Today we’d like to introduce you to Sara Burdett.
Sara, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
Horsemanship started very early in life, as early as 3yrs. Old sitting on the back of my dad’s horses. But the Horse gene came long before me, on my mother’s side. She had horses and her mother before that rode trick riding. I have my grandmother’s saddles to this day. Which, I am proud to own from the 1900’s. Some of the saddles aren’t even made anymore.
Fast track back to my childhood growing up in Dodge City, KS. The Mecca of the Cowboy. Probably only one of the last True Places for a working cowboy. I was raised by them working feedlots further than your eye can see, and in the chutes at the rodeos. Watching Buffalo on the conservations behind our house.
My training techniques, alot of have been forgotten, and I’m reminded of this every day I watch people struggle with their horses. Its a communication of which alot of people have lost or has been forgotten.
Im getting ready to buy and train to ride my first buffalo. Should be a time!
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Horsemanship or the life isn’t ever easy. You learn to overcome just about every obstacle. Because if you don’t, you lose the life you spend every waking moment thinking about. You form your life around horses. But schooling and college got in the way a bit.
Modern day society has no room for cowboys; matter of fact, it gets in the way of it. And if its only looking through rose tinted glasses, that’s all they’ll see. Subdivisions, highways and shopping malls are put up in place of what used be a place to ride or raise herds. Just in the last 7 years over 158,000 farms have been lost. And believe me, every farmer and rancher or cowboy feels that loss. Because there is only 1.3% of people who own horses in America. That’s a Very Small Margin.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
We run a small horse and cattle ranch north of Kansas City in Cameron, MO. All of our cattle are 100% vaccine free and only use antibiotics when absolutely necessary. Our herd are very healthy and is scaling.
In the most recent years we have moved to specialize in breeding and training.
We run a fairly good size Performance Riding Program. One of which our First Barrel Racer, Marissa Childs, 16yrs., is taking her very own, trained here at Remuda Ranch to Junior Worlds in NBHA 2026 to Perry, Georgia.
We’d love to hear about how you think about risk taking?
Well in the last 3 years I have had a brain bleed, broken ankle, broken ribs, broken arms. So to tell you this life doesnt come without risk. I would be lying.
The year I broke my ankle. I walked over, put my horse in the ditch loaded back up on my broken ankle and told everyone well im about as hurt as im gonna get so let’s keep on going.
It wasn’t Blue fault. I should have sat that better.
We Continued down into the creek and rode all the way home. Didn’t go to the hospital until the next day.
But grit is in my DNA. People tell me I just have NO QUIT.
No one is going to do it for you. I have worked 2 sometimes 3 jobs. I take any opportunity. You put a smile on your face and you do the job.
It is a Privilege to get out of bed everyday and do something not many will every get to see, let alone understand.
If your tired, you do it anyway. If you are sore, you do it anyway. If are broken you do ut anyway.
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