Big Rock Horse Ranch, LLC

05/09/2025

Hank Found His Home 🐴💙

We’re thrilled to share that Hank has officially found his perfect match.

Sara is giving him a life full of structure, affection, and thoughtful care. He’ll be settling into a beautiful boarding facility in Snohomish, where he’ll have a private pasture to himself at first... with a front-row view of his new gelding neighbors. If he behaves (and we have no doubt he will), he’ll get to join them for turnout.

Sara not only teaches riding lessons part time, but she’s also directly involved in caring for the horses at the barn. She understands what Hank needs... from his stifle injections and supplements to the emotional balance that comes from light trail work and a consistent routine. She signed our care contract with full understanding of his condition and his quirks, and she already adores him.

We’ll miss his hugs and pasture-side sass here at Big Rock Ranch, but it fills our hearts to know he’s in the hands of someone who truly *gets* him.

Happy trails, Hank. You’ve got a whole new chapter ahead of you. 💫

05/09/2025

Headed across the water to his new beginning.
Hank’s off to start his next chapter... with a view, of course.

05/09/2025

Foggy morning at the ranch. I just love this view!!

05/09/2025

03/09/2025

💥"𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍'𝐓 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡!"💥
-𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞........

🔸Some particularly “Ranchy” patterns call for pole crossings with disfigured tree logs, crooked placing, and/or an overall lack of symmetry. The horse should practice these configurations at home so they know how to adapt and compensate properly.

🔸Another method to creatively practice poles is by creating double or triple spacings. Set four lope over poles, the first two being six feet apart, the third being 12 feet apart, and the final being 14 feet apart. This way the horse must have a good, consistent, and collected lope stride for the first three logs and an extended on for the final log. This can also be done with seven foot intervals and the final log being twelve feet away.

🔸Even working on lope over logs at a trot helps establish awareness of the horse's stride. Two trot strides should fit neatly in a six foot spacing. Three walk strides should fit in a six foot spacing. Another creative configuration is to setup two lope overs, six feet apart, and two walk overs, two feet apart. The two sets of logs should be eleven feet away from each other. The eleven feet is an awkward spacing, a stride will need to be longer or shorter than the others to make it work.

→This is the reality of showing in the Ranch Horse. ←
→Some logs are not perfectly in line with each other. ←
→Don't whine about it...Practice for it. ←


😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

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