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Saunders Ranch

Thomas B. Saunders V
4414 Old Dennis Rd. • Weatherford, TX 76087
Phone: (817) 992-4251 • Fax: (817) 596-2847
Saunders Ranch headquarters was established in 1929 in Weatherford,
Texas. Tom Saunders III, a descendant of the prominent Saunders clan
who came to Texas in 1850 and established prospering cattle commission
companies in Ft. Worth, San Antonio, and Houston, Texas, put together
additional holdings that are now known as Twin V Ranch and Saunders

Cattle Co. in Parker
County, Texas.

T.B. III, founding
member and past
president of the
NCHA, got his
family roots as a
cowpuncher and
horseman on his
father’s family
ranches in
Borden Co. and
Archer Co., Texas,
and Choteau,
Okla. His ranching
education predicated a good cow brute as well as top horse flesh. He had
both, and he demanded good hands. His son-in-law, Jim Calhoun, owned,
rode, and trained the first world champion cutting horse stallion, Kings
Pistol, in 1957. The female offspring of this line of breeding has produced
industry leading sires such as Playgun, Smart Little Pistol, and Cat Silver,
and has provided the basis for the present line of breeding.
Thomas Saunders V, raised on this cow outfit in central Texas, represents
this same line of breeding his family has stood for. He has started cutting
and ranch horses under saddle for more than 30 years for numerous
ranches in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and California. Thomas served
as boss wrangler of the Ray Hunt Tribute as well as multiple movies and
productions. Being exposed to and working side-by-side with Chris
Cox, Craig Cameron, Van Hargis, and Terry Crofoot, he has seen many
outstanding approaches to advanced horsemanship techniques. This sixth
generation cowboy enjoys passing that knowledge on.

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