition of the Hackamore, Two Rein, and Spade Bit and explains how she trains her horses using this historic method.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
DVD Format.  $35.00
 

Introduction to the Hackamore
(with Benny Guitron)
Introduction to the Hackamore takes you step-by-step through the selection and introduction of the hackamore for a young horse, or horse new to the hackamore.  Guitron's practical instruction, clear demonstration, and expert hints and tips will help any horseman be successful in introducing the hackamore.  Highlights include selecting, tying, fitting, and adjusting the hackamore, why every horse can benefit from hackamore training, how to keep your horse comfortable and relaxed while learning, groundwork exercises for flexion and suppleness, and mounted tips and hand positions to develop feel and sensitivity.
Running time is approx. 1 hr.
DVD Format.  $40.00

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