We’re excited to be a part of the National Rodeo Finals, which is in full swing in Las Vegas thru Dec 12. It’s exhilarating, stimulating, and well, just a barrel of fun. While attending the NFR, please drop by our booth #811 at Mandalay Bay Convention Center. You’ll see our line of more than 200 …

It’s NCHA Futurity time in Cow Town! It’s an exciting time and we’re busy setting up Nettles Stirrups and Nettles Country Store in the Amon Carter Exhibit Hall. Those businesses, by the way, are my babies, but I quit switching hats between them a long time ago! Speaking of hats, hats off to 3 of …

The year was 1982. That’s the year Smart Little Lena won the Futurity, “E.T.” was the movie to watch and in cutting circles, if you wanted a laugh, “Cuttin’ Capers” was the book to read. The introduction to that little 142-page book states, It all started quite innocently. One person and then another would entertain …

If you’re in the horse business, you know about fast trips – the ones that ordinary folks view as requiring vacation time to make them. I have a brother-in-law who believes a 3-hour trip to the lake and back home is a 3-day event. Not so in our household! Let hubby Ronnie start grinding those …

Article by Roberta Johnston, Reprinted from April 2013 SouthWest Horse Trader. Back in 1986 when NCHA Hall of Fame cutting horse trainer Ronnie Nettles designed his laminated wooden stirrup, he was primarily searching for a better product for himself. Since he made his living training and showing horses, another business never entered his mind. By the …