Throwback Thursday

March 20, 2014 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ Leave a Comment

I loved, loved, loved this horse. He was the first horse I ever trained that could have taken me places if I’d had the money to go down the road on him. He was N.I.C.E. Same run every time. And you could ride him like you stole him to the first barrel. EVERY run. He’d just drag his ass when he got there!

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I ended up selling him, because one day, when I was sitting in my office (Yes, I had an office job! At one time I was a registered assistant), someone called me and wondered if I had any horses for sale. So I priced him at more than I thought they’d pay for him. I was wrong, because two weeks later I put him on a trailer for Utah.

And, not only was he an awesome barrel horse, he was one of my practice horses horses in college to rope on and tie goats on. Last I knew he was back in Texas. The people I sold him to had crippled him, then they nerved him and his new owner wanted me to leg him up and sell him. I politely declined the offer.

I hope you enjoyed this little glimpse into my “past”!

Happy trails!

About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.