Morning Ranch

01/07/2025

God sure did a great job making horses able to deal with extreme weather. I’m thinking I don’t want to be out very long or I’ll be a popsicle and our horses are acting like it’s warm outside and chomping on their hay. Hats off to all the cowfolk out there tending to the livestock in these cold temperatures. Thank God for the equines that help us do the work.

12/25/2024

11/23/2024

Marfa is a 2013 model out of Bear and Waco that left us many years ago as a broodmare carrying a Reno baby. She made a few babies for the folks that bought her from us and has begun her next adventure! Now she and her new person are learning to ride together. We love updates and this is one of the best kind. She is now called Dixie and we hope for lots more updates as this duo learns together! You can definitely start a good minded horse later in life! I think their story is going to be a good one!! This video was posted with permission from the owner. 😊

10/05/2024

I think the young mares are going to enjoy their winter pasture!!

08/04/2024

This is a horse breeder's happy place! We called him London, his new family calls him Kid. Today is his first show. In a few minutes he is getting his chance to spread his wings. Congratulations Melinda Ramsey and Ramsay Farms LLC and best of luck to STS Performance Horses!

08/02/2024

Thank you Melinda Ramsay for the update! This is a Reno and Rosie c**t and he sure has a bright future!!

07/29/2024

I came home from a long road trip to this beautiful sight! I sure feel blessed and I’m happy to be home!

07/10/2024

Everyone could use some grace-

Maybe she’s blowing you off. Maybe she’s a bad friend. Maybe she is keeping you in her back pocket for a rainy day. It’s entirely possible.

Or maybe she’s busy. Maybe her plate is completely full. Maybe she’s coping the best way she knows how. Maybe she’s stressed. Maybe she’s maxed out. Maybe stuff isn’t going her way, and she’s saving her energy.

Maybe she really did miss your text.

Maybe she is overwhelmed with kids, family, and bills. Maybe she’s trying her best, but her best isn’t much right now. Maybe anxiety is getting in the way and rearing its ugly head, as it so often does.

Maybe it has nothing to do with you at all. Maybe it’s about her.

There are a million reasons she might be falling short. Maybe it really is that things have run their course. It’s a sad part of life, but it is, nonetheless, a part of life. Only you can make that call.

But, then again, maybe it’s something else. Don’t forget to give the benefit of the doubt. Don’t forget to cut her some slack. Don’t forget to forgive. Don’t forget sometimes friendship means loving each other through the tough seasons, and the rainy weather, and all the ups and downs.

May we hold each other in the good times and in the rough times even if that means giving space...
I see you sister.

To those I have been too busy for - I love you, I’m sorry.

To those who have been distant from me - I love you, I understand.

~ Anonymous

06/26/2024

I found this interesting!

A recent study, conducted in Japan, compared various methods for cooling horses after exercise in hot and humid conditions. Thoroughbreds were exercised until their pulmonary artery temperature reached 108°F. The time until the pulmonary artery temperature returned to

06/16/2024

AMR Bueno Bee, who we call Baloo, got his first chance to be a herd stallion this year. Hopefully next year we will be congratulating him on his first Father’s Day as a sire to some babies that are as outstanding as he is! This was his first stallion prance for the girls. He is such a beautiful stallion.

06/16/2024

AMR Heza Poco Jet who we call Oso, was never ridden due to an injury when he was a yearling and another when he was three. He is gorgeous. He has a wonderful disposition and he makes amazing babies. He also does a great job of training our maiden mares for their broodmare years. We haven’t advertised him much but I am very happy that circumstances kept him here at Morning Ranch.

06/04/2024

Copied from a friend Jana Dreasher who is living her dream, raising, training and competing on her own horses. She is doing a great job of it too!

Shoutout to all the girls out there training their own horses.

This post is for you.

Wether it be rodeo horses.

Or show jumpers.

Dressage horses.

The list goes on,

But the principles remain the same.

Putting blood sweat and tears into these horses to only see no progress some days.

Dealing with the hard horses. The ones that constantly test you.

Those ones that can make you question everything you thought you knew.

Having high hopes for that horse, but then mistakenly second guessing it when their training feels like you are climbing a never ending mountain.

Dealing with the odd stares when your green horse is standing out like a sheep in a wolf paddock against the well educated, well behaved horses that have done this a hundred times before.

Whether you are starting from scratch.

Or retraining.

Or dealing with issues that would deem the horse unrideable, naughty, or unpredictable, and so fourth, with previous riders.

You are still humbled when you walk into that arena, when your horse could be incredible at home but suddenly makes you look like you just pulled him from the wild west and started him under saddle a week ago.

You still dream and work day in and day out, to see the results you want because; success takes time.

You feel like carving into cement that your horse will be something incredible, but instead, you decide to keep working tirelessly, to bring the best out in that horse and prove the naysayers wrong.

Some do it because they have no choice. Maybe their well educated horse went lame, or went to greener pastures, or maybe training their own horse is their only option.

Some do it because they want a challenge. They want to grow, become better with their horsemanship.

Some do it because they love it. The results you see after effortlessly working on that horse never gets old.

But whatever your reason.

It’s these horses that make us.

They turn us into better versions of ourselves.

It’s not all smooth sailing,

Or walks in the park,

But,

As that famous saying goes;

“You are a great champion. When you ran, the ground shook, the sky opened and mere mortals parted. Parted the way to victory, where you'll meet me in the winner's circle, where I'll put a blanket of flowers on your back.”

❤️

Thank you Jana Dreasher, for some reason it wouldn’t let me tag you.

These are two fillies that we are raising. I hope they make dreams come true too!

06/03/2024

It’s supposed to be world bicycle day. I like to ride a bike. I love to ride a horse! Show me your favorite horse or bike in the comments if you like! Pictured is Baloo. I look forward to showing you his babies next spring!

06/02/2024

I have no idea how many gnats I swallowed while doing chores tonight, but whatever the amount, it was an unacceptable number. It’s that season.