BCHA Interviews on Equestrian Legacy Radio

These Radio Programs are interviewed by Equestrian Legacy Radio that discusses current BCHA events.

The shows are also carried by Spotify and some other podcast services. But I don’t know if adding links for these would be something you want to do on the website.


October 5, 2025, Back Country Horsemen of America’s Craig Ferdig on “Saddle Up America”

Equestrian Legacy Radio’s SADDLE UP AMERICA…Welcome Back Country Horsemen of America’s Chairman Craig Ferdig to discuss the recent reduction of federal employees with the BLM and National Forest Service on trail use! Heard Around the World with host Gary & Mary Kaye Holt at Equestrianlegacy.net and on iHeart Radio, Apple Podcast, Spotify and Most Streaming Platforms…Search for Equestrian Legacy Radio!

October 5, 2025, Back Country Horsemen of America’s Craig Ferdig on “Saddle Up America”


BCHA’S RANDY RASMUSSEN on SADDLE UP AMERICA

September 5, 2025 • 44 mins

This episode of SADDLE UP AMERICA…

We welcome Back Country Horsemen of America’s Randy Rasmussen with exciting news about partnerships with the National Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management important to horse trail riding community!

With award winning host Gary & Mary Kaye Holt.



ERNIE SITES and BCHA with SMOKE ELSER & EVA MAGGI on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO

July 4, 2025 • 113 mins

Featured this JULY 4th Weekend on The EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO NETWORK…Joining us on the CAMPFIRE CAFE is long time friend and Singer/songwriter/poet and hailing from upstate New York by way of Idaho, Mr. Ernie Sites!On SADDLE UP AMERICA we welcome back the Legendary “Smoke” Elser, Eva-Maria Maggi and Chairman of Back Country Horsemen of America Mark Himmel!We’ll have an informative visit and discuss the outstanding book HUSH OF THE LAND. Listen LIVE on our website and catch the podcast anytime on iHeart Radio, Apple Podcast, Spotify and Most Streaming Platforms…Just search for Equestrian Legacy Radio!


BACK COUNTRY HORSMEN OF AMERICA & GREAT AMERICAN RANCH & TRAIL HORSE SALE on SADDLE UP AMERICA

April 3, 2025 • 64 mins

BACK COUNTRY HORSMEN OF AMERICA & GREAT AMERICAN RANCH & TRAIL HORSE SALE on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO…GREAT AMERICAN RANCH & TRAIL HORSE SALE APRIL 3-5 SADDLE UP AMERICA Welcomes BCHA’S Chairman MARK HIMMEL and Owner and Founder of the GREAT AMERICAN RANCH & TRAIL HORSE SALE, JACKIE TURNBULL.

Learn how Government Cutbacks are affecting America’s Trails and Special Events taking place next month at the Great American Ranch & Trail Horse Sale with award winning host Gary & Mary Kaye Holt!


SARAH PIERCE and RANDY RASMUSSEN with BCHA on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO

October 3, 2024 • 100 mins

THURSDAY OCTOBER 3rd NOON CST on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO…Sarah Pierce is our special guest and  shares music from her latest album BLESSED BY THE WEST on the CAMPFIRE CAFE! On SADDLE UP AMERICA we’re joined by Randy Rasmussen, DIRECTOR PUBLIC LANDS & RECREATION  with Back Country Horsemen of America! It all happens LIVE with host Gary Holt at Equestrianlegacy.net and on iHeart Radio, Apple Podcast, Spotify and Most Streaming Platforms…Just search for Equestrian Legacy Radio!


February 5, 2025, Art of the Cowgirl’s Jaimie Stoltzfus BCHA’S Randy Rasmussen on SADDLE UP AMERICA

SADDLE UP AMERICA on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO We welcome Art of the Cowgirl’s Jaimie Stoltzfus and Back Country Horsemen of America’s Randy Rasmussen to this week’s SADDLE UP AMERICA! Listen Around the World at Equestrianlegacy.net on iHeart Radio, Apple Podcast, Spotify and Most Streaming Platforms…Just search for Equestrian Legacy Radio! To start the interview, scroll to minute 29:30

February 5, 2025, Art of the Cowgirl’s Jaimie Stoltzfus BCHA’S Randy Rasmussen on SADDLE UP AMERICA


September 5, 2024, Sarah Pierce and BCHA & Best of America by Horseback

On SADDLE UP AMERICA we’re joined by Randy Rasmussen, DIRECTOR PUBLIC LANDS & RECREATION with Back Country Horsemen of America and Celebrating 20 years of Best of America by Horseback host Del Shields!

