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A comment about our facility.
I am so excited to see an active barn where so many people ride!

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2010 Hay Season
     Get er done!   Our hay is put up right!
   The small baler needs a bath.        Kelly getting a natural tan.

This is what happens when you decide
to go under a limb in the creek
and your horse(s) are tooooooooooo tall!!!!
I still love ya!!!!    We are still grinning!!!
             We ride in the rain too!                     Billy and Lisa ready to hit the trails.

 Oh, what the heck, it was fun riding in the rain!       Billy and Lisa - some new boarders.

Another 50 x 60 Quanset Hut is being put up.  All hay will be stored inside!
   Not an easy task!      We had 14 people helping.  
  Over 6000 bolts.   quan1.jpg (6716 bytes)   Saves many $$ when hay is stored inside.

Some of the girls participated in the ACTHA Ride at Hillsdale Lake
 Bucket and Kelly on the trails.  The girls having fun. Micaiah and Kashar.

Spring fertilizer, haircut and bath.
 Off he goes into the wild, blue yonder - fertilizing.   2010 Spring hair cut - good mare - stood like a rock - she is for sale!!!!!  Tucker liked the bath!!!!

The day before spring, the front lot
before and after the new gravel was delivered.

  Take off the sludge and manure.   Spreading the crusher run out.  Makes a good solid foundation.
Riding on the 2nd day of spring???????

  Got to be kiddin.       Spring has sprung????? 

Llama Alert!!!!!!

          The llamas are next door.        Aztec didn't know what to think of them.
Our barn cat, Pepper, likes to ride...

Just let me keep my feet dry please....   Oh well, while up here, give me a ride!
Winter Wonderland!!!!!

  A foggy morning.   Dawg has decided riding is just way too much fun!
Jasper was posing for the camera.         It's a winter wonderland out here in the park!

So what if it's cold....

    Let's go, the bank is open!     Winter doesn't stop us.

Cedar Lake Ride, Ouachita Mountains, Heavener, OK

We rode in the rain for hours.

George and Bucket

This is how you dry your stuff out...

HELP.......I think we're lost!

Help, we're lost!!!!!

 Rusty has the right idea. Rusty and his son, Tony.

Marsha and Ernesto

The girls at the Xtreme Trailhorse Challenge held at Lone Oak Ranch. 
Congratulations to Christine on receiving 4th place!The girls had a great time!

Some Funnies - Need a Bath?
Chief decided it was just too hot to ride that day.

But the old fella does like to run!!!!!  I'm talking about Erv.
It was a hot day; let's take a bath...Need to wring out the old T-shirt.

Go fast...

New arrival!

Who's your daddy?

New baby.

 Who's your daddy? I bet it's me!!!!!!!
Lone Jack Parade - 17 riders - We ordered T-Shirts just for the fun day!
George & Dandy Smile!!!!! Tracey&Penney, Jill&Dakota

Diane and Bandit - Before the Parade
Retha, the VP/HR rep and Coal. Micaiah and Kashar Cindy had a slight accident at the beginning, but rode the PARADE!!!!!
Mark and Saihieb 17 of us rode in the Lone Jack Parade. Laura and Cruizin

Picture Day at Sitter Downs

Rusty and Drago

Rachel and Heidi Belle

Marsha and Darby

Michelle and Abbey

This is a cute picture.
Gus takes care of everyone!
Patty, Sydney and Gus

Patti, Justice and Mocha

Debbie and Mark

Xmas dress up and riders taking advantage of a break in the weather!

Debbie & Mark dressing up for Xmas.Rusty & Drago ready to hit the trails.

 Good old Penney (30+ yrs of age) and is still pretty.

January 2009 getting read to saddle up.We are ready to go.

Dragging the alley way.

Clearing brush.

Putting in rock around feeders.

Dragging the alley way.

 This cuts paths 5 feet wide.

Hauling in the rock.
Putting rock around the hay feeders.
Pine Grove Trip (Leslie, AR)
Taking a break. Some of the group playing in the creek. Lookout point.

Heading down the logging trail.

Kelly taking a break.

 The swimming hole.
A scenic setting. Good trails along the bluff. Never know what you find hanging around.
Sunrise... George and Bucket. Retha and Coal.
Even Maggie likes to ride.

The dog is having a good time.

 Rusty and Star posing for the camera. Sole food...drying out the tennis shoe.
This was a neat setting. Patty taking a break. The old dam, worth riding too.
Smithville Trip

Are we ready yet?

 Pam & Dandy Bobbi & Cody
Warren & Kelley, Sheila & Whizzo Kent & Sandra Nick, he doesn't board with us but likes to go on our outings.

Getting ready to fertilize the pastures and hayground.

Getting ready to go fertilize the pastures and hayground.

Vet Day VisitOpen up Duke.


Getting ready to go full moon riding .

Mother and daughter enjoying the full moon.

Are we really going to do this?

Having a good time.

Mingsville Trip
Coffee, coffee, coffee.... Holly, I got it. This is hard to do for a lefty.
Coffee, coffee, coffee..... I'm ready to go roping. I'm left-handed, how does this work?

Air conditioning at last! 

Bob, our mechanic. Bob also has a Metal Fabrication Shop.

  Look at me, I'm the King of the dog world!
June 17, 2007 - What a great Father's Day present. Bob - he can fix anything! A necessity on the farm. Even the dogs like to ride.

Getting the winter hair off and ready to go ride.
4-legged spring clean-up. I still like my grain.

Getting the winter hair off.

The Shahan Family.

The firefighter, nurse, paramedic and her daughter.

Mary, the paramedic that is famous.
Enjoying the sunshine.

Rain or shine.

 Out the gate.
Wait for me. Waiting on the other riders. Just about ready to go.

Spring outing to Eagles Ranch - 22 horses and many folks enjoyed the weekend!
Warren and Kelley are having fun. Holly and Apollo Heidi and Scout

Napping after a full moon ride and posing for the camera.
Moonlight riding can be hard on you. Patti and Gus You've got to be kidding - cleaning where?
Mark has been boarding with us for 10 years. Holly and Patti have been with us for over 5 years. Mark and Leslie relaxing.

Our boarders help clear the trails.
Using a tree saw to cut away the eye pokers. Using a hand saw that is carried on horseback to clear the trail. Got to have good horses to clear trails.
Step up Our boarders love this! Definitely works for me.
The step up was built by Bob Lance, 816-616-5884. We appreciate the step up. Great way to get on my horse.

We put up our own hay.

 A wooded setting. We fertilize yearly!
All hay ground is fertilized. Clearing more ground. We do not overgraze our pastures. The herd is rotated.
How about a picnic? Saddle up. Where we going?

Taking a break.

Are you ready yet?

Follow me.
Swimming Are you sure about this? Kind of deep, don't ya think?
Let's go swimming!

Erv, are you sure you want to do this?

 Hang on!

Winter Chores

Getting ready to feed.

Splitting the bale.

Filling the hay bunk.
Getting ready to feed.

The big bales are split and fed into the bunks.

The hay bunks were built by George. We do feed some hay on the ground; however, during wet weather, this is where the herd eats.
Removing the string. This is tricky. Eating Healthy
How many boarding facilities remove the string? We would not recommend this to everyone. Eating healthy.
Hay storage Hay feeders Winter riding
Most of the hay is stored inside.

Hay is fed 1 to 3 times per day.

 Many of our boarders ride all year.

We are easy to find.       CheckOutThePastures.gif (4514 bytes)