We're a tidy lil family based farm...
"Where we Ray's 'em right, and put our entire ♡ into our critters." Main St.
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We are located in the gentle rolling hills of a little town called Tennessee Ridge, TN. We are approximately 19 miles south of Dover, 32 miles southwest of Clarksville, 34 miles northeast of Dickson. Our goal as a breeder is to breed following the associations standards & policies for each animal. With every effort we keep exceptionally high standards, we will maintain the performance, conformatio
n, temperament, beauty, high quality and healthy bloodlines. We consistently breed for quality over quantity, for this reason we may not have animals available for sale all the time. We offer the absolute best care possible for our animals and clients' animals to maintain their performance in the arena, woods, or for breeding. Our goal as an equine trainer is that we strive to establish a soft, supple, and willing partner with methods we've learned from different horsemen and horsewomen over the years. Using the best techniques for each individual, while not skipping any steps for the safety of the horse, us, and our clients. All breeds are welcome.
- Satisfaction Guaranteed -
*Payments expected up front.
** Prices subject to change. FOR MORE DETAILS CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE! :-)
-References-
Farrier:
Jeff Porter
931.206.2321
Veterinarians:
Dr. Mark & Rebecca Turney
4050 W. Erin, TN 37061
931.289.4138
Equine Veterinarians:
Dr. Elise Jones (Mobile Vet)
Watertown, TN 37184
615.429.1480
Dr. Tony Hicks & Dr. Jennie Cook
4025 Coleman Cut Road, Paducah, KY. 42001
270.554.6601
Don't forget we've done herd dispersals and re-homing of those needed. We as always, put the horses first. So if you're looking for a sweet horse to work with and love on text me. (Candice - 931.206.5507) I will also be going through them and listing with more info soon. Good solid homes an absolute must! Also discounts on training, and boarding with us for this group! 💗
Thanks Lisa for trusting us with your pride n joys. 🤗
06/16/2024
It was a beautiful day for a beautiful girl! 💜
2024 Cienna Grace Memorial Ride 🐴
05/21/2024
05/10/2024
Just a few snippets of this week. 🥰🐴 Love watching these kiddos learn & grow!
04/30/2024
This handsome fella is in for a tune-up/conditioning to get ready for this years shows and trail riding. He's AQHA and already has a show record with the American Ranch Horse Association. 🤩
If you're needing a tuneup, a c**t started, or even have one with behavior problems... NOW is the time to get them on the books. ✍️🏻
04/26/2024
04/21/2024
When you literally throw in the towel, and life seems to be going every which way but up... just remember the good Lord has other plans and surprises for that matter. So just keep pushing through!! 💗 🙏🏻
This little filly was born on Easter. (I have just now shared her because well.. we've had things go plenty south before.) She seems to have a good start though.
We bred her sire and dam several timea in the past two years, thinking her dam came back into heat the last time. We threw in the towel and even gelded her sire... well needless to say she took!!! 😍 We've been calling her Bunny XOXO, the kiddos also love Strawberry Shortcake. So who knows what she will end up with. 🤣 I do know one thing this filly means alot to our little farm. She may not have any world Champions up close in her pedigree, however we know her lineage to a T. All her parents and grandparents were exceptional horses, and even horses that we started with. 💞 So their legacy shall live on!! 🐴
Judge Gotta Shiner
(Platinum Shinetime-died in freak accident, but was going to be a potential barrel horse X Priss Extraordinaire-Justin's 1st Flag Horse)
ROCKNDAZZLEMADJALOOK
(Kings Rocken Mickey -100% Foundation X Pocos Cutter Maggie-My 1st horse)
04/12/2024
We absolutely love updates! Here's handsome boy Whiskey enjoying his new home, and job in Virginia! 🥰😍
04/10/2024
🔥🔥 SOLD!!!! 🔥🔥
💥 Listing For A Client 💥
Meet Daisy 🌼
A 10 year old cremello grade mare standing appox 14.2 h.h. 😍
Daisy has a super sweet personality. 🥰 She is very gentle and easy to get along with. Daisy is the perfect weekend warrior horse or for someone to just go have fun on and/or learn on! She trail rides, has pushed cattle, traffic safe, ponies c**ts, has been used for lessons, previous owner shot guns off her, and knows her groundwork. Easy keeper. Not barn or buddy sour. She stands to be mounted, tied, leads, loads, bathes, clips, and good for farrier. Her only blemish is she has a crack on her right rear hoof and has a high hip. Currently owned and ridden by a young teenager so she is youth suitable. Needs upper beginner to intermediate rider since she will try to see what she can get away with.
Will pasture (with UV fly mask), currently stalled. Middle pecking order. Very well taken care of UTD on dental, farrier (currently barefoot), vaccines (including botulism), and de-worming. PPE available at buyers expense.
Schedule a time to come meet this sweet girl in person! She is currently getting a tuneup and is ready to ride!! 🤩
🛑Alert! Check your livestock feed for a recent recall - especially TN horse owners.
ADM Animal Nutrition has voluntarily recalled multiple brand names of their chicken feed, swine feed, cattle feed, and horse feed.
Horse feed Seniorglo 50-lb. bags - Lot 505426QN - were specifically sold in Tennessee. This product may contain increased levels of calcium, which could cause weight loss and the animal to become weak and listless. This product was distributed between Jan. 24, 2024, and Feb. 1, 2024.
It began with a customer complaint related to swine refusing to eat feed. ADM investigated and discovered that the company’s facility in Illinois had experienced an equipment failure that impacted ingredient distribution. Specific lots could contain harmful levels of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium sodium, and/or chloride.
The amount of horses I come across who can’t be safely tied, who break cross ties regularly, who break halters and snaps under normal every day circumstances, is a bit worrisome to me.
Many people maintain that tying is cruel, an unneeded skill. They may say they have no need for tying at home. That might be true, but then there are the what if’s-
What if you get in a trailer wreck, and the only safe place you have to keep your horse is tied somewhere?
What if you have to evacuate for a natural disaster and the only place you have to keep your horse is tied somewhere?
What if you’re at a show, trail ride, clinic, event, and there is no stall for you?
What if you can’t be near your horse while you attend to an emergency? Many times I’ve had to quickly tie my horse up to run and close a gate, catch a loose cow, chase a baby down, etc.
If you’re not teaching your horse to tie safely, you’re short changing their ability to stay safe in life.
Of course, there are cruel ways to teach tying and quiet, systematic and logical ones. People sometimes generalize in thinking- because someone did it roughly somewhere, it must all be done that way. Tying and the education for it can be done well, and should be done this way to educate a horse to tying safely. There doesn’t need to be and shouldn’t be drama.
But to me, a horse lacking the education to tie safely is missing out on a very important part of his education.
03/17/2024
The Tennessee State Veterinarian is advising horse owners of three cases of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) in Montgomery County.
All three cases are located at the same facility, and it’s believed to be isolated. Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) in all forms is highly infectious and found worldwide. EHV can cause upper respiratory disease, neurological disease, abortions, and neonatal death.
For the general horse population, there isn’t cause for alarm, but we urge owners to be aware of practices that help keep horses healthy.
⭕️ Consult with your veterinarian to determine appropriate vaccines for your herd.
⭕️ If a horse has been exposed to EHV, it’s strongly advised to quarantine for a minimum of 14 days and up to 30 days in cases of direct contact.
⭕️ Good biosecurity measures reduce the risk on the farm and while at competitions. Do not share buckets, brushes, halters, bridles, bits, or other equipment.
⭕️ Contact your veterinarian if you notice any signs of illness in your animals.
The C. E. Kord Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory offers a full line of equine disease testing, including equine herpes virus, equine infectious anemia, West Nile virus, equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, and equine influenza virus. Contact your veterinarian for more information.
