Ranch Hand Trail Course Challenge

Butte Star Ranch this weekend for our Ranch Hand Obstacle Clinic & Show. Looking forward to helping enforce the bond between horse and rider.

Getting ready to judge an Obstacle Challenge for Region 13 of the California State Horsemen's Association. There is time to email your entry for tomorrow's show. Awesome view of the ocean from the arena.

Developing the skill of dragging needs to be approached carefully. The essential goal in building this skill is to help the horse overcome the fear of being chased by something that scares them that they believe they cannot get away from. When developing this skill, it’s essential that you begin with something simple that the horse is not afraid of. This will be something that the horse has seen many times and has accepted its smell, physical characteristics and the sound ...Continue reading

Went out to the Blue Lake Saddle Club to help with an obstacle clinic

Once again we are sadden to have to make the hard decision about what our future holds. There is still no word on when the Shelter in Place order will be lifted or modified enough for us to safely be able to hold events. As a result, we have decided to CANCEL the scheduled 2020 Buckle Series and move it to 2021 still trying to split the locations between The Paradise Horse Arena and Meadowbrook Ranch. We will be considering holding some clinics at these two locations based on availability of dates when this Order gets lifted. We will make sure we will keep our rider's informed as soon as there is more information so that you will be able to make plans accordingly.