Discount Boots and Tack

Discount Boots and Tack Horse Equipment, Factory Damaged/Returned Western Boots, Over 200 saddles in stock and trade for mor
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Ranch Cutters and Cowhorse Saddles and Associations Ooh My! Lots of new ones to come see.
03/27/2026

Ranch Cutters and Cowhorse Saddles and Associations Ooh My! Lots of new ones to come see.

03/04/2026

It's not an add on or an upgrade. It's how every CornPro trailer is built from the start.

02/27/2026

CornPro offers five color options, including Black, Red, Arizona Beige, Grey, and Pewter, to customize your trailer to your needs. Each PPG color is sprayed over urethane primer and paint for long-lasting durability and a finish that holds up.

Get this on your List of things to do!! Support this great group of youth!!! Message the store with specific requests...
02/23/2026

Get this on your List of things to do!! Support this great group of youth!!! Message the store with specific requests too! We accommodate special requests whenever possible!!👍🏻🤠

Tomorrow is the Day!! Sunday 12:00 Lunch. 1:00 Tack Auction!! Come Support this Club!!🤠👍🏻
02/21/2026

Tomorrow is the Day!! Sunday 12:00 Lunch. 1:00 Tack Auction!! Come Support this Club!!🤠👍🏻

02/14/2026

Most folks think Robert Duvall learned to ride the same way Hollywood learns everything.

Wardrobe trailer. Stunt double. A horse that knows the scene better than the actor.

But that is not what happened.

Robert Duvall became a real horseman the hard way.

Not by playing one.
By paying his dues like one.

He was born a Navy brat, raised around discipline and routine, with a U.S. Navy rear admiral for a father. 
He served in the Army, then went chasing the craft of acting like a man chasing a trade. 

And somewhere along the line, he noticed a truth most folks miss:

A lot of actors look fine on a horse, until the horse moves.

So Duvall did something that sounds small, but it is the whole story.

He went riding when nobody was watching.

He rented horses. Rode ba****ck. Rode Western. Rode English. Even jumped a little. Not for fun first, but because he wanted a good seat, because “so many actors don’t have good seats.” 

Here’s the twist.

He admitted he started riding to help his career.

But the horse did what the horse always does.

It turned the career into the excuse, and the horsemanship into the real thing. 

Then came Lonesome Dove.

The role that made a generation of people want to throw a bedroll in the truck and head west.

Duvall did not want to look like a cowboy.

He wanted to be believable as one.

So he went south to train with Rodney Jenkins, a top show-jumping horseman, to learn to do his own horsemanship for the film. 
Not a movie trick. Not a camera angle.

Actual training.

Now let me tell you the part that separates “rode a horse” from “is a horseman.”

On set, they set a squib off near his horse to simulate gunfire.

That horse did not care about the script.

That horse decided it was time to leave the county.

Duvall stayed on for about four or five seconds, got thrown, and instead of making it a mess… he turned it into horsemanship.

He held onto the bridle, looked at the director, and asked for a cutaway shot of him on the ground, then getting back on.

So Gus could remount like Gus would. Calm. Capable. Still in it. 

That is not acting.

That is a rider thinking like a rider in the middle of chaos.

Later, the cameras stopped.

The horses did not.

Duvall’s life drifted toward Virginia hunt country, toward a place called Byrnley Farm that Architectural Digest photographed, the kind of place that looks like quiet and smells like leather and morning hay. 
Architectural Digest has described Byrnley Farm as a 521-acre property in the Virginia countryside. 

And that is the part people miss.

The real proof of horsemanship is not the scene.

It is what you do when nobody is clapping.

It is what you choose when the role is over.

Robert Duvall chose the saddle anyway.

So next time somebody says, “He’s just an actor,” remember this:

A man can pretend to be a cowboy for a camera.

But you cannot pretend your way into a good seat.

You earn it.
One ride at a time.
One honest mile at a time.

Now you know the rest of the story.

👇 Question for the horse people and the wanna-be horse people:
What movie or actor made you want to ride for real? And did you ever find out the hard way that the horse does not care who you are?

Three weeks from today! Come have a great lunch and support these local youth!! You will be glad you did!!
02/01/2026

Three weeks from today! Come have a great lunch and support these local youth!! You will be glad you did!!

01/27/2026

Discount Boots and Tack will be OPEN Today!! My Dads description of this weekend weather would be Snow Knee Deep to a 10 foot tall Indian and this Morning was Colder than a Welldiggers shoe leather in the Yukon!! But lot is scraped, heat is working and trading Saddles sounds like fun today!! Come see us!!

01/26/2026

Discount Boots and Tack will be Closed Monday, January 26. Current road conditions and County Wide Travel restrictions make being closed the wisest choice! Stay warm and safe! Take care of all your favorite animals!!

Yes! We have Winter Blankets left. Currently 78 is the only size we cannot cover! This was correct as of 10 am Satu...
01/24/2026

Yes! We have Winter Blankets left. Currently 78 is the only size we cannot cover! This was correct as of 10 am Saturday January 24 th. 2026! If you’re in need, now you know!! Waterproof turnouts, 200 g insulation. 87.50.

Ace today has shifted into Show Mode! Since spring is around 70 days away!! Cool used Chavez Sterling one of a kind ...
01/05/2026

Ace today has shifted into Show Mode! Since spring is around 70 days away!! Cool used Chavez Sterling one of a kind set. Hand carved in an iconic Rose pattern. 500 plus Roses done by hand. Word was there was over 40 hours in tooling alone. Matching one ear sterling headstall and a Breast Collar as well. Excellent condition 16 inch seat.

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1931 N Ewing Street
Seymour, IN
47274

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