Many people from many entities have helped me achieve the success I've enjoyed - Please visit the following when you can - All of whom are either valued customers or key strategic providers of critical products, supplies, services and information to Granite Station Saddlery - Some of whom are both valued customers and key strategic partners - They all deliver premium quality products, services and information, with, a customer and client friendly attitude.
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Animal Feeds
ElkGroveMilling.com - Elk Grove Milling, Inc. is nestled in the heart of horse country and has been providing quality horse feeds to the Northern Sacramento Valley and San Francisco Bay Area since 1982 - Elk Grove Milling, Inc., continues to maintain its original commitment to provide a product that goes above and beyond any other horse feed product on the market - You can trust us to provide the highest quality feed for your horses and other animals.
MannaPro.com - Manna Pro Products, LLC , formed in 1985, has deep roots and connections to some of the feed industries pioneers who paved the way for excellence in animal nutrition. We are the successor to Carnation Company Milling Division, with a 161 year history of manufacturing and marketing diversified animal feed. E.A. Stuart founded the Carnation Company when he purchased the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company in 1899. Our antecedents include Albers Brothers Milling Co. and John W. Eshelman & Sons, the oldest established animal feed business in the U.S. (1842).
NutrenaWorld.com - Sound Science Driven by Innovation - The Cargill Innovation Campus is an ever-growing center of global expertise in animal nutrition - Scientists from around the world are dedicated to understanding animal nutrition and how to apply it to meeting the needs of horses, dogs & cats, poultry, swine, cattle, aquaculture . . . and the people who raise and care for these animals.
Cowboy Lore
Cowboy.com - The Western Connection - Good website featuring all things western.
CowboyShowcase.com - Home of the western spirit featuring authentic stories, western craftsmen, artists, horses, Dutch-oven cooking, and much more, provided permission to include The History of the Wade Saddle, by Mike Laughlin.
Essential Reading & Source Research Material
HawkHillPress.com - Hawk Hill Press is an Independent publisher producing award winning, beautiful, large format art books of academic quality on the unique American craft of bit and spur making and on Indian horse gear. These books are of great interest to collectors and also make treasured gifts for that special person who loves “horse jewelry” and has an interest in the history of the west, cowboys, silver bits and spurs, American Indian art (beadwork, quillwork, metal work) and beautiful photography. These books are carefully researched, annotated and indexed. Each volume is a definitive, high quality resource, as well as an artistic delight for the reader.
Goat Breeders
AbleAcres.com - Able Acres has developed a high quality Boer goat by carefully selecting sound, award winning does and combining those bloodlines with a first-class superior buck - Herd has been built by closely following the Boer goat breed standards and culling those Boer goats with undesirable traits - Have owned and shown several National Champion Boer Goats from all three of the Boer Goat Associations.
Outlaw Boer Goats - Website is being developed - In the interim, call Todd and Harry Maddux at 209 966-4942, or email them at maddux@sti.net.
RaffBoers.com - Backbone of breeding program is Colt 45 - Purchased from Texas Boer Bok Stud as one of the top picks from the first set of embryos imported from South Africa - His sons have produced wethers that have won every major show in Texas multiple times - These include Mozart, Hanz, Gunsmoke, Spike, Outsider, and Joker.
ShadowRidgeRanch - “Genetics for the Future” - Shadow Ridge Ranch has spent years developing their genetics and striving to maintain their success for the current and future markets - Herd sires have been specially selected and bred to produce top quality commercial and show quality goats - Goal is to constantly improve the genetic make-up of herd so you can enter the show ring anywhere, any time, compete and win!
WhiteRailRanch.com - First priority in raising goats is to promote the industry by breeding superior show stock, while still producing a quality meat goat - Breed, and sell competitive breeding stock and project wethers.
Horse Breeders
CarterPerformanceHorses.com - Standing AQHA cutting, reining, cowhorse, ranchhorse stallions - Horses for sale - Home of AQHA Quarter horse stallion Peppy Dry Bonanza.
GouldsImperialRanch.com - Success Comes from Training, Time, and Experience - A blend of the “old vaquero ways” with the new ideas of the younger horsemen - Where, the focus is on the horse and developing their natural talents and abilities.
Horse Communities, Websites, Magazines, ...
EquiWorld.com - The Equiworld - Horse magazine news, equine links and equestrian message board.
HorseAdvertisingNetwork.com - The Horse Advertising Network (HADN) is the only online marketing and ad network solution solely dedicated to the Horse Industry that provides advertisers and publishers (web site owners) with economical, profitable, advertising, publishing, marketing and business support solutions.
HorseChannel.com - Your resource center for horse news, training, breeds, expert advice and more.
HorsesMidwest.com - The place for midwestern people to connect! And, the campanion link for USAHorseClassifieds.com - Horse & Equine Related Classifieds!
Horse Products
LoveThatTail.com - In the horse show world, image is everything. Even if you don't show, you still want your horse to have that spectacular silky shine and extraordinary deep condition. Love That Tail uses only the highest quality ingredients and believes this plays a huge role in the unsurpassed performance of our products. Love That Tail was founded in 1993 with the goal of providing exceptional products to horse lovers. The formulas were inspired by an old cowboy remedy specifically made to improve the health of your horse's mane, tail, forelock and overall body hair. Use our customer favorite Love That Tail Leave-In Conditioner to help your horse's tail grow!
ProfChoice.com - Professional's Choice Sports Medicine Products, Inc. (“PC Sports”) is a market leader renowned for revolutionizing the horse industry by offering products that prevent injuries and aid in the rehabilitation of injuries to the horse. Its reputation in the equine industry is the result of diligent scientific research and development, together with a commitment to providing products of the highest quality in the market.
Knives
DozierKnives.com - Made by Bob Dozier - Extraordinarily good knives - We use several of Bob's custom made specialty knives in our saddle shop - Will hold an unbelievable edge cutting all types of leather day in and day out.
Leather
Manufacturing
Lortz Manufacturing - Charley Lortz, Chairman & CEO, of Lortz Manufacturing, provided source material related to historic Granite Station.
Optics
Petroleum Products
Jeffries Bros., Inc. - Don Jeffries, President, of Jeffries Bros., Inc., provided source material related to historic Granite Station.
Photography
Iger Studio - Gregory Iger, of Iger Studio, provided image of Granite Station, taken in 1974.
Saddle Trees
Tools
Vehicles
LocalHorsePower.com - Farm ATVs on eBay- Lists your local 4 wheeler dealers, plus ATVs and farming quads selling within a reasonable driving distance from your home as currently listed on eBay.