Nick Dowers Crosses Million Dollar Mark in the NRCHA
Posted on September 21, 2022
Dowers crossed the Million Dollar Rider earnings mark when he earned at the National Stock Horse Association Futurity Open Champion title aboard Cabanna Boy.
Smart Shiney Playboy & Nick Dowers Triumph in Reno
Posted on September 16, 2019
Smart Shiney Playboy almost didn’t get to go to the Reno Snaffle Bit Futurity. Good thing Nick Dowers decided to go with his gut and bring the gelding along to “The Biggest Little City in the World.” The question was whether Clinton Marshall’s son of WR…
Horsemanship Reigns at Road to the Horse
Posted on April 12, 2019
Nevada horseman Nick Dowers has done it again. Dowers recently went head-to-head with elite show jumper Vicki Wilson in a display of horsemanship and sportsmanship at the Road To The Horse 2019. The 2013 National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Open Champion narrowly defeated Wilson to claim…
Taming The Remuda
Posted on April 08, 2018
Inside the 2018 Road to the Horse, Showcasing Natural Horsemanship In 2003, when Tootie Bland and her late husband, Steven, dreamed up Road to the Horse, they created an event that showcased the foundation of trust upon which all good horse-human partnerships are built. Their mission was…
Range Rested
Posted on February 01, 2016
Nick Dowers Trains Arena Horses on His Nevada Ranch Riding a 3-year-old cow horse prospect, Nick Dowers drives a herd of black yearling calves into an open meadow. Putting the group together by himself, pointing them north and moving them across a new irrigation ditch requires…
The Cowboy Way
Posted on November 15, 2013
Nick Dowers is confident in his identity and no title is going to change that. Steeped in tradition and shaped by the terrain of Fish Lake Valley in Dyer, Nev., Nick dowers exudes an aura of authenticity. He is a rancher, a showman and a National…