A 65-year-old Texas western wear institution is coming back, and the trademark paperwork behind its return traces to a firm with ties to Drake. Brenham Saddle Shop, which closed in April 2025 after operating in Washington County, Texas since the 1960s, announced via Instagram that it is set to reopen this fall.
The trademark trail
An initial trademark application was filed in April 2025 by ADG Vanguard IP LLC, a Los Angeles-based firm — but that filing is now marked dead and abandoned with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The active trademark on file today was filed and approved in November 2025 by Austin-based IP attorney Robert Kleinman of Common Sense Counsel. ADG Vanguard IP LLC has been linked to Drake's past business ventures, which is the thread connecting the rapper to the shop's paperwork — Drake himself has not publicly confirmed involvement.
Why Drake's name is attached at all
Drake owns a $15 million, 313-acre ranch in Washington County, near Brenham and Chappell Hill, and has been a regular visitor to the saddle shop while settling into the property — he's appeared in the shop's own social media posts and has been photographed shopping for western wear in the area. None of that confirms he's bankrolling the reopening, but it's the basis for the connection reporters have drawn between his ranch, his visits, and the trademark filing tied to his prior business network.
A pattern in how Drake builds locally
The Brenham situation echoes how Drake has approached ownership elsewhere: quietly, through affiliated entities, before any public confirmation. He's currently moving to buy back full ownership of his OVO brand, and is separately locked in competing lawsuits with lender A.R.I. over loan repayment tied to OVO. Whether or not he's formally behind the saddle shop's return, the trademark filing fits a broader pattern of the rapper acquiring stakes in the brands and places he's publicly associated with.
Source: KBTX
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