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Story by Frank Holmes

Photography by Darrell Dodds

The Cowan family puts their horse, many of them descendants of Sun Frost, to good use on their South Dakota ranch.

The T4 Ranch’s Missouri River Breaks pastures, while decidedly rough, provides natural shelter from the elements.

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From the left, Sydney Cowan, Treg Cowan, Connor Shaull and Tevin Cowan head toward the morning gather.

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The rodeo arena team of Breelyn Cowan and PC Nikita Wood find solace in early morning pasture work.

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The Cowan crew and their Sun Frost-bred ranch horses make ready for a day’s work on the range.

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Tigh Cowan and PC Sun Wood head a group of Angus heifers toward the holding pens.

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Logan Cowan quietly sorts through a group of replacement heifers.

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Pasture work provides Lance Shaull, Sydney Cowan and their T4 mounts with some solid seasoning.

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At the Cowan Brothers Ranch, a woman’s place is oftentimes on the back of a horse – as evidenced here by Breelyn Cowan, Logan Cowan and Sydney Cowan.

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Patrick Cowan and his rodeo mount stand ready to get in a little pasture roping practice, should the need arise.

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On the Cowan Ranch, “generation next” receives its OJT early and often. From the left, Connor Shaull, Logan Cowan, Hayden Cowan, Sydney Cowan

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Grady O’Bryan puts in long summer hours at the ranch.

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“Quality time” for Tevin, Treg Cowan and Sydney Cowan is oftentimes spent in a saddle.

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The weight of an early morning ride weighs heavily on the shoulders of young Tevin Cowan.

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Tigh Cowan and his Sun Frost-bred mount kick it into high gear to get around a group of heifers.

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Hayden Cowan, Kevin Rogness, Patrick Cowan, Guy St. John and Grady O’Bryan engage in a little “Young Guns” tomfoolery are the morning gather is done.

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