{"id":8953,"date":"2011-10-19T08:30:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogasnapshots\/2011\/10\/the-new-cowboys.html"},"modified":"2017-11-29T07:44:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T12:44:23","slug":"the-new-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogasnapshots\/2011\/10\/the-new-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Cowboys-Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I moved to Saratoga Springs ten years ago, riding a horse probably wouldn&#8217;t have cracked the top 20 items on my bucket list (if I actually had such a thing).<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogasnapshots\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/10\/fancy20320small.jpg\" alt=\"fancy 3 small.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" height=\"151\" width=\"400\"><\/p>\n<div>a little <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trail_riding\" title=\"Trail riding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">trail ride<\/a> at win$um ranch\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Now 10 years later, not only do I own 2 horses and ride them every day, but most of my friends are also &#8220;horse people&#8221;. I have come to know them as &#8220;The New Cowboys&#8221;. These Cowboys are regular people, with regular jobs, who ride, rope, chase cows and anything else horse related, whenever they can.\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogasnapshots\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/10\/5.15.1020horse20show20grain201020small.jpg\" alt=\"5.15.10 horse show grain 10 small.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" height=\"402\" width=\"400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>george peters-horseman extraordinaire-retired school teacher, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Winum-Ranch\/119470901429694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">owner win$um ranch<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogasnapshots\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/10\/line20gal.jpg\" alt=\"line gal.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" height=\"401\" width=\"400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogasnapshots\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/10\/george201-2.jpg\" alt=\"george 1-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" height=\"551\" width=\"400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>alex morency-high school student\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogasnapshots\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/10\/burt-4.jpg\" alt=\"burt-4.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" height=\"608\" width=\"400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>burt schwab-owner-union coachworks, auto repair\/saratoga springs\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogasnapshots\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/10\/5.15.1020horse20show2028.jpg\" alt=\"5.15.10 horse show 28.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" height=\"601\" width=\"400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>carol moon-retired Director of Greenwich Chamber of Commerce\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogasnapshots\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/10\/pea20side20120small.jpg\" alt=\"pea side 1 small.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" height=\"726\" width=\"400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>carissa brunelle-college student\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogasnapshots\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/10\/three20ride2028120of20129-2.jpg\" alt=\"three ride (1 of 1)-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" height=\"283\" width=\"400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>3 moms at cattle drive time\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogasnapshots\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2011\/10\/mark202620p20mcwayne.jpg\" alt=\"mark &amp; p mcwayne.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" height=\"340\" width=\"400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>and that&#8217;s me-architectural photographer- and mr. peabody\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>You&#8217;ll be meeting many more &#8220;New Cowboys&#8221; in future posts. I&#8217;d really appreciate it if you can leave a comment below!\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Thanks for looking.\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Mark\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I moved to Saratoga Springs ten years ago, riding a horse probably wouldn&#8217;t have cracked the top 20 items on my bucket list (if I actually had such a thing).a little trail ride at win$um ranchNow 10 years later,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":6783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,8],"tags":[16,20,21,24,30,68,71],"class_list":["post-8953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equine-photography","category-mr-peabody","category-the-new-cowboys","tag-cattle","tag-cowboy","tag-equestrian","tag-greenwich","tag-horse","tag-saratoga-springs-new-york","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>The New Cowboys-Part I - Saratoga Snapshots: Photography &amp; 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