About Us :: The Hagan Family & Ranches

	Shawne & Jocelyn	Thomas & Felicity
The Hagan Family
Erin, Harley Mae & Alistair	Harley Mae	Alistair
Alistair	Erin	Shawne
Erin	Alistair	Thomas

The Hagan family consists of three families united and proud to produce this high quality horse sale.

Shawne and Jocelyn are the proud parents of 4; Alistair, Amanda, Thomas and Bronwen and of course grandparents of 2; Harley Mae and the Slade. They are both very proud of the all of their children and the fact that they are close with them all. Both love being grandparents and spend a lot of time with the kids, Harley loves going to her NanNan & Papa’s house and there isn’t a day goes buy that Papa Shawne doesn’t stop in to see them both. Shawne and Jocelyn live on the Hagan family farm were Shawne was born and raised just 14 miles southwest of Virden, they have been involved in every aspect of ranching; from the purebred Charolais business to the PMU industry, to the current cow/calf/yearling operation and are now slowing down or at least shifting gears. Shawne has cut his cow heard down and is shifting towards buying grassers and custom grazing. This year between Shawne’s and Thomas’s “custom grazers” his own cows and yearlings and helping Alistair ride on his cows, yearlings and at the municipal pasture it has added up to a lot of hours in the saddle with a lot of cattle to ride on and a pile of “cowboying”. Shawne really enjoys spending time in the saddle with his 2 boys a horseback, riding good horses and not always having to be the boss. Shawne has a great eye for a horse and always enjoys heading out on a good horse buying trip to pick out that next “good one”. This winter Shawne is looking to have more time to spend hunting, messing around with his young horses and enjoying the good company in the ever entertaining “bunkhouse”. Jocelyn is still working off the farm as a member of the team at the Virden Co-op and really enjoys both the people she works with as well as everyone she meets and greets on a daily basis. She makes sure that everyone who goes through her till we’ll be having just a little bit better day when they leave. She is still super busy with her alter ego as “Nan/Nan” (she is a huge help with her 2 grandkids) as well maintaining her role as Virden rodeo President. Jocelyn as always still looks forward to a visit from one of her six sisters, Bronwen or going Garage saleing with Amanda on weekends. These 2 think they are slowing down but there isn’t much grass growing under there feet just yet!  

Alistair, the oldest of the Hagan siblings and wife Erin had another big year! Neither can believe that Harley Mae is already 4 years old and Slade William Shawne is well over a year. These 2 like most farms kids very busy to say the least; both love riding horses, spending time outside with their new puppy and Harley has even started entering the pee wee barrels on her favourite horse “Maverick”. Alistair & Erin have put together their own ranch just down the road on the original Hagan farm, the farm on which the Hagan family first settled upon arriving from Ireland in 1916. They currently maintain a heard of around 200 British cows, grass their own calves and run around 40 head of horses. Expansion was the main focus for these 2 this year; they bought out another tip table business adding to their existing hoof trimming business, put 200 heifers to grass with a bull and added some of the top barrel horse bloodlines in the industry to the brood mare band. The biggest opportunity came when they were able to buy 3000 acres from a neighbouring grain farm, this allowed them to sell off some smaller parcels of land for acreages and add substantially to the ranch. It was another exciting spring for their horse breeding program; as they welcomed another colourful “BF Streakin Merridoc” foal crop. They then successfully bred back 16 mares to Merri, including Erin’s great rodeo mare “Kruz” and Harley’s good pony “Flossy”! In the name of new opportunities both upgraded their education this past year; Erin spent the winter going to college taking night courses in Photography and then she was off to Rapid City S.D to take a clinic with “Larry Larson” the top horse photographer in North America. Erin took all of the sale horse pictures this year and has started a side line photography business. Alistair also took his Auctioneer’s training and these 2 may look at producing some sales somewhere in the future. Both Alistair & Erin are very committed to the rodeo and ranching lifestyle and continue to donate all of their spare time to the MRCA and the Wheat City Stampede. They enjoyed another great rodeo season with a few changes and few less miles. Both are hauling young horses; Erin is putting her first full season in on Gracie and Alistair’s new steer wrestling horse “Buddy” has been a big hit with the whole team, carrying 2 or 3 people to the pay window each weekend. They are looking for a trip back to the CCA & MRCA finals. Erin is very excited about the years to come as she finds a balance between stay at home mother of 2, photographer and horse trainer spending as much of her time outside as the kids will allow. Both are very excited about the future, Merridoc is coming along very well and there is a pen full of awesome futurity prospects. This year they had the opportunity to host some clinics as well as private family lessons at the ranch with two of their mentors; Judy Myllymaki and Mike Majors. Both feel that their horsemanship is heading in the right direction thanks to these great teachers but still feel very strongly that the best way to improve both you and your horse is to simply ride! No matter if it’s a ranch horse or a futurity prospect they feel the best way to make a good horse is to simply spend time forming a relationship and getting to know your horse. Both love their family, their horses and their land and are looking forward to the future.

The creation of Hagan Valley Ranch has opened new doors for Thomas and Felicity this year. Purchasing a quarter section on the Assiniboine Valley has got these two extremely excited for the years to come. Selling the family home in Virden, will allow these two to move out to the farm and FINALLY live as ranchers, running their small cattle herd and their ever-growing horse herd. Thomas and Felicity once again pulled off a successful social with the Virden Indoor Rodeo and Wild West Daze. The new facility was a wonderful addition to the rodeo and they look forward to enjoying it in the years to come. They also took back their position as the head organizers of ``The Hagan Valley Ranch 60 Day Challenge,`` but due to injuries to many of the colts participating, the couple found it a bit of a struggle, but were still able to pull off an exciting competition. This year Thomas went down to Ardmore, Oklahoma and received his farrier certificate. This has kept him very busy this summer. He also job shadowed with Mark Berry, a local farrier, who showed him many new techniques and gave him many new clients. Thomas has once again focused on enhancing his horsemanship and ranching knowledge. Taking clinics from Cian Quam and Mike Major, he has created horses for this years sale with even better body control, head sets and is just creating a better broke all around horse. He also went on a grazing tour which has help Thomas structure their ranch and set future goals. He took on the job of custom grazing heifers this summer along with maintaining our small cattle herd. Felicity has once again changed her direction! Selling her share in Garbