Two Hats Ranch Horse Lessons, Boarding and Training

01/01/2026

2026 is The Year of the Fire Horse, better start lunging her now ;)

12/31/2025

We have quite a group here today!

12/28/2025

A heartwarming moment for friends basking in the sun that has finally emerged after what seems like weeks of waiting for it to come out.

12/22/2025

12/18/2025

We need FFA and 4-H!

Your help is needed!

The Oregon Legislature will be considering changes to the current biennial budget due to budget challenges. The proposal that has been shared would remove all funding for Oregon FFA from the State of Oregon, for both statewide student activities and grants to local agricultural programs for summer contracts.

We have a statement prepared for the Legislative Joint Ways and Means Committee. Please consider signing on using the link below. Follow the link for the letter and to add your name to the petition!

As well, please feel free to share this with others who would support FFA in this effort!

Link:
https://forms.gle/rd3T2t13swo4q8v47

Thank you for your help in demonstrating the state-wide, strong belief in the positive impact FFA and Agricultural Education make in the lives of students and in our schools and communities!

12/15/2025

Big congratulations to Cheri Baker, owner of 5-year-old THR Tequila Lil Time, who placed 8th in a salty field of over 100 horses in the 5D at the CCBR Barrel Race in Battleground, WA on the 13th. Cheri even doubled down in the Futurity—because alongside Tequila Lil Time, Miss Paisley Fame, a granddaughter of our stallion THR Buggin Da Bully, took 1st and 2nd in the 1D Futurity.

Meanwhile, Phoenix and I were out horsein’ around for the Day of the Horse. He’s my work in progress and comeback partner, and every run teaches us something new. This weekend he came out of the trailer better than last—and that’s a win worth celebrating.

As always, Thank you Julia Smith Images for the wonderful picture!

Saddle?! So pretty... Holstine Saddlery.

12/12/2025

2YO gelding THR BLACK LABEL BUZZ aka Ryman is straight outta a 1980’s classic movie Airplane where the pilot has a ‘drinking problem’! Apparently, the waterer is less of a drinking fountain and more of a performance art piece. Interpretive dance, anyone? 💦🎭
If you’d like to add his comedic presence to your barn, give us a jingle. Beyond the laughs, he’s all business under saddle — lots of easy rides, hauled last summer, and just went to a Marriott Clinic where he was GOLDEN. He kept pace with the 3yo’s and 4yo’s like a pro.
By our stallion THR BUGGIN DA BULLY (Bully Bullion x o/o own daughter of Streakin Six) and out of a Woodbridge mare that ran 1D/2D times and has already produced 1D babies. This guy’s got both the pedigree and the personality — a splash of comedy with a serious future.

12/04/2025

When you board here, we provide a probiotic along with alfalfa—because it’s all about keeping those tummies healthy.

LETS TALK ABOUT ULCERS AND ALFALFA!!!!

Thought this was neat and worth sharing🤔

Alfalfa and horses with ulcers
Research from Texas A&M University shows that feeding alfalfa to horses with the potential to be high performers either prevents or is therapeutic in treating stomach ulcers.

Something in alfalfa hay tends to buffer acid production, said Dr. Pete Gibbs, Extension horse specialist. Feeding grain, confinement, exercise and overall environmental stress factors are thought to cause ulcers, he said. Studies have shown that horses will heal if provided less acidic diets.

In the research, 24 quarter horses from 12-16 months old were separated into two treatment groups. One group was fed Bermuda grass hay and the other fed alfalfa hay to meet the daily roughage needs. The yearlings received forced exercise during the study. The horses were examined internally with an endoscope at the beginning and end of two 28-day trials.

It's commonly thought that horses turned out on pastures are better off than those that are confined. However, if grass hay is the only hay they are fed, horses can still get gastric ulcers, he said.

In this study, ulcer scores increased when alfalfa was removed from the horses diets, and they were turned out on pasture. Under the ulcer-scoring system, 0 signified no ulcers, with severity increasing to level 4.

Further work is needed to look at horses with varying degrees of ulceration to better determine the full extent to which alfalfa or alfalfa-based products might help from a feeding management standpoint.

Based on what we know right now, for horses that are kept in confinement, eating feed and getting forced exercise, it makes sense to consider some alfalfa as part of their diet, he said.

Until further research is done, he recommends, horses weighing between 1,000-1,300 pounds should be fed about 1 pound of alfalfa after a grain meal.

Follow this link: http://agnews.tamu.edu/showstory.php?id=224

12/03/2025

Loss for words on this sunrise
Just...WOW!