Rafter 27 Ranch

06/25/2024

We didn’t introduce our newest addition! Pepsi gave us a surprise filly in May! & little Sprite has been growing like a w**d! 🌱

06/20/2024

It’s been a minute since we posted on here!
Having the best start to summer with friends & lots of fun🫶🏻

06/20/2024

Entering our rodeo family era 🫶🏻

07/08/2023

Bean doing all the stuff & things! We had our first ride out of the arena and then Travis even took her for a spin

07/06/2023

A jumping bean!

06/15/2023

Bean’s first outing was a huge success ✅

06/14/2023

All her hard work during lessons have paid off! Dani & Princess had a beautiful, smooth run. I couldn’t be more proud!🤍

06/11/2023

having the best time with this little horse! She’s so affectionate and sweet … once you catch her!😂❤️
Super proud of how far she’s come in such a short time.

06/11/2023

fun with friends🤍

06/09/2023

A healthy mouth is the first step to a healthy body!

06/07/2023

Great Lesson Day🤍 good job, Dani!

05/30/2023

little pinto ponies❤️

05/22/2023

we’ve had a weekend full of fun!

05/22/2023

happy may long! 🍾

05/16/2023

River desxribing how we feel about the smoke today 🔥

05/13/2023

Pringles first day on the job! ⭐️

05/12/2023

Room for 2 more May 2023 🐴
Pasture board available at our property in Cochrane. Large outdoor sand arena, round pen, stalls, paddocks & pasture turnout. Horses have access to shelter, water and are fed quality hay & grain (if needed) in the winter months.
Heated barn with tack & feed storage. Located 5 minutes from Big Hill Springs Park & close to Calgary City Limits.
Friendly & low-key atmosphere.
3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ pasture board/ horse/ month.
Lessons are also available.

05/03/2023

We’re a little late to introduce our newest future gate opener, Mr. River! He was born April 1 and has already spent most of his time outside around the horses💞

05/03/2023

Now that the arena isn’t frozen, we can finally have some more fun around here! 🐴

02/09/2023

Expecting our new, lil cowboy in just a few weeks!💙 Lessons will be resuming in the spring after we’re all settled with baby.
Please keep in mind, we are not accepting any more boarders until the summer and will post once spots become available!
Thanks for your patience & we’ll see ya real soon.

02/06/2023

I believe with enough time, energy and a willing mind anything can be learned.
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Doesn’t matter if it is a horse or human.
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I believe some horses will make you work harder to get greatness out of them than others.
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Sometimes you have to earn trust and loyalty to get a horse to want to give you a work ethic or their heart.

I also believe that confidence comes from work ethic. When you put in the effort you know you have earned the rewards. I know when I have worked hard enough to be deserving of the benefits my confidence increases.

—Joy

www.betweenthereins.us

01/28/2023

I guess we have a thing for Pinto’s around here!
🤍𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚗🤍

01/24/2023

𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫... 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.⁣
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If you ride just to barrel race and only barrel race because you're a competitive individual, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦-𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 "𝘸𝘩𝘺." ⁣
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We are barrel racers, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬—𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬. ⁣
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When you take a step back and look at where you are compared to where you started when the dream to become a barrel racer ignited, you'll see that you're so much further along than you imagined.⁣
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There have been road bumps along the way and more obstacles will stand in your path, but you will find yourself overcoming them.⁣
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𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 "𝐰𝐡𝐲" 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, then you'll find yourself set back in progress. ⁣
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If you're so worried about winning and fulfilling your personal desires that you overlook your horse's needs, you'll feel that nothing is going right. ⁣
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𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. ⁣
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❌ You've become so set on winning that you've overlooked your horse needing a mental or physical break. ⁣
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❌ You've been worried about the money spent on a race and you're set on winning, so you won't turn out.⁣
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❌ You set your goals and are so far from them, but refuse to take a break from the rodeo trail.⁣
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❌ You continue to ride even though deep inside you feel something is wrong with your horse because you're bored and don't have anything else to ride. ⁣
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Our horses work hard for us. Be mindful of their needs and put those needs before a single one of your wants. ⁣
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𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 "𝐰𝐡𝐲" 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, "𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝."

01/17/2023

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

01/17/2023

Room for 3 more March/2023 🐴
Spots available at our property in Cochrane (March 2023). Large outdoor sand arena, stalls, paddocks & pasture turnout. Horses have access to shelter, water and are fed quality hay 2x daily in the winter months.
Heated barn with tack & feed storage. Located 5 minutes from Big Hill Springs Park & close to Calgary City Limits.
Friendly & low-key atmosphere.
3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ pasture board/ horse/ month.
Lessons are also available.
https://www.facebook.com/rafter27ranch

01/15/2023

Our page has turned into pictures of Pringles! Everyone is in love with this lil guy. Cute flick of Catie and Pringles snugglin😂❤️

01/05/2023

Pringles being a good citizen! Not a flinch. So proud of this lil guy🥹❤️

01/04/2023

01/02/2023

The cutest, newest addition Pringles!🤍