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6<br />
CoNTwAy RANCH<br />
Back in the early 50s when I started roping I didn’t have money<br />
for good <strong>horses</strong>. I bought what <strong>horses</strong> I could — broke and trained<br />
them. Looking back, I realize I was training myself, as well as the<br />
<strong>horses</strong>. I learned how to choose <strong>horses</strong> with good feet, strong legs,<br />
brains and stamina. I was not bound by bloodlines and names. I<br />
shopped and I mixed. I have had some great <strong>horses</strong> like the little<br />
gray that Troy Pruitt rode to win the calf roping at the NFR in 1994.<br />
In 2007 Chad Johnson won the Montana Circuit Finals on a mare<br />
I raised. She was named “Montana Cow Horse of the Year.” She is<br />
taking Marty Becker, of Alberta, down the road this year and he is<br />
sitting high in the standings.<br />
I am constantly looking for the best studs and the strongest<br />
mares to provide good <strong>horses</strong> for roping, cutting and ranch work.<br />
Keeping a string of <strong>horses</strong> has also provided me with the models<br />
I need for my art. My work appeals to the men and women who<br />
know <strong>horses</strong>.<br />
Selling a sculpture which people appreciate is gratifying. Riding<br />
a great horse is just pure pleasure. I am lucky enough to do both.<br />
Jay and Lynn Contway
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