The interview starts at hour/minute 1:00:15


August 4, 2022, airing of “Saddle Up America” with BCHA Youth Committee Chairman Greg Schatz: 

The interview starts at hour/minute 0:47

The show’s host, Gary Holt, and Greg Schatz of BCH of the Flathead (Montana) discuss BCHA’s Youth Committee and several stories that illustrate how Greg’s and other BCH chapters continue to find ways to engage youth and set the stage for the next generation of wilderness packers. 


July 7, 2022, airing of “Saddle Up America” with BCHA Chairman Sherry Copeland:

The interview starts at hour/minute 1:06

BCHA’s Chairman Sherry Copeland and the show’s host, Gary Holt, discuss:

  • Plan ahead – The Trail Riders Checklist
  • BCHA – America’s Best Kept Secret
  • The range of activities that BCHA members perform between the extremes of “picking trash off the trail” to “national advocacy efforts” to keep trails open for the enjoyment and safety of all users.
  • Safety Issues

June 1, 2022, airing of “Saddle Up America” with BCHA’s Director for Public Lands & Recreation:

The interview starts at hour/minute 1:08

Randy and the show’s host, Gary Holt, discuss the following public land issues:

  • Effects of wildfires on public access and BCHA’s trail work
  • BCHA volunteers hours in 2021
  • Electric motorized bikes (e-bikes) on trails 
  • BCHA efforts for recruiting youth
  • Rising costs of gas and diesel fuel and its effect on volunteer trail work parties

May 5, 2022, airing of Saddle Up America with BCHA Vice Chair Mark Himmel:

Scroll to hour/minute 1:07

April 21, 2022, airing of Saddle Up America with BCHA Chairman Sherry Copeland:

Scroll to hour/minute 1:05

Interviews back to 2016

AWARD WINNING BELINDA GAIL & BCHA’S RANDY RASMUSSEN …

Jun 1, 2022  AWARD WINNING BELINDA GAIL & BCHA’S RANDY RASMUSSEN on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Jun 2, 2022 05:00PM UTC …

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May 11, 2022  AWARD WINNING BELINDA GAIL & BCHA’S RANDY RASMUSSEN on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Coming to visit this Thursday June 6th on Equestrian Legacy Radio.

SINGER PATTY CLAYTON & BCHA’S VICE CHAIR MARK HIMMEL …

May 4, 2022  SINGER PATTY CLAYTON & BCHA’S VICE CHAIR MARK HIMMEL on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, May 5, 2022 05:00PM UTC …

SINGER LEE ROBERT & BCHA’S SHERRY COPELAND on …

Apr 20, 2022  SINGER LEE ROBERT & BCHA’S SHERRY COPELAND on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Apr 21, 2022 05:00PM UTC …

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Feb 16, 2022  SINGER BOBBY MARQUEZ and BCHA’S CHAIRMAN SHERRY COPELAND on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY. Coming Up this Thursday February 3rd Noon CST… Welcome back to Equestrian …

SINGER BOBBY MARQUEZ and BCHA’S CHAIRMAN SHERRY …

Feb 2, 2022  SINGER BOBBY MARQUEZ and BCHA’S CHAIRMAN SHERRY COPELAND on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Feb 3, 2022 06:00PM UTC …

SINGER BOB NOBLES & BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN OF …

Jan 19, 2022  Join Randy Rasmussen and Joanne Mitchell (Bobby) with BCHA as we look at the important issues both nationally and at the local level on this …

THE SAWYER FAMILY BAND& BCHA CHAIRMAN SHERRY …

Dec 1, 2021  THE SAWYER FAMILY BAND& BCHA CHAIRMAN SHERRY COPELAND on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Dec 2, 2021 06:00PM UTC …

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Nov 10, 2021  SINGER KRISTYN HARRIS & BCHA’S MARK HIMMEL on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. THURSDAY OCTOBER 7th NOON CST on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO.

