Kill pen pull, highly aggressive, tried to kill us on various occasions. Covered in scars, would not allow anyone to touch her below the shoulder, scars indicated likely used for Horse Tripping.  Would bite the bit and run out from underneath you...overall a complete disaster. By far the most dangerous horse we have yet to encounter and now is used for little kid lessons and special needs kids. She is by far the most trustworthy horse we have now.

Kill pen pull, highly reactive, sensitive and flighty.  He had a mean bronc buck and was incredibly difficult to train.  He would randomly light up in fear and behave dangerously enough that there were a few events that led us to doubt whether or not we could keep him. He is now the best cross-trained horse we have, he excels in barrel racing AND jumping. He can go from English to Western in the same day with no issue. 

 A pity pull from a herd that was picking on him relentlessly.  He is our number 1 lesson horse for kids. He still loves humans more than other horses but we have found a herd group for him where he gets along and isn't beat up by the others. 

Abandoned after a home was sold, she was stubborn and sassy.  We rehomed her to a gentleman who wanted to do trail rides only and she loved that. 

Abandoned after a home was sold by owners, extremely flighty, it took six hours to catch her in a small pasture and volunteers were nearly trampled from just trying to put her halter on, she broke two trailers doors busting out of them when trying to get her back to the ranch.  She was rehomed to a sweet lady with a ranch in West Haven as a  pleasure horse for her and her son with cerebral palsy.

Kali was a failed 4H horse. She learned that she could get out of doing 4 H patterns at competitions if she bucked the kids off.  Thankfully, we were able to retrain her and she is now a pretty incredible lesson horse - she also excels at barrels and skijoring!

Extremely neglected founder case.  When we got him he was so poorly trimmed that his knees were buckling over and he spent 1 1/2 years recovering from severe founder and continual abscesses.  By the time he left us he looked ten years younger. He became a family horse in Montana and lived out the rest of his days and retirement there after a few years of teaching his "boys" to ride. 

Her owners passed away and she was left in a small pen, buried up to her knees in manure when a family member contacted us for help.  We were able to pull her, give her some training and then a fantastic retirement home giving grand kids rides and enjoying her years with a sweet family in Morgan.

Lady had a bit of bucking issue and her owner surrendured her because she was "a brat".  When we got her, her teeth were incredibly bad, and her back was out of place (likely the reason for the bucking) because after she was adjusted and her teeth taken care of, she became a wonderful lesson horse. She was adopted out once she was healthy, but suffered a knee injury on the property she was kept and was returned to us.  We managed to get her cleaned up again and more comfortable, then adopted out to a special needs boy as his "pet" she was incredibly spoiled for the last of her years, and passed away last year.

Tequie was an owner surrender, going through a divorce and no longer able to care for her horse who she had adopted from the BLM as a teen.  We retrained her (VERY stubborn little mustang) and she became a nice family horse.  In the end, she didn't work perfectly for the family who adopted her BUT at the exact same time that they contacted us, so did the owner - whose circumstances had changed and was looking to be able to get her horse back or at least get in contact.  The owner was able to reconnect with the  family who adopted her horse and get her horse back.  Such a heartwarming experience. 

McFly's owner passed away and his wife contacted us to see if we could take him on, as she was struggling to keep up with her estate and animals. We made a service project out of the day, cleaning up her property with 16 volunteers and spending a solid 8 hours getting everything back under control. She donated a bunch of tack, a 3 horse trailer and McFly, who needed some training but ultimately landed a dream family as a trail horse.

Baron lost an eye due to cancer and needed a soft landing. With some help getting used to being half blind, he has been an amazing lesson horse. 

Wyatt was a failed barrel horse - awkward and clumsy with a penchant of avoiding taking the correct lead - he is a great intermediate lesson horse and trail horse - even with his quirks.

Havoc was a BLM mustang who was involved in an accident with his owner when he was in training as a very young horse. Unfortunately, his owner lost her life in the accident.  Havoc made his way to us, with a severe attitude issue and an even more insane kicking problem.  With time, patience and effort he was retrained and is currently still in training to hopefully be able to do lessons one day.  Some horses take longer than others, he is a work in progress.

Cass came to the ranch as a 3 year old in remission from a severe autoimmune disease called Pemphigus. We have been able to keep him in remission minus two small flareups.  Pemphigus can be brough ton by stress, so it was a gamble if he could be broke to ride without causing flareups of his disease.  By moving slowly, quietly and patiently we were able to retrain him into a fantastic horse with some serious speed and a great attitude about working. 

Rooster is a work in progress. Adopted off of the BLM with no training, the adoptees were not quite prepared for the work that he needed.  Hopefully he will be broke to ride by this summer.  He has some serious distrust in humans that we are trying to slowly work through. 

Diagnosed with Kissing Spine and an early retirement, we were able to rehome WIllow into a fantastic home where she can just be spoiled and loved on instead of being asked to be a riding horse. This sweet girl deserves every minute! 

Cochise was broken roughly by some old-school cowboys and retained a sudden and unpreditable flight response. We worked with him for years to get him to a point where he could be a reliable trail horse.  He was adopted by the volunteer who originally identified him and helped to get him to the ranch.  What a perfect ending for two great souls.

Mickey was a donation to the program.  He is a great horse with a winning, friendly attitude.  He does need a lot of upkeep to stay 'sane' and so the lesson program is a perfect fit for him. 

Riley is the class clown.  He is owned by Phyllis & Gary Wolfe but is a lesson horse in the DSCR program.  He is a fun challenge, a gaited Rocky Mountain Gelding with a lot of love to give to all of his riders