Helen Kleberg Groves [Saddle]
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Helen Kleberg Groves [Saddle]Description
Ryon (Fort Worth, Texas) heavily tooled brown leather riding saddle, with metal conchos, leather pommel, and leather stirrups, marked near conchos and swell, marked with "Helen" name plate behind seat, and "Crawford Ranch" on back bottom corner of skirt, with wooden stand Provenance: Property from the Estate of Helen Kleberg Groves, horsewoman and cattle rancher (1927-2022), San Antonio, Texas.Context
Helen Kleberg Groves was a horsewoman and cattle rancher dubbed the "First Lady of Cutting" by the San Antonio Express-News and inducted in 1988 into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. She was born in San Antonio, Texas, and raised in Kingsville, Texas, on the King Ranch, founded by her great-grandfather, Richard King. In 1946, she led the King Ranch's Thoroughbred racehorse, Assault, into the winner's circle after his Triple Crown victory in the Preakness. Groves attended all three of his Triple Crown races. Assault was, and still is, the only Texas-bred winner of the Triple Crown.Category
Ranching
Being Texas, Bullock Museum