Kerri McKay Quarter Horses

10/29/2023

🍂Don’t forget to register for the 4TH ANNUAL Ranch Horse Rendezvous! The Rendezvous is the most fun show of the year! Join us for our big year end event in Temecula, CA at California Ranch Company!🍂

⭐️The Ranch Horse Rendezvous is our annual year end event including a full day of clinics, 2-day weekend ranch horse show with divisions for all levels, Futurity & Maturity Day with futurities for 2 & under prospects, 4 & under and 5/6 yo horses as well as a maturities for horses 7& over, Cowboy Christmas Gift Show, banquet dinner with Night of the Horse equine variety show (Saturday) featuring an invitational ranch riding freestyle competition, silent auction, chili cook off, dummy roping contest, live music and nightly activities! We will also be having a 'Ride the Pattern' session on Friday afternoon with trainers walking competitors through Saturday's Ranch Riding patterns.⭐️

See https://westcoastranchhorse.com/rendezvous for full details.

💥New for this year is the First Timers Ranch Horse Show! At the conclusion of the clinics on 11/16, all ranch horse newbies that have never shown in a ranch horse show are invited to show together in a laid back environment in all four WCRH recognized classes: Ranch Rail, Ranch Riding, Ranch Trail and Ranch Conformation. $45 covers all classes! Sami & George Hernandez are judging and will be providing helpful feedback and pointers throughout.💥

🪵Also new for this year is the Cherie Vonada Memorial Gamblers Choice Ranch Trail Competition from 10a-12p on Friday, 11/17! Choose your own course through the obstacles, with the first 10 obstacles judged! 🪵

🌲🛍️Vendors and the general public are invited to attend for our 'Cowboy Christmas Gift Show' Friday and Saturday 8-6:30p and Sunday 8-8p. Some vendors will stay through Sunday. See showbill, schedule and special events on website for all the happenings!🛍️🌲

🗓️ Dates: November 16-19th, Thursday - Sunday

📍Location: California Ranch Company, 43101 Anza Rd, Temecula, CA, 92592

🌳California Ranch Company is a beautiful location with a covered arena and multiple outside arenas and riding areas. It is also a premier wedding venue which will be perfectly suited for our special event. RV hook ups (limited #), dry camping and stalls available.🌳

Judges: Chele McGauly , Sami Hernandez, George Hernandez & Kathy Callahan Smith

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07/19/2023

🔸🔸🔸WHATZ POPPIN🔸🔸🔸

2022 filly by Mechanic and out of OHK Razzle Dazzle

Beautiful pretty, super kind, jogs and trots, tons of hock. Should do everything. Very reasonably priced.

Located in Whitesboro TX

Eric Felt 530-598-7315

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07/02/2023

Congratulations Abby and Mandy!!🦄🤩👏

05/22/2023

04/04/2023

Things Your Riding Instructor Wants You to Know (Author Unknown)

This sport is hard. You don’t get to bypass the hard…..every good rider has gone through it. You make progress, then you don’t, and then you make progress again. Your riding instructor can coach you through it, but they cannot make it easy.

You’re going to ride horses you don’t want to ride. If you’re teachable, you will learn from every horse you ride. Each horse in the barn can teach you if you let them. IF YOU LET THEM. Which leads me to…

You MUST be teachable to succeed in this sport. You must be teachable to succeed at anything, but that is another conversation. Being teachable often means going back to basics time and time and time again. If you find basics boring, then you’re not looking at them as an opportunity to learn. Which brings me to…..

This sport is a COMMITMENT. Read that, then read it again. Every sport is a commitment, but in this sport your teammate weighs 1200 lbs and speaks a different language. Good riders don’t get good by riding every once in a while….they improve because they make riding a priority and give themselves opportunity to practice.

EVERY RIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. Even the walk ones. Even the hard ones. Every. Single. Ride. Remember when you just wished someone would lead you around on a horse? Find the happiness in just being able to RIDE. If you make every ride about what your AREN’T doing, you take the fun out of the experience for yourself, your horse, and your instructor. Just enjoy the process. Which brings me to…

Riding should be fun. It is work. and work isn’t always fun…..but if you (or your rider) are consistently choosing other activities or find yourself not looking forward to lessons, it’s time to take a break. The horses already know you don’t want to be here, and you set yourself up for failure if you are already dreading the lesson before you get here.

You’ll learn more about horses from the ground than you ever will while riding. That’s why ground lessons are important, too. If you’re skipping ground lessons (or the part of your lesson that takes place on the ground), you’re missing out on the most important parts of the lesson. You spend far more time on the ground with horses than you do in the saddle.

Ask questions and communicate. If you’re wondering why your coach is having you ride a particular horse or do an exercise, ask them. Then listen to their answer and refer to #3 above.

We are human beings. We make decisions (some of them life and death ones) every day. We balance learning for students with workloads for horses and carry the bulk of this business on our shoulders. A little courtesy goes a long way.

Of all the sports your child will try through their school years, riding is one of 3 that they may continue regularly as adults (golf and skiing are the others). People who coach riding spend the better part of their free time and much of their disposable income trying to improve their own riding and caring for the horses who help teach your child. They love this sport and teaching others…..but they all have their limits. Not all good riders are good coaches, but all good coaches will tell you that the process to get good is not an easy one.

Photo: Brooke Louise Creative

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05/01/2022

Sweetness!🥰
Ealyn and Winston and Funbun are just too cute!🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎

05/01/2022

So proud of this kid!💫✨🥰
Cassie Gallinucci and Illbeseeingyou aka Sandy❤️

PCHA 2021

Champion Preliminary Horsemanship Youth/Amateur
Champion Basic Horsemanship Youth/Amateur
Reserve Champion Preliminary Trail Youth/Amateur
Reserve Champion Western Pleasure Youth/Amateur

This team has overcome many obstacles in the past year and never complained once! Hard work and Faith really does pay off!🙌🙌