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Jr. Cypress Seven Mile Cattle Drive

By Paula Cassels
BIG CYPRESS — On Mar. 29, the Jr. Cypress Memorial Cattle Drive was held.
Over 200 horse riders met at the Swamp Café restaurant in the Billie Swamp Safari park, to chow down and beef up for the long seven-mile horse ride.
Paul Bowers and Richard Bowers were the Trail Boss riders for this year's Cattle Drive. The Trail Bosses make all the arrangements, from having the cattle ready to go, to supplying lots of water and food for the horses, plus snacks and drinks for the riders.
A special guest attending the Cattle Drive was the Commissioner of Miami Joe Sanchez, a delightful man who was a natural cowboy on the back of his horse.
Mr. Sanchez lives in Miami and owns four horses, which he and his family ride regularly.
Also attending the adventure was Hendry County Commissioner Janet Taylor, who felt right at home riding in the Billie Swamp Safari swamp buggy.
It was a hot and dusty trail, driving 50-60 head of cattle one way to the Jr. Cypress Entertainment and Rodeo arena, but everyone was enjoying himself or herself.
President /Acting Chairman Mitchell Cypress was able to join the Cattle Drive on his white horse (Sue). Cypress was able to ride about half the distance before he was called away to attend another function. Cypress thanked everyone for coming out and he hoped to see more riders next year.
The Jr. Cypress Memorial Cattle Drive is held every year to honor the cattle owners and the memory of all the Seminole cattle owners in the past.
After the last cowboy came in, and the last horse was cooled down, everyone enjoyed a BBQ rib and chicken buffet with all the fixins and listened to music by Paul Buster and the "Cowbone Band" in the 4-H building.
Later that afternoon special guest Jody Cunningham, creator of the program “Horse Smart,” gave a horsemanship demonstration in the rodeo area.
His remarkable horse smart methods and techniques provide the horse owners with easy training procedures needed to reach some basic goals in training their horse.
The Cattle Drive was sponsored by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, see y'all next year.