03/12/2024
Even if your horse hasn't been doing much this winter, he may be fitter than you think. Read this article to help determine just how out-of-shape, or not, he might be. >>>https://bit.ly/EQFitnessFactors
03/06/2024
So excited to see our Livestock Pavilion going up!!!
03/06/2024
Having the proper equipment is an extremely important part of both a rider and horse to perform.
If we don't have proper equipment, we can cause pain and discomfort to our horses which causes distractions, miscommunication and can even lead to misbehavior. That comes back to the rider, who then, can't do their job the way they need to because they're trying to keep their horse lined out.
If the rider isn't balanced correctly, the horse receives the wrong signals, pressure gets placed in the wrong spots at the wrong time and even more confusion is created. Not to mention, the subconscious reactions that start to kick in to try to keep us safe.
Poor fitting tack can be a make or break deal between a quality relationship that builds quickly with growth and success, or, a detrimental relationship that breaks down and causes unnecessary, frustrating, destructive issues that are totally preventable.
Going into a new season, we highly recommend checking out your saddles and equipment. Ask a professional or someone you trust who is experienced to check the fit and observe you while you ride to see if your saddle could be the source of many of your problems.
If they recommend a new one, don't be stubborn and bullheaded, listen! They're here to help you and want to see you succeed! Make the best decision to advance you and your horse. Look into quality saddles. That doesn't mean you have to buy brand new or even expensive. You can find older, used, quality saddles for a reasonable price. Focus on letting your results to the talking, not the flashy tack you use.
NOTE: We have nothing against flashy or fancy tack...ask long as it fits and functions correctly and the rider isn't letting status and ego go to their head. 😉
The Tennessee State Veterinarian confirmed a positive case of rabies in a horse in Middle Tennessee. Our team wants to take this opportunity to remind everyone about the importance of boosting your horse annually. Call to schedule an appointment.
02/28/2024
Springtime Tips 🌞
First bit of warm weather and flying vectors are the first to greet us! One of those being the world's most dangerous and often overlooked animal. Mosquitoes! 🦟
When doing a bit of spring cleaning, and it comes to large water troughs or tanks. We hose them out and toss in mosquito preventative. Now is the time, before they start to cycle. Then add more every 2-3 weeks. 💦
Another flying nuisance is the fly! So to keep them down we feed Redmond Garlic Salt in horses feed and keep Sulfur and Rabon Blocks out. We also work our cattle and apply fly tags. 🪰
Dry lot. Dry lot. Dry lot. Keep your chunky monkeys up! Alot of the overweight, founder prone, thyroid ponies, and even ones that get hoof problems, definitely benefit from a controlled diet. These lush spring grasses sprouting is not the time to kick them out to pasture.🌱
We're still adding lose salt while the temps go up and down. To help increase water intake and replenish those sweaty winter coats after workouts. 😛
Fertilizing and spraying. Spray 2-4D now! Rule of thumb Ester before Easter. Before those awful buttercups/bitterweed blooms. (Because then it's too late to slow the cycle, your only killing the plants.) Fertilizing before the spring rains, because if it doesn't rain on fertilizer. It's just a waste of moo-lah. 🌼
Spreading manure is a great way to resource. It gets rid of manure in unwanted places and adds nutrients naturally back into the soil. When possible we spread in on hayfields, areas livestock are not in. 💩
De-worming is a crucial part of an animals health. We deworm as needed and rotate dewormers by season to limit pest resistance. If you can, fecals are a great way to know exactly what your herd is dealing with. 🪱
Get a vaccine plan going with your Veterinarian. (Dental exams for horses.) 💉
Restock any supplies. Look at your medical supplies, barn lime, fridge, hay twine, whatever your farm stocks. 🐀
Check and maintenance any equipment. From tractors and hay rollers to even your tack. Now is the time. 🚜
Check your hay inventory and also check fences. Green grass makes livestock want to pick and test fences. The grass is always greener! 😅
Plan! Time to plan your breedings, your shows, or any major decisions or events for throughout the year. 📆
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J❤C Farms was established in 2015. It is owned and operated by Justin and Candice Ray. The name was developed by choosing a brand to use at their wedding (J❤C) and it just stuck! Their slogan, "We Ray's 'em right and put our whole ❤ into our critters" is more than true.
Candice Ray grew up on a family farm right down the road. Her family raised polled Hereford cattle, Boer Goats, Sheep, Standard Donkeys, Ponies, Quarter Horses, Llamas, and an occasional few other critters and exotics, including a zebra. She was always actively engaged in 4-H and FFA growing up. One of her favorite activities was showing steers. Her senior year of high school she was elected FFA President and later joined collegiate FFA. At a young age she realized her passion for animals. At the young age of 7, her father bought a registered Quarter Horse, POCOS CUTTER MAGGIE. This horse carried her far and inspired her knowledge to learn more. She learned to ride and competed in all around events. While she went to college she directed most of her spare time to competing in speed events, training her horses, and competing and showing her Treeing Walkers. Candice went to Austin Peay State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agri-Science. She is a licensed bench show judge for UKC and AKC, a Certified Equine and Livestock Appraiser, and also went through the Tennessee Master Horse Owner Program for UT. After graduating college she got married and started her family. Family is very important to her. The same year she had her first baby she decided to enter the Retired Racehorse Project. She got accepted and adopted a Thoroughbred through Second stride. She then restarted her completely and retrained the mare for barrels. They competed and finished a strong 6th place in 2016.
Justin Ray also was actively engaged in 4-H and FFA growing up. He showed steers while in high school. Outside of class and work Justin dedicated his spare time to training, hunting, and competing with his Treeing Walker Coonhound, GRNITECH’GRCH’PR SPEARS WIPE OUT BIG MACK HTX. He traveled all over, even to Autumn Oaks to earn titles for his “late” stud dog and sire to his stud dog now. GRNITE’GRCH JBR HUSTLIN IN THE STICKS HTX
Both Justin and Candice have proven with their animals in the show ring and performance area. They have competed at state and national levels. They have earned numerous ribbons, trophies, buckles, plaques, and titles with their Hereford Cattle, Quarter Horses, and Treeing Walkers over the years. They are also Advanced Master Beef Producer and BQA certified. Justin and Candice are firm believers in “knowledge is power and “you can never know to much” so they continue their education by attending clinics, expos, and taking lessons and classes as much as possible. Combined Justin and Candice have 29+ years experience owning/training horses of all ages and breeds. Their number one priority is the care of their animals. If you’re ever in the area feel free to stop by!
We are located in the gentle rolling hills of a little town called Tennessee Ridge, TN. We are approximately 19 miles south of Dover, 32 miles southwest of Clarksville, 34 miles northeast of Dickson.
Our goal as a breeder is to breed following the associations standards & policies for each animal. With every effort we keep exceptionally high standards, we will maintain the performance, conformation, temperament, beauty, high quality and healthy bloodlines. We consistently breed for quality over quantity, for this reason we may not have animals available for sale all the time. We offer the absolute best care possible for our animals and clients' animals to maintain their performance in the arena, woods, or for breeding.
Our goal as an equine trainer is that we strive to establish a soft, supple, and willing partner with methods we've learned from different horsemen and horsewomen over the years. Using the best techniques for each individual, while not skipping any steps for the safety of the horse, us, and our clients. All breeds are welcome.
- Satisfaction Guaranteed -
*Payments expected up front.
** Discounts available for owners planning to leave horses longer than 30 days.
*** Prices subject to change.
-References-
Farrier:
Jeff Porter
931.206.2321
Veterinarian:
Dr. Mark & Rebecca Turney
4050 W. Main St. Erin, TN 37061
931.289.4138
