Tooke bucking horses inducted to Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame

Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage inductee: Tooke Bucking Horses (established 1943)

District of induction: 3

On a ranch thirteen miles west of Ekalaka, Montana, roam nearly sixty head of horses that are direct descendants of a rodeo dynasty bloodline. These horses are the result of Chandler "Feek" Tooke's desire to create a new bloodline of horses, bred specifically to buck. They are the Tooke Bucking Horses.

Earl and Bessie Tooke raised six sons named Frank, Fay, Chandler, Granville, Dick, and Bill. The Tooke brothers were interested in rodeos, and therefore built an arena at the...