Hidden Springs Ranch Horses

09/08/2022

🔥FIRE SALE 🔥

selling at 5k for the next week ONLY!

If you’re interested in setting a date to take a test ride please message the page directly or call to set an appointment.

08/22/2022

HSR is now offering boarding at $400 a month or will lease our four acre pasture to a private person (three horse maximum) for $1,000 a month.
Hay is provided and pasture is kept up all year long!

Lean shed for shelter and a feeding/catch pen. We have an sheds onsight for you to put your tack and feed and we are only 30 minutes from wuwharrie national forest with hours of trails for your weekend endeavors.

07/22/2022

SOLD
9500 Denton NC
BEER
“Cold Beeer”
Beer is a 15.3h 12 year old stocky Red Roan American Quarter Horse Association registered gelding. Goes back to First Down Dash on the top and bottom and is your ideal ranch type gelding. Neck reins, listens to your legs and seat, and transitions easy through walk, trot, lope. He is a fine trail horse and works easy in an arena setting. Takes care of his rider and aims to please. Versatile gelding with motive to work or relax on a trail. This is your next rodeo prospect or life long trail partner.
Beer has passed our professional requirements as a HSR horse:
✅Soft
✅Sound
✅Good Confirmation
✅Desensitized
✅Arena and Trail Safe
✅Basic Ground manners
(Leads, loads, stands, picks up all four feet)
✅No Bad Habits
✅Easy Transition WTL
✅GENTLE

For more information on us and our one of a kind Ranch Versatility horses please visit our website or call (336)-867-4369 with questions or to schedule an appointment.

Happy trails 🤠

07/22/2022

SOLD

8500 Denton NC
SMOKEY
“Shadows Checkmark”
Smokey is a 15.2 12 year old Bay American Quarter Horse Association registered gelding. Goes back to Bars Patty O Bando and Chicks Deck. He is a slow ride who is content to walk down a trail on a loose rein and takes care of his rider. He is quiet, gentle, and very affectionate. Easy transition from walk trot lope and is soft in your hands, stops and backs good. Crosses creeks, roads, ditches, and gives no fuss to his rider on the trail. This is your next trail partner or your husband/kids first horse!

Smokey has passed our professional requirements as a HSR horse:
✅Soft
✅Sound
✅Good Confirmation
✅Desensitized
✅Arena and Trail Safe
✅Basic Ground manners
(Leads, loads, stands, picks up all four feet)
✅No Bad Habits
✅Easy Transition WTL
✅GENTLE

For more information on us and our one of a kind Ranch Versatility horses please visit our website or call (336)-867-4369 with questions or to schedule an appointment.

Happy trails 🤠

07/22/2022

8500 Denton NC
DOROTHY
“The ruby red slipper”
Dorothy is 15h 6 year old stocky grade Red Roan Quarter horse mare. She has been used on a small ranch where she pushed, sorted, and was roped off of. She is a very athletic and aims to please. Neck reins well listens to your legs and seat and is not shy to work. Picks up correct leads, good stop, backs, lopes off, and is soft in your hands. This is your next working/rodeo horse, or a lifelong trail partner.
Dorothy has passed our professional requirements as a HSR horse:
✅Soft
✅Sound
✅Good Confirmation
✅Desensitized
✅Arena and Trail Safe
✅Basic Ground manners
(Leads, loads, stands, picks up all four feet)
✅No Bad Habits
✅Easy Transition WTL
✅GENTLE

For more information on us and our one of a kind Ranch Versatility horses please visit our website or call (336)-867-4369 with questions or to schedule an appointment.

Happy trails!🤠

07/10/2022

Enjoy your forever home at the beach peaches!🥰🍑

07/07/2022

Peaches🤍

07/04/2022

HSR is now opening a pasture for boarding!

Almost five acres of feild with free choice hay and a run in shed, along with catch pen.
Automatic watering system and the tub is cleaned regularly.
You must supply and feed your own grain, we are only allowing pasture space for four horses.
Must be UTD on all shots and coggins.

We are 30 minutes from Uwharrie so we make a quick access to trails.

$500 a month per horse.

Please pm the page directly for more information!

07/04/2022

Beauty queen!

07/02/2022

Please pm the page directly for videos and questions

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Peaches is a 5 year old 15h mare that’s had a thirty day refresher course at HSR. She can do all of Clinton Anderson groundwork, lays down on command, side passes on the ground and in the saddle and is learning to spin on her haunches.

07/02/2022

We love getting updates from our clients! Sookie is running 22 on a standard pattern, great job to her owner for taking advantage of a good start put on a HSR horse!

06/23/2022

Flash found his forever home today🤍

Have a wonderful life in beautiful NC Texas boy!

06/22/2022

Ziggy got a much needed clipping! Now she’s ready to be the herd protector for our Nubians!

06/10/2022

Everyone meet the newest member of HSR!
Charlie🥰

06/09/2022

Teaching your horse to be accountable for their feet in all three gaits is something you can use in the arena and on the trail!

Unfortunately peaches threw her shoes so she will be up for grabs next Monday!

06/02/2022

Peaches has checked the calendar and says she’s ready to go on the market next Monday!

06/01/2022

05/31/2022

One thing I’m very proud of is my horses quietness on the trail.

I get a lot of people saying “oh you get to ride them every day that’s why they’re so quiet!”

Yes and no

Wet saddle pads are vital for your horses progression in learning and becoming quiet, however that doesn’t mean you have to be in the saddle to achieve that.
Sometimes I walk my horses, I walk them down to the pond where we do sending exercises, then I send them into the pond to relax.
Then I walk them to an open field where we do lunging and good changes in direction with a good transition of WTL.
Then I’ll walk them down a trail doing side passing backing circle driving and anything I can to get their mind moving.
And then I’ll walk them to a steep inclines and send them up and down.

In this time if my horse were to shy at something or spook and try to bolt I would be able to correct this on the ground by moving their feet all different directions.

It’s not about riding the horse as much as it is getting their mind and feet working, so walking my horses sometimes give me more of advantage to get those feet moving!

Remember, if you are having trouble on the trail your horse is telling you their lack of experience is ruining their confidence and they are not quiet enough to be rode down a trail.
If you can’t move your horses feet in various exercises on the ground you are not safe in the saddle! Perfect the groundwork so you can set you and the horse up for success in the saddle.

05/31/2022

I love hearing from clients🥲
We both felt that flash was a little too advanced for what she needed but it was a successful day in a learning curve for all of us including flash and that’s what matters!

Even though she didn’t leave with a horse she left with a positive experience on the ranch and I am so grateful for that!

05/31/2022

Look at that loping circle and the critter that loped it!

05/26/2022

Flashes official ad comes out this evening! Stay tuned to get all information and a chance to call this spectacular horse your own!

05/26/2022

How it started vs how it’s going..
What’s the difference in these two pictures?
First picture is the beginning of our ride, ears on me head higher ready for me to cue her.
Second photo, sweaty, head lowered, ears on me waiting for her next cue.

There is such significance in these photos! The first photo you would think “oh she’s tuned in and ready to work” and yes she is tuned in but she’s not yet completely using the thinking side of her brain.

Without movement forwards backwards left and right your horse will tend to come off reactive to things, so getting them sweating and moving their feet encourages using the thinking side of their brain that way they learn better and are more proactive to listen to your body instead of worrying about what’s around them.

The second photo is how I want all my horses to look after a ride. Relaxed. If you don’t end with the head like this, dropped and sweaty, you didn’t get them using the thinking side of their brain, therefore you need to go back to work!

I also want to point out I always do my groundwork before getting on a horse. It is the ladder into the saddle, without it you will spend more time getting your horse using the thinking side of their brain and could set your horse up for failure. Take the time to do the groundwork!

05/26/2022

This is how quiet I want them to stand and wait! Even better if they take a little nap like peaches🤭 look at her resting her chin on the wall😆

05/24/2022

INTERN/VOLUNTEER SPOT AVAILABLE

With a lot of thought HSR has decided to open up one slot for a summer intern on the ranch!

This is NOT a paying job, you will be doing volunteer work a few hours out of every day to help assist with the maintenance of horses on sight.
However you will get to work with me hands on everyday learning all the tricks of the trade and getting in some riding time on some of the ranches personal horses.

Volunteer/intern requirements

• Must be at least 16 years of age and have reliable transportation to and from the ranch.

• Must have prior knowledge of horses and how to safely handle one.

•Must have a clean background and be willing to show up Monday through Friday.

• This job is very physical, you must be physically fit enough to pick up and carry heavy objects.

•You will be required to pack a lunch or join us at Ricks for lunch everyday. We will only supply water, Gatorade, and popsicles on site.

• Must not be afraid of horses, cows, poo, mud, fishing, and trail riding

There will be an interview process, you will need to be prepared to answer questions and sign a liability contract.
Located in Denton NC 27239

05/24/2022

Flash goes on the market tomorrow and peaches next week! Stay updated for videos pictures pricing and more 😋

05/23/2022

Shout out to the woman that makes all this possible! My wonderful boss carol and her beautiful horse Millie. They are a great pair!

05/18/2022

People are afraid to tie their horses up for 30-45 minutes after a session but I’m not and that’s why my horses do better coming into day two of learning something new!

“My horse will paw a hole in the ground”

So? Put a rubber mat down and leave them there until they stop. If they don’t stop tie some hay up and a bucket of water and leave them until they can be content with themselves.

You can see peaches wiggled around and did paw some however when I came back in 45 she was standing content.

Tie those horses!

05/17/2022

Flashes first lesson in roping. I’m hoping he will be a nice lower level roper for a young kid wanting to get into rodeos!

Roping takes a ton of skill and I am not perfect, I have a heel throw naturally but try my best 😂

This is what happens when you set your joes whip for success! If flash would have acted very bad towards me throwing the rope around him and over him and then towards me dragging the bucket I wouldn’t have gotten on him and roped.

They will tell you when they are ready, your job is to make sure you prepare them properly for their task so they have the best chance of having a good experience.

He is a good boy!