SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—When a farm truck hauling 10 tons of alfalfa cubes came up several feet short, three student cowboys grabbed shovels and set to work.
“This is normal,” said Jason, 51, unfazed by the morning’s detour.
“Welcome to the real experience,” added Carmine, 35.
“There is no job description—whatever happens, happens,” said Alec, 23.
They shoveled alfalfa—enough to feed more than two dozen horses for a month—into a storage shed, kicking up clouds of green dust.
But that was just a small diversion from the day’s larger lessons: riding horses across rugged desert terrain and learning to rope cattle from two of the most experienced wranglers in the business—Lori Bridwell and Rocco Wachman….