SINGER KRISTYN HARRIS & BCHA’S MARK HIMMEL on …

Oct 6, 2021  SINGER KRISTYN HARRIS & BCHA’S MARK HIMMEL on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Oct 7, 2021 05:00PM UTC …

SONGWRITER/SINGER JIM JONES and SHERRY COPELAND …

Sep 1, 2021  Welcome Sherry Copeland Chair of BCHA on this weeks show. Join the fun and conversation with award winning host Gary I. Holt and Bobbi Jean …

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Jul 28, 2021  JON CHANDLER & BCHA and THE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. THURSDAY JULY 1st NOON CST on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO.

JON CHANDLER & BCHA and THE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE …

Jun 30, 2021  JON CHANDLER & BCHA and THE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Jul 1, 2021 05:00PM UTC …

SINGER DAN MCCORISON & BCHA’S RANDY RASMUSSEN on …

Jun 2, 2021  SINGER DAN MCCORISON & BCHA’S RANDY RASMUSSEN on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO · Broadcast in Entertainment · Thu, Jun 3, 2021 05:00PM UTC …

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Apr 14, 2021  HAL CANNON W/3HATTRIO and RANDY RASMUSSEN W/BCHA on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. THURSDAY APRIL 1st NOON CST on THE EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO NETWORK Joining us …

HAL CANNON W/3HATTRIO and RANDY RASMUSSEN W/BCHA …

Mar 31, 2021  HAL CANNON W/3HATTRIO and RANDY RASMUSSEN W/BCHA on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Apr 1, 2021 05:00PM UTC …

HOT TEXAS SWING BAND & RANDY RASMUSSEN w/BCHA on …

Mar 3, 2021  HOT TEXAS SWING BAND & RANDY RASMUSSEN w/BCHA on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Mar 4, 2021 06:00PM UTC …

SINGER RANDY HUSTON & MACK LONG with BCHA on …

Feb 3, 2021  SINGER/SONGWRITER and RANCHER RANDY HUSTON joins us on the CAMPFIRE CAFE. OUTFITTER/GUIDE MACK LONG with BCHA is our special guest on SADDLE UP …

SUZY BOGGUSS and RANDY RASMUSSEN with BCHA on …

Jan 6, 2021  SUZY BOGGUSS and RANDY RASMUSSEN with BCHA on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Jan 7, 2021 06:00PM UTC …

SINGER KATY MOFFATT-THUNDERING HOOVES-BCHA on …

Sep 30, 2020  SINGER KATY MOFFATT-THUNDERING HOOVES-BCHA on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Oct 1, 2020 05:00PM UTC …

JAN SCHIFERL and JIM McGARVEY with BCHA on EQUESTRIAN …

Jun 24, 2020  Thursday June 25th Noon CST on Equestrian Legacy Radio… Host Gary Holt and cohost Bobbi Jean Bell welcome to the CAMPFIRE CAFE …

MARY KAYE and SMOKE ELSER & BCHA on EQUESTRIAN …

Jun 3, 2020  MARY KAYE and SMOKE ELSER & BCHA on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Jun 4, 2020 05:00PM UTC …

HIGH COUNTRY COWBOYS & AQHA’S EXEC VP CRAIG …

Apr 1, 2020  … VICE PRESIDENT CRAIG HUFFHINES along with BCHA’S past National Chairman Jim McGarvey joins us on this edition of SADDLE UP AMERICA!

POET CAROL HEUCHAN & BCHA’S JIM MCGARVEY AND …

Feb 5, 2020  POET CAROL HEUCHAN & BCHA’S JIM MCGARVEY AND DARRELL WALLACE on EL RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Feb 6, 2020 06:00PM UTC …

KEN BURNS COUNTRY MUSIC W/RANGER DOUG & CIVIL WAR …

Sep 4, 2019  Our special guest Civil War Historian Grant Mosley and BCHA’s Jim McGarvey. Join Host Gary I. Holt and cohost Bobbi Jean Bell for an hour of …

JON CHANDLER & THE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE with BCHA …

Jul 31, 2019  JON CHANDLER & THE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE with BCHA on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Aug 1, 2019 05:00PM UTC …

GARY ALLEGRETTO, CHRISTY LANDWEHR and BCHA’S JIM …

Jul 3, 2019  … CAMPFIRE CAFE followed by Christy Landwehr CEO of the Certified Horsemanship Association and BCHA’s Jim McGarvey on SADDLE UP AMERICA!

ADRIAN BRANNAN, JIM McGARVEY and DENNIS SERPA on …

Mar 6, 2019  BCHA’s past National Chairman Jim McGarvey is our guest on SADDLE UP AMERICA as we visit with BCHA California’s Dennis Serpa and discuss the …

CLINT BRADLEY, JIM McGARVEY AND TOM THOMAS on …

Feb 6, 2019  On SADDLE UP AMERICA we’re joined by BCHA’S past National Chairman Jim McGarvey and from North Carolina BCHA’S Tom Thomas for the latest …

SINGER/SONGWRITER ALLAN CHAPMAN AND AQHA VICE PRES …

Oct 24, 2018  AQHA’S EXCUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT CRAIG HUFFHINES along with BCHA’S past National Chairman Jim McGarvey joins us on this edition of SADDLE UP …

BCHA’s JIM MCGARVEY & MONICA CHAPMAN with the AERC on …

Sep 3, 2018  BCHA’s JIM MCGARVEY & MONICA CHAPMAN with the AERC on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Tue, Sep 4, 2018 05:00PM UTC …

THE LARGEST HORSE DRIVE IN NORTH AMERICA on …

Nov 15, 2017  FROM AUGUST 2015 SOMBRERO RANCH AND BCHA We welcome our good friend JIM McGARVEY Exec. Director of Back Country Horsemen of America as he …

THATCH ELMER and BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN OF AMERICA …

Nov 1, 2017  Jim Mcgarvy Executive Director of BCHA joins us on SADDLE UP AMERICA! along with his special guest Paul Spitler, Director of Wilderness with …

MARY KAYE and SMOKE ELSER & BCHA’S JIM McGARVEY on …

Oct 25, 2017  MARY KAYE and SMOKE ELSER & BCHA’S JIM McGARVEY on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Oct 26, 2017 02:00PM UTC …

KING & QUEEN OF THE COWBOYS AND BCHA on EQUESTRIAN …

Jul 5, 2017  BCHA’s Jim McGarvey and Randy Rasmussen talk Horse Trails in the 2nd hour on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO… Heard Around the World on Your …

HOT TEXAS SWING BAND & BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN OF …

Feb 1, 2017  Director of BCHA joins us for SADDLE UP AMERICA! Jim brings with him as guest Roland Cheek one of the founders of BCHA and Phyllis Ausk the …

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Dec 14, 2016  CHRISTMAS TRADTIONS with RIDERS in the SKY’S RANGER DOUG & BCHA’S JIM McGARVEY. THURS DEC 1st NOON CST on EQUESTRAIN LEGACY RADIO RIDERS in the SKY’S RANGER …

CHRISTMAS TRADTIONS with RIDERS in the SKY’S RANGER …

Nov 30, 2016  The Christmas Spirit continues with BCHA’S JIM McGARVEY and Guest as we talk about current events of interest for trail riders and recent …

MARY KAYE and SMOKE ELSER & BCHA’S JIM McGARVEY on …

Oct 5, 2016  MARY KAYE and SMOKE ELSER & BCHA’S JIM McGARVEY on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO. Broadcast in Entertainment; Thu, Oct 6, 2016 05:00PM UTC …

NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS and HORSEBACK IN MONGOLIA on …

Aug 31, 2016  … Winning Duo of Judy Coder and Jennifer Epps and we travel for a Horseback adventure in Mongolia with BCHA members Deb and Greg Shultz!