Celebrity Ranch

12/07/2024

I'm looking for sponsors for the levels I competed in CAWDA this year on Struttinlikacelebrity and After the Gold Rush. These two horses trained well this season with a few monkey wrenches tossed in- Little Jo's coffin bone bruise in the spring and Alex's hot nail incident in the fall. Both put up some great scores and we'd be very appreciative to receive Level sponsors for Open Level One (Jo) and Open Introductory (Alex). Here's a link to the the CAWDA sponsorship page. Thank you!

12/06/2024

Docs Easy Traveler
AQHA Palomino Gelding
1995-2024

We were reminiscing about Steve’s 25 years with Traveler last night over dinner. They’ve ridden trails together in Arizona, Oregon, and California, and I shared the trail with the two of them often, covering many miles all around Arizona; San Tan, Usery, C***s Bluff, Sycamore Canyon, even Tombstone in a hail storm! Many dusty desert miles of conversation and horsemanship forged a forever bond. Traveler was how I met Steve Locklin. I lost a big piece of my heart today.

Rest, peacefully, dear Traveler. Trail compadre, lesson horse, flat footed, silly, spooky,furry, and friendly boy, run free now with your old herd mates Vanna, Lily, Amber, Hunter, Tommy and Mickey. I know I’ll see you again- hopefully a long time from now.

11/23/2024

Congratulations team Celebrity Ranch for a great showing in the USNDC National Championships!

National Champion Amateur Basic Level Kieli Adkins riding All I Need to Know

National Champion Open Introductory Level After the Gold Rush (and reserve champion in the all-around) ridden by Danielle Miller

National Champion Open Basic Level Struttinlikacelebrity ridden by Danielle Miller

Reserve Champion Amateur All-Around Pamela Brown-Poissoit riding Peppermint Celebri Te, top ten in the Amateur Intro Level

Kenzie Fixel riding Skyewalker- 11th place Amateur Intro Level, their first National show!

Our group will be out in Apache Junction today having some fun in the sun at ETS 🤠☀️

11/10/2024

Huge congratulations to Pam Brown- Poissoit and Celebrity Apprentice! They placed 2nd in the IH today and 1st in both the OC and TC at intermediate level at the Mesa AZ ETS event! This pair was one placing above their trainer in every class today! 😂🤪🤠
Congratulations also to Ronda, Kim and Josie and anyone else I’m missing from this post! It was a gorgeous day in November, this is why we love it here!

10/28/2024

10/27/2024

What a fantastic day for Celebrity Ranch Horsemanship at Apache Junction Rodeo Grounds for ETS in-hand and mounted obstacle challenges! Our team represents well! If you’d like to learn how to work better obstacles there could be a place for you in our program! Private, group and mini clinics offered at our Chandler location.

10/13/2024

We had a great morning at Carefree Farms WDAA show! Nice tests today with well behaved ponies!

10/13/2024

It was great to be back in the show ring! Carefree Farms WDAA show today. Little Jo’s injury occurred at this venue earlier this year and the time off and recovery process really placed limitations on our show season. We rode Basic level only today. Here’s a link to one of our tests. Open high score!

https://youtu.be/x3mnCGTNk3s?si=3bRNbkrDWojt32-T

10/04/2024

I wanted to take a moment to congratulate Kimberly Storm and Mickey O’Hanlian for earning their ROM in WDAA Western Dressage this year!
I’m so lucky to get to coach this talented pair!

10/02/2024

Little Jo earned her Register of Excellence this year and After the Gold Rush earned an ROM with WDAA. Jo got this beautiful stall guard along with her plaque.

09/29/2024

Congratulations team Celebrity Ranch on a great representation in Spotlight Western Dressage Regionals! Region 6 Champions:
Champion Amateur Intro All-Around/ Level Reserve Champion Pamela Brown-Poissoit riding Peppermint Celebri Te
Amateur Basic Level- Kieli Adkins riding All I Need to Know
Top 5 placings for Kenzie Fixel on Skywalker and Ronda Clark Beery on Little Bitty Trouble. I rode two horses for this event for three titles:
Open Intro All-Around Champion and level Reserve champion on After the Gold Rush; Basic Level Open Champion on Struttinlikacelebrity.

09/22/2024

Celebrity Ranch bred, born and raised. Struttinlikacelebrity and Celebrity Apprentice.

09/21/2024

I’m shocked and sad to find out a friend and former student and hand at Celebrity Ranch has passed away. Josh Clarkson (pictured here on the left astride his horse “Banks” carrying the flag). I hadn’t seen him for a couple of years and I don’t know what happened, but he worked here a few years and learned to ride here, and came back to visit a few times. Here’s a link to donate for his memorial. Rest peacefully dear Josh.

https://gofund.me/b4343e67

Costume parade, a few days late for Halloween but we had a few folks that still had the spirit within!

08/26/2024

Wyatt’s daily peanut! Our favorite resident grackle at Celebrity Ranch

08/23/2024

The grass is greener at Celebrity Ranch
Docs Easy Traveler, age 29

08/21/2024

Great scores for our team in the CAWDA Sizzlin Summer western dressage!
Congratulations Kieli Adkins and All I Need to Know-high score amateur rider with a whopping 80%! After the Gold Rush got high score open 76.750.
Hopefully we can catch a break in the dripping hot weather to train for Regionals!

08/16/2024

Today we said goodbye to Stella. She was a ranch favorite and the pride of my Silkie chicken breeding and hatching program which I retired or put on hold 2 years ago. Hatched in December 2016. We accidentally exhumed the remains of a cat during her burial today…