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Welcome to the
Extreme Cowboy Association
We are excited about 2010 and the many fun filled and
exciting Extreme Cowboy Racing events that are on the
schedule. The formation of
EXCA has been an thrilling and challenging adventure!
Many people have worked tirelessly to create an association
that you will be proud to tell your friends about.
This is the latest issue of your monthly newsletter,
The Brave Horse.
You will receive it each month electronically around the
middle of the month.
The Brave Horse will be full of
interesting stories,
EXCA event results, point standings, human interest
stories about
EXCA members and Tips and Tales from our founder, Craig
Cameron. We encourage you to communicate your
suggestions for stories and ideas that will make The
Brave Horse fun, better and more informative.
The Brave Horse
the best
newsletter in the equine world. Please forward your
ideas and suggestions to Bill Hull at
bhextremecowboy@gmail.com.
STILL LEARNING - STILL GROWING -
STILL GOING
Have you ever thought
about the process that all of us have in common and have the
opportunity to experience every day? Each day presents many
opportunities to learn. It doesn’t matter what we
are doing during the day. WE might be at home doing chores
or we might be at our job as a mechanic, airline pilot or
horseman. If we pay attention to what we are doing and
always give our very best effort, we will learn something
everyday. When we learn, we will grow. When we
grow, we become more efficient – it doesn’t matter what it
may be; when we learn, we grow and when we grow we get
better and when we get better it encourages us and allows us
to keep going.
I make it a point to
learn as much as I can each and every day. Each day I learn,
I also grow as a horseman. Every time I walk into an arena,
whether at home or on the road in front of a standing room
only crowd, my goal is to learn and grow.
That’s the only way I can keep going up and down the
road 44 weeks each year. Learning, growing and going
is the ethic that has worked for me. Give it some thought –
I am sure it will work for you, too.
Ride Smart and Live
Large,
Craig Cameron
CRAIG IS ON THE GO.......
Craig will be appearing at the following events over the
next couple of months. We hope you will take the
opportunity to participate when he is in your area!
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February 25-28. Pennsylvania Horse World Expo in
Harrisburg, PA.
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Craig will be presenting
educational and entertaining horsemanship demonstrations
each day along with question and answer sessions.
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March 3-5. Road to the Horse in Murfreesboro, TN.
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Come support Craig in this
exciting competition as he and two other professional
horsemen take on the challenge of starting a colt. My
money is on Craig in this one!
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March 12-14. 3 day Horsemanship Clinic in Las Vegas,
NV.
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This clinic will fill in a
hurry. Sign up now!
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April 15 – 18. Clinic and
Extreme Cowboy Race in Monroe, NC.
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All of you in the Mid-
Atlantic and South Eastern Regions be sure to sign up
quickly for this one!
EXTREME COWBOY JUDGING CLINIC
Mark your calendars for this one! Plan to attend the first
EXCA judging clinic, April 23 – 25 at the Double Horn Ranch
in Bluff Dale, Texas. Our founder Craig Cameron will be
hosting and leading participants through an exciting and
entertaining weekend of learning the fine points of judging
an Extreme Cowboy Race. The clinic will consist of
discussion, questions and answers, judging live on the
original Extreme Cowboy course as seen on RFD-TV and the
written test. Upon successful completion, you will receive
your Level 3 Judges rating*.
The cost of the clinic is $650.00 which includes lodging,
breakfast and lunch each day. Call 800-274-0077 to make
your reservation!
* Judges will have ratings of Level 1 – 5. All Judges will
begin at Level 1 with the exception of those that attend
this clinic.
BILL CAMERON EXCA CHAMPION
MY FAMILY BACKGROUND
I was
born into the horse business. My father Denzel Cameron was
respected for his horse training on many movies such as The
Man From Snowy River, City Slickers, and Windwalker. Denzel
was well known worldwide as one of the top premier movie
horse trainers. He was the man behind many animal actors.
Denzel
made many special appearances driving for the Wells Fargo
Stagecoach. Denzel’s most recent work can be seen in the
latest Planet of the Apes movie where he trained a black
horse to rear on camera.
My mother
is well known locally for her beautiful paintings she’s done
for family and friends. Some of which have been published
here and there.
She is
also a well accomplished horsewoman.
For over
25 years Denzel and Geraldine resided in Rosamond California
preparing and training Liberty Horses and Driving Horses
In 2004
my father passed away so I decided to move into my parent’s
ranch and keep the family tradition alive.
MOVIE & COMMERCIAL WORK
I started
working alongside my dad from the time I could walk. When I
turned one I rode my first horse solo; the age of seven, I
trained my first horse; and at nine years of age, l was
riding race horses out of the starting gates for my father.
After winning several races at the Victorville Fairgrounds
at 14 years of age, it was obvious to me that would soon
grow be too tall for a jockey.
I started
working with my father at Randall Ranch where I met Glen
Randall. As a teenager, I enjoyed starting horses with dad
and Glen. Soon Phillip Rutherford, the owner of Randall
Ranch, started sending me on commercial, parades movie and
television jobs.
TRAINING & SHOW BACKGROUND
My
passion shifted to the show world. At the age of 17 I
trained a renegade mare to show in the 5000 Stock Horse
Triumph at the Forum in Los Angeles. I had been given this
mare two years prior because she was vicious and rank and no
one could handle her. With this mare I placed 5th
against the finest competition in the country, many of whom
were legendary top trainers and experienced show horses. We
later competed in the Stock Horse Sweepstakes at a fair in
Lancaster and placed second out of 17 horses. We continued
on victoriously in many competitions throughout Southern
California.
When I
was 19 years old I trained a horse by the name of RW Pico
Plaudit for Roy and Lola Williams in Newhall, California.
Pico was undefeated in Halter and Jr. Western Pleasure as a
two year old stallion. With Lola’s horses I won virtually
every single halter division and western pleasure and
reining division on the West Coast for Cal-Western Appaloosa
Association. We also placed at the World Championships.
By the
time I was 21 I met Xenophon, the famous Arabian stallion
now in the book of legends. Xenophon was a western pleasure
horse that was acquired for a board bill by his owners. My
father, Denzel, used Xenophon as a turn back horse to help
me train other horses. Xenophon had already been sent out
to a famous trainer to learn cutting but Xenophon showed no
interest in it. On my father’s recommendation, I started
training Xenophon to cut cattle and in six months we went to
our first show walking away with 4 first place winnings.
I then
turned my attention to Reined Cow Horses. In 1988 I placed
3rd in the Pro-Am World Championship Snaffle Bit
Maturity in Reno, Nevada. That same year I led the nation
and won the West Coast Cal-Western Appaloosa Association
Hackamore Reining Championship on “Sheza Commandart”. With
limited showings, I took “Chex Me Out Montana” to the NRCHA
Hackamore Championship at Oceano then turned around and won
the Central Coast Reining Horse Association Open Jackpot
Reining.
In 1997,
I acquired a buckskin stallion named “Dun It For Money” by
the famous “Hollywood Dun It”. Destiny put us together at a
pivotal time. Soon after I acquired this fine stallion, I
knew I really had a star. I took “Dun It For Money” and
“Chex Me Out Montana” to the Griffith Park West Coast
Circuit in AQHA Senior Reining. Chex Me Out Montana and Dun
it For Money placed 5th and 8th
against 30 of the best West Coast trainers and horses. I
then entered Dun It For Money in the prestigious Monterey
National Horse Show and the annual Santa Barbara Fiesta
Rodeo and Stock Horse Show in the Open Reining. We
dominated the competition and walked away with two
championships.
EXTREME COWBOY RACING
Barbara
Ferrante of Tehachapi, CA (proud owner of the AQHA horses,
“I’ll Cowboy Up” and “Especially Colonel”) put her
geldings in training for reining and Ranch Horse
competitions. After winning most of the local events, we
decided to look for something a little more challenging.
In Fall
of 2007, Barbara introduced me to Craig Cameron’s Extreme
Cowboy Racing DVD collection. After setting up several
extreme obstacles at my ranch and introducing the horses to
them, I knew I was hooked!
We
entered up in the 2008 Equine Affaire’s LA-Pomona Extreme
Cowboy Race. This race was the most difficult I ever
participated in to date. I’ll Cowboy Up and I won it. I
placed 5th in the 2009 Equine Affaire EXCA race. 2009 was a
great year! We traveled all year to many EXCA races.
California seemed to have many challenging courses and
excellent riders. We really enjoyed the friendships we
developed with the fellow competitors. The competitions
made me feel much closer to my horses. I am always
surprised over what they will do for me. With all my movie
experience I thought I was born for this event.
The fact
that my last name is Cameron and my horse’s name is “I’ll
Cowboy Up” was a sign from God to pursue EXCA and it looks
like he was right. I have never had so much fun in my life
with a horse as I have been having at the EXCA Events.
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