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This site is owned by Mike Thomas (Himself) and Nancy Lee (Web Wranglerette).

Bonnie Jean Kerr was the power and incentive for this website and a fellow collaborator in the past and possible future.

All contents copyright Mike Thomas 2008 except where noted otherwise.

No one paid a dime to appear on this site, and a million bucks couldn't buy one word.
 

What's New at the Bunkhouse

Mike Thomas Horsemen TV

What we lack in polish, we make up for in try.

Monthly Shows

October 2009 Show
Ricky Quinn Jr. Clinic, Goldfield Ranch, October 16-19, 2009

September 2009 Show
"How to Help the Farrier, Continued": Buddy, Mike and Greg work with a 20+ year old mustang that had never been trimmed without drugs or "tied and flipped upside down!"

Bonus July 20 2009 Show
Buddy Uldrikson and Lil Sister, 22 videos with nice 2-year-old filly: ground work, first rides and interviews with Buddy.

July 2009 Show
"How to Help The Farrier": Mike, Greg Gresenz and Daniel Tolliver demo ways to help farrier; Buddy Uldrikson and Little Sister.

May/June 2009 Show
Featuring Mike's intro, Mike and Big Al at saddle station, Nancy learning groundwork, Buddy Uldrikson and Cash.

March/April 2009 Show
Featuring Buck Brannaman and attendees at New River Clinic, Buddy Uldrikson and attendees at Congress clinic



Gatherings

Here's a short list of recent workshops and clinics:

Paul Dietz Workshop, Desert Hills, Dec 12-14, 2009

Ricky Quinn Jr. Clinic, Goldfield Ranch, Oct 16-19, 2009
For more, go to the Gatherings page.
 



Photo Galleries

Hundreds of photos spanning the last nine years are published online in Mike's Picasa Galleries.

Click here to see photos of Arizona Clinics taught by Ray Hunt (5 years), Buck Brannaman (5 years), Paul Dietz (5 years), Buddy Uldrikson (4 years), Ricky Quinn (3 years), and lots of events including brandings, cow working, private lessons and more. Hundreds of Horsemen and Horsewomen in the making!

On Deck

In honor of the Ray Hunt Memorial Clinic on February 27-28, 2010, two new articles about Ray are featured in "Uncommon Horse Sense", Ray Hunt Memorial Clinic 2010 by Mike Thomas and Back at the Beginning with Ray Hunt by Jim Overstreet.

Featured Author

We'd like to bring special attention to works published here by Jim Overstreet, an early participant in Ray Hunt clinics along with other hands at MRCC under Mike's management. In addition to his new "On Deck" article, Back at the Beginning with Ray Hunt, Jim shares vivid, insightful first-hand accounts of his experiences with Tom Dorrance and recollections of his good horse, Lady Lou Hancock, in our Uncommon Horse Sense collection.

Best Seat in the House

    Mike and Smokey watch Ricky Quinn Jr.'s 2009 clinic at Goldfield Ranch, AZ, and think they'll share a peanut butter and jelly sandwich later.

(Click picture to see larger version.)

Web TV
 

We've got a Web TV experiment going. Check out the Monthly Shows in the text box titled "Mike Thomas Horsemen TV", up and to your left. 

Bear in mind, Mike is almost 70 years old and sometimes gets confused... 

Waddie Mitchell and the Western Folklife Center

"Across the nation, the arts are in crisis... the Western Folklife Center has not been spared." Read more...





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Chutes

Life is like a Rodeo.

You pays your entry fees, you take your chances when you nod your head for stock, the results are up to you and the results was your choice - win, lose or draw.

See who's up in the chutes this month!

Chute 1: Carolyn and The Yellow Cadillac

Chute 2: One Day with Ray, Tom and April

Chute 3: One Day with Ray, 1981: Haltering 38 Tough Mares

Chute 4: "Arizona Special Knife" (scroll down page) dedicated to Lee Bess and Mike Thomas by Four Corners Knives
Chute 5: Thinking of Ray Hunt by T.J. Vietor
Chute 6: Dan Mayer is making Paul Dietz a
special saddle for Ray Hunt Memorial Benefit, Feb 2010

Chute 7: Kathleen Sullivan forwards article by student Kate Burke - giving
incredible insight into Ray 

Chute 8: Kathy Armsby Speaks about Ray Hunt (and Paul Dietz and Buck
Brannaman)

Chute 9: Tami Jo Gramont's photo artistry captures Bonnie Jean Kerr and Mike

 Chute 10: T. J. Vietor Speaks: Whitehall Colt Starting Clinic with Ray Hunt, 1979