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When American cowboys of the 1800’s ran cattle together on open ranges, they gathered each year to separate their herds from their neighbors. This is what we call “Cutting”. Naturally, when you bring a group of people working together it turns into a competition, and equine competitions are some of the best. The Cutting and Rodeo heritages run strong and deep, and have for centuries. In the 1800’s they were also a grand social events, some say the original networking events, and nothing from that has changed much today. The ranchers gathered, there was a competition and the families shared their stories and wares from the last gathering. They revealed crafts, sold wares, exchanged recipes, but most of all, they shared laughter. They worked side by side to teach and guide their children and developed a strong community. From this we have seen many “Legends” in the equine industries that give us inspiration to keep these sports going.

Our goal is to illustrate the positive value of what equine sports has done for the history of America. By actions we wish to demonstrate the legendary proceedings of the men and women, unafraid of hard work, who founded the west and the lifestyle that gave them the courage it took to endure its hardships and lead them to a better life.


July 2, 2014
Charity Tailgate Competition!

• Taste of Idaho Adventures •          Charity Tailgate Competition September 6th at the Ford Idaho Horse Park ICHA Futurity & Aged Event and Mercuria Cutting Shopping with local & regional vendors Idaho State BBQ Competition - $10,000 in Cash & Prizes Community Tailgate Competition 4:00 - 7:00 PM   Setup at […]

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June 30, 2014
Lisa Bower

Lisa Bower, an Idaho native, currently utilizes her talents between managing support services in the food industry, volunteering for non-profit organizations and promoting her right brain activities with her art. With years of experience in analysis, planning and executing new services with Fortune 100 companies, Lisa’s experience traverses multiple levels of expertise. These include staff […]

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June 29, 2014
Idaho State BBQ Competition

Welcome to the the Taste of Idaho's first annual Idaho State BBQ Competition, hosted by Gold Buckle Champions and State of Idaho. You can enter online here or download a form to fill and mail.  BBQ Application You can download a complete list of rules. BBQ Application Rules 8:00 AM Team “load in” Friday 9/5/20142:00 PM […]

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June 29, 2014
BBQ Judges Training Class

As part of your class you will receive instruction in scoring, procedures, allowed and disallowed display techniques, and actual scoring (while eating) sample entries in all four of the Taste of Idaho BBQ categories. After scoring each meat, scores will be discussed and you will receive feedback that will help you to more systematically score […]

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June 26, 2014
Corey Fagan

Corey Fagan lives in Las Vegas and has been working with Gold Buckle Services in promoting the Idaho Cutting Horse Association events, and more specifically the special community events. Corey and Sue Marostica developed Gold Buckle Champions, which works with the equine events to incorporate the youth and community. Corey's involvement with Gold Buckle Champions […]

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June 26, 2014
Scott Hanson

Scott, a graduate of Napa College with a major in Fine Art and a minor in Photography,
enjoys all art mediums. He spent his career of 30 years doing goldsmithing for fine jewelers, only to return to his original love of fine arts. His paintings can be seen at Gold Buckle Champion Store at Karcher Mall in Nampa. For information about lessons or paintings email Scott at [email protected].

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June 25, 2014
Stephanie Gornichec

Is a third generation native Idahoan, growing up in the Boise area.  I enjoy working, playing, and raising my children. I left the area for ten years, and resided in Utah, where I gained valuable training in senior management. I returned in 2006 and moved to the Canyon County area where we now reside. During […]

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June 25, 2014
Robin Hewitt

Biography Boise, ID - United States Robin was born and raised in Clayton, Delaware. She grew up helping her family as commercial fishermen and crabbers on Chesapeake Bay. She spent many days in the country riding ponies, bikes and fishing in the neighbor's ponds and creeks. Robin was president of the Smyrna High School Art […]

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June 17, 2014
Firewise for Horse Owners

Firewise for Horse Owners, By Alayne Blickle, Horses for Clean Water Many horse owners live in rural areas surrounded by trees or open rangeland with grass or shrubs. In a dry year these materials can easily become fuels for wildfire; high temperatures, limited summer rainfall, strong winds and lightning storms all lead to very high […]

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