RANCH HORSES

He is a big, stout good looking sorrel gelding.   He can carry a big rider all day and can pull really hard off of the saddle horn.   He is very correct and is completely sound.   He is easy to do anything with from shoeing to hauling to ???

That being said, he has been a ranch gelding for the last 5 years.   He has had literally hundreds of cattle roped and doctored off of him out in the pasture.  He is absolutely fool-proof and about as bomb-proof as a horse can get.   Now, we are not trying to sell him as a cow horse or a 'great' ranch horse.  He really is not all that 'cowey' (like the cutting bred horse we traded for him -- the one that we could not stay on any more) and he really does not want to run all that fast if the steer or cow being roped requires a really fast horse.   He is just a very nice, easy going, non-excitable and less than race horse fast gelding.   He is not a 'dead head' and has the smoothest lope you would ever want to ride.  He just does not have a very quick burst of speed unless you really ask for it.  He pulls so hard off of the saddle horn that his rider has loaded many big cows into a stock trailer out in the pasture with no help accept for ole Red.

We have found only one hole in him (and we have used him all winter and spring).   If you get right up in his face while he is tied or if a horse next to him turns its butt and he thinks he is going to get kicked, he will set back.   He never has pulled back at any other time and has about given that up because we have really gotten after him for it.  

Red will go absolutely anywhere you point his head.   He is suitable for a novice or beginning rider and he is also suitable for an intermediate riders that wants to learn how to doctor and learn how to pasture rope.  He has absolutely no buck in him -- even if he is turned out for several months.    For sale for $3500.00 if purchased this spring. 

Red - March, 2012

Slick is another big (15.2 hand) gelding that needs a job.   He has been pasture ridden and ranch used a LOT.   He has roped and doctor cattle in the pasture.  He is big and fast and very quick footed.  He will go anywhere you point his head.  He is a really solid trail horse.   He may be too much horse for a beginning riders.   He has no buck or bad habits and is absolutely a well mannered gentleman, Ties, hauls, shoes -- everything -- the very best.  He can go all day and carry a big person doing it.   He is being started on working cattle and learning to handle them now (fall 2011).  He is REALLY taking to working bison and cattle in the big round cutting pen.  This could sure be his calling.  The picture appearing below was after less than 2 weeks of working his first bison in the big round cutting pen.  He is carrying a rider that has never worked cattle before and she is just hanging on for the ride.  This gelding really wants to work a cow (or bison).  This horse has HUGE moves and is probably not suitable for a beginning rider.  He has no buck in him and no bad habits, but he sure can move.   $4000.00 before more cattle work (fall, 2011).

'Slick' Fall, 2011

'Slick' Fall, 2011

'Slick' Fall, 2011

3-A}   FLASHY BLUE SLIDER [Blue]-- 2004 Gray gelding.  Sire:  CALL HIM THE FLASH --  a super finished reiner that is drop dead gorgeous.  He has AQHA reining points with very limited showing.   Dam:  Classy Good Girl, a ranch used mare we raised and still have.   Very pretty and correct gelding.  Really big and stout gelding.  He stands 15.3 hands.  'Blue' is drop-dead gorgeous

He is very well broke.  He is big, deep in the heart and has an endless amount energy.  He has a big motor and would be too much horse for most beginners, but would make a ranch horse, trail horse or pony horse for a big man that wants to go all day.  Our 6'4" 270 pound son can ride him all day.  Is is super smooth gaited and willing to go anywhere or do anything.   He has perfect manners, is 100% sound and just needs a job.   He is extremely athletic for a big horse and would make a good heading prospect or a team sorting / penning horse for a big person.  He is VERY strong and VERY quick.  He is being started on working cattle and learning to handle them now (fall 2011).  He is REALLY taking to working bison and cattle in the big round cutting pen.  This could sure be his calling.  He would also make an excellent pony horse on the track

The young lady helping us with our horses thinks he would make a nice hunt seat over fence horse.   If we have time, I may have her ride him some under an English saddle.  He is really a pretty mover and is SUPER SMOOTH.    All photos were taken fall, 2011.   This horse has HUGE moves and is probably not suitable for a beginning rider.  He has no buck in him and no bad habits, but he also can sure move.  $5000.00 (fall 2011) before more training on cattle.    (photos are thumbnails)

'Blue' - Fall, 2011

'Blue' - Fall, 2011

'Blue' - Fall, 2011

Captain is 100% sound and has feet of iron.  He would probably never need shoes if he was not ridden in the rocks.   He is really a pleasure to have around.  He has been my personal riding horse all year.       'Click' on small photos to see a full size photo.      SOLD   Thank you for the additional inquiries we have had since he has been gone.  

'Captain', 2011

'Captain', 2011

'Captain', 2011

This extremely good looking gelding has been gentle since his first saddling.   I was leading trail rides with him since he was a 2 year old.   He was born broke.   He is the kind that you can leave out in the pasture for 3 or 4 months, bring him in, saddle him up and ride him off.   Absolutely anyone that can pick up the reins can ride him -- either by himself or with 100 horses on a big trail ride.    We loaned him to a friend from California last year to take on an AQHA trail ride.   No one could believe he was only 3 and that she had never ridden him before.   He is that way every day of his life.  He has been used to check and gather cattle and has done a little sorting, but no one has ridden him that asked for a LOT of quick moves so he is by no means a finished sorting or ranch cutting horse.   100% sound.  His feet are so good, he would probably never need shoes if he was not ridden in solid rocks like we have here.   

He is an absolutely solid trail horse now and as safe a gelding to ride and work on the ranch as you can find anywhere.  He has not been roped off of yet, but he just needs someone that can rope and doctor a few to be able to do it all.   (We just got too old and decrepit.)  He is VERY 'laid back' and easy going. SOLD

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'Cowboy', 2010

'Cowboy', 2011

'Cowboy', fall 2010

This good mare is outstanding in every way and had the kind of conformation and eye appeal to show as well as her dam and could really make a nice 'down the fence' horse.   She is well broke under saddle and is a super trail horse now.  She has been ridden on the ranch, but her only cattle work is gathering them in the pasture.   She is very athletic and is very talented.  She needs to be finished into a top cow horse but is a super trail horse and pasture horse now.   Some of the photos below were taken a couple of years ago.  She is much heavier and more filled out now.  She would be an ideal mare to export to the UK or Europe .   This mare could be a foundation mare for an outstanding breeding program.   If someone wants to buy her and have her bred in early 2012, we will facilitate that and only charge board.  

She is an absolutely solid trail horse and a very good pasture horse to gather and work cattle.   She has not been roped off of yet, but she just needs someone that can rope and doctor a few to be able to do it all.          'Click' on small photos to see a full size photo.       $5000.00.

'Lena', fall 2011

'Lena', fall 2011

'Lena', fall 2010

We have owned this 15.2 hand gelding for 8 years.  He has been Pete's personal mount this whole time.  He has roped and doctored cattle in the pasture and been used to do all kinds of ranch work.  He is REALLY COWEY!  I mean you will have to grab the horn to stay with him.  He had some cutting training before we got him and has done a lot of sorting and working in the corral and pasture.  He would make a WORLD CLASS penning or sorting horse.  He is not for a beginning rider.  He can be a tiny bit cold backed after a long lay-off.  But, he is so well trained, an experienced rider can turn him around a couple times, back him up a few steps and he will ride right off.  He is not a bronc, but could intimidate a green rider.  He is well-mannered and gentle, easy to catch and easy to get along with.  This good looking gelding is really stout -- a real powerhouse.  He is 100% sound and ready to go do a day's work or go to a penning.  He is a really hard stopper and has a nice turn-around.   He will slide a pretty good ways, has a nice lead change and would go to AQHA Ranch Versatility classes with very little additional work.  He is pictured in his winter clothes, but he is a really good looking and very correct horse.   

He would not be for sale if Pete had not had open heart surgery and cannot do the work any more.  He still rides very little and is definitely over-mounted now on this gelding.   Cheri has been taking out trail rides with him, but needs to be riding the young colts for that.  He just needs a real job.   If you are looking for a good looking ranch gelding, he is the real deal.  SOLD and just arrived in Tennessee.   Thank you Calvin and Bunny Ozier.

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