Vaquero DVD Series

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Fourteen DVDs — 20 hours and 48 total run time
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Run Time 82 minutes
Retail Price $19.95
Vaquero Volume One​
Tapadero
The Vaquero’s journey began more than 300 years ago. His secrets made him one of the world’s greatest horsemen. He is still here.
 
With their slick-fork saddles and silver spade bits, the Californio Vaqueros still trail cattle through these golden hills. Meet the men and women who work the ranches and carry the tradition forward. From the hackamore to the two-rein, to straight up in the bridle, see how they make a horse as fluid as silk. Learn their secrets to braiding the rawhide reata and throwing the figure eight. Filmed on historic California land grant ranches.
" An entertaining exploration of the legendary Califonio Vaqueros who still tend cattle and produce some of the finest bridle horses." Western Horseman Magazine.   
 
Featuring music by Ian Tyson, David Stamey, Christina Ortega and Mike Beck.
Run Time 91 minutes
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Vaquero Volume Two
Remuda
The Californios take the Vaquero tradition to Nevada and Oregon—the land with no limits. And the great Basin Buckaroo is born.
 
In a remote Nevada cow camp, they jingle in the remuda. There's a chill in the air, and steam rises up off the horses' backs. The jigger boss's rope whistles through the air, expertly landing on target. A buckaroo picks up a horse, halters and leads him to the corral. It's a ritual that seems almost choreographed, but to a buckaroo, it's just part of another day, an outgrowth of a tradition that goes back 300 years, to the original Californio Vaqueros. This is the story of how it began in Alta California, moved into the Great Basin country of Nevada and Oregon, and shaped one of the world's great horse cultures. (90 minutes).      
 
Featuring music by Ian Tyson, Dave Stamey, Mike Beck and Pedro Marquez.    
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Run Time 81 minutes
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Vaquero Volume Three
Holo Holo Paniola - The Cowboys of Hawaii
It’s been a hundred years since Ikua Purdy and two Paniola pals e+ntered the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. Folks in Wyoming said, “Hawaiian Cowboys?”
 
Purdy’s answer was in deeds, not words. He got on a borrowed horse and won the steer roping. Little did those Wyoming folks know that the Paniola’s stock-in-trade was roping wild bulls — on lava-strewn volcanos — in the dead of the night.
 
When it comes to roping or doing anything else from the back of a horse, the Paniola takes a back seat to nobody.  These island cowboys learned the basics from the California Vaqueros in 1833. But they added something of their own — indomitable spirit and unmatched bravery.
 
Holo Holo in Hawaiian, means to get around and ride and that's what these Hawaiian Cowboys do. Filmed on five Hawaiian Islands, it takes you to the large spreads like Parker Ranch, and to some of the smaller homesteads of the native Hawaiians. 

It all started in 1833 when King Kamehameha recruited three vaqueros from Alta California to train the Hawaiians how to ride, rope and catch the wild cattle.
 
“An engaging documentary about the Paniola who works the ranches of Hawaii.”
Run Time 89 minutes
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Vaquero Volume Four
Houihan
​Buckaroos drove cattle from Nevada and Oregon. Texas Punchers came up the Goodnight Loving Trail. In the crucible of Montana and Wyoming, the two came together and the Northern Range Cowboy was born.  Winter mornings start with a horse that likes to buck. If he's in your string, you can't change him for a gentler model. You screw down your hat and ride out the storm. Some ranchers prefer feeding the cattle and horses with a team and wagon. They enjoy doing it the traditional way. (95 minutes)
 
Featuring music by Ian Tyson, Wylie & The Wild West, Dave Stamley, Jesse Ballantyne, Kevin McNiven and Cowboy Celtic. 
Run Time 93 minutes
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Vaquero Volume Five
Los Primeros – The First Vaqueros
The Vaquero’s roots go deep. To Spain, to the Moors of North Africa and the blending of these two horse cultures. This laid the groundwork for the bridle horse, the hallmark of these superb reinsmen. To Mexico, where roping and handling cattle on the open range evolved. And to California, where it all came together. Here, the secrets of training horses practiced through the centuries came full flower. And the hackamore, romal reins and spade bit were refined. The best of these proud Vaqueros earned the title “Californio.” With gentle hands and a lightning-fast spade bit horse, they were the best of all the reinsmen. (95 minutes) 
 
Featuring music by Ian Tyson, Dave Stamey, Brenn Hill, Adrian and Many Others.   
Run Time 93 minutes
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​Vaquero Volume Six
Tierra Encantado - New Mexico Cowboy
​Four hundred years ago, the Spaniards introduced the horse to New Mexico. The horse provided transportation for the padres, gave Native Americans mobility and became the underpinnings for the ranching culture of the American Cowboy. Today huge ranches dot the landscape including the Bell, Pecos, Philmont and San Cristobal Ranches. They use the skills of handling cattle that the Spaniards brought. Here in this great Southwestern melting pot, Spaniards, Indians and Anglos come together, each preserving their own traditions, but forging a colorful culture unique to this land of enchantment. (96 minutes)
 
Featuring music by Pedro Marquez, Don Edwards, Rod Taylor and The Best of New Mexico Cowboy Singers.    
Run Time 43 minutes
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​Vaquero Volume Seven
​Mula: The Long-Eared Hero of the Old Spanish Trail
Thousands of mules carried trade goods between Santa Fe and California on the twelve-hundred-mile Old Spanish Trail from 1826 to 1850. A mule was worth ten times the price of a horse and men went to any length — even stealing and risking their lives — to get one. The mule had superior intelligence and amazing endurance. Thousands were stolen from California during this time and driven up the Old Spanish Trail to Santa Fe and eventually to Independence Missouri and sold for a fortune. These mules were highly valuable and became the primary transportation for the Westward Migration for the next 50 years. (98 minutes)
 
Featuring music by Western Music Association Entertainer of the year, Dave Stamey and Juni Fisher.
Run Time 98 minutes
Retail Price $19.95
Vaquero Volume Eight
Texas Cowpuncher- Part One
The Texas Puncher cut his teeth roping wild longhorns. Then drove them east, on the Opelousas Trail to New Orleans through swamps and rivers. Years later, he headed them north to the railheads up north.
When the big ranches — XIT, Matador, Pitchfork and 06 were established, they had wild country to contend with…cavernous canyons, rivers with quicksand, mesquite thickets that tore up his gear and longhorns determined never to be tamed. This was reflected in his gear and the way he works. He packs a short rope, ties hard and fast and uses split reins. 98 minutes.  

​Featuring music by Don Edwards, Ken Moore and The Gillette Brothers.    
Run Time 118 minutes
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Vaquero Volume Nine
Texas Cowpuncher - Part Two 
The Texas Cowpuncher comes in many forms, born by the chunk of country he calls home. Down in Gulf country, cowboys on horseback can get ornery crossbred Brahmas to do most anything, even swimming the Intercoastal Waterway to winter grazing grounds. Further inland, they rely on their dogs “to bay up” the cattle in the woodlands and watch out for the occasional alligator. In the brush country, cattle hide in thorny mesquite thickets, but fearless Brush Poppers charge right in after them. And in West Texas, branding takes weeks as Punchers move from camp to camp with the wagon and a hundred-horse remuda.116 minutes
 
Featuring music by Don Edwards, Gary Prescott, Dave Stamey and many other real cowboy singers.  
Vaquero Volume 10
Bayou Cowboys of Louisiana 
In this country cowboying goes along with part-time ‘gator hunting. And Cajun and Zydeco music packs more kick than a Crawfish Étouffée. Cattle handling draws on many roots — France, Canada, Africa Spain, with a little Texas thrown in, too. Here, muddy marshlands, drenching rains, and vicious hurricanes wield their influence on horses, saddles and the intrepid cowboys who ride them. So, when it comes to gear, practicality rules.

​Featuring the Cajun, Creole and Marshlands Cowboys with plenty of Cajun and Zydeco Cowboy music. 98 minutes of lively entertainment.
Run Time 100 minutes
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Run Time 104 minutes
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Vaquero Volume Eleven
Cow Hunters of Florida 
The Cowmen of Florida were called Cow Hunters. They are a special breed of cowboy who can track a wild cow through dense woods and return her to the herd unscathed. The Cow Hunters originated 400 years ago in the Carolinas. Their tradition came from the British Isles. After the Spanish left Florida, the English took over and brought their traditions with them. Filmed in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, there’s plenty of cowboy entertainment, humor and music in this documentary.   
Run Time 102 minutes
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Vaquero Volume Twelve
North of the Border Buckaroos
Green-broke horses. Isolated line camps. Winters at 20 below. Bears, wolves and cougars as your next-door neighbors. Up here, in British Columbia, Canada it’s still on the wild and wooly side. And there’s nary a hand who hasn’t climbed on his pony on a chilly morning, and had to ride him to work, bucking every inch of the way.
 
Featuring Music by Brenn Hill, Ryan Fritz and Charlie Ewing.  
Vaquero Volume Thirteen
Canuck Cowmen: The Alberta Cowboys
The Royal North-West Mounted Police were the first ranchers in Alberta. They laid the foundation for the three major cowtowns: Fort Macleod, Calgary and Maple Creek. Fort Benton, a trading post in Montana, played an important role in providing longhorns for the first ranches. These Mexican cattle were trailed up to Alberta by Texas Cowpunchers. The Canadians picked up their style of riding and handling cattle. And developed large corporate ranches funded by wealthy Scotsmen. A few of these ranches are still operating. Today, you see Buckaroo-style gear and Vaquero-style horsemanship. These California traditions were passed down in clinics by Ray Hunt and Tom Dorrance. 
 
Featuring music by Ian Tyson, Brenn Hill, Corb Lund, Cowboy Celtic, Ryan Fritz, Charlie Ewing and Dawn Davis.  
Run Time 87 minutes
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Run Time 67 minutes
Retail Price $19.95
Vaquero Volume Fourteen
The Northern Horses
The Spaniards brought horses to Santa Fe in 1610. The majority of Plains Indians obtained these horses after a Native uprising known as the1680 Pueblo Revolt. The Spaniards retreated and the Pueblo People traded the horses to the Ute and Comanche tribes. In turn these tribes became the middlemen and traded with the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, Sioux and Shoshone. It changed their culture and was the birth of a spiritual bond between man and horse that still survives today. 
 
The horses of the Northern Plains were different than those of the Southern Plains Indians. These were heavier boned and rangier than the Southwestern variety. The reason is the influence of the Canadian Horse, known as “The Little Iron Horse.” This animal could withstand harsh weather, scare food and was a tough, all-around working horse. The Plains Indians bred this Canadian horse t their little Spanish horses and it increased their endurance. Sitting Bull was a breeder of these horses, and today, these horses’ bloodline still exists in the rolling hills of North Dakota.