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Saunders Ranch was established in 1934 just west of Fort Worth in Parker
County. Tom Bailey Saunders, a descendant of the prominent Saunders family
when they came to Texas in 1850 and established prosperous cattle commission
companies in Ft. Worth, San Antonio, and Houston, Texas. They put together
additional holdings that are now known as Twin V Ranch and Saunders Cattle
Company in Parker County, Texas.
Tom Bailey III was a founding member and past president of the National
Cutting Horse Association. His son-in-law, Jim Calhoun, owned, rode, and
trained the first World Champion cutting horse stallion, Kings Pistol, in 1957.
This line has produced industry leading sires such as Playgun, Smart Little Pis-
tol, and Cat Silver, and have provided a cornerstone for the Saunders remuda’s
maternal lineage.
Thomas Bailey Saunders V, operates a cow-calf and equine business out of
the ranch today and continues to implement similar breeding practices within
the horse herd of more than 25 head of registered American Quarter Horses.
Saunders, who is well versed in a variety of horsemanship practices, started
cutting and ranch horses for ranches in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and
California, served as boss wrangler of the Ray Hunt tribute as well as on set
for multiple movies and productions and worked side-by-side with Chris Cox,
Craig Cameron, and Martin Black. The sixth-generation cowboy enjoys passing
that knowledge on to the students of the Legends of Ranching Program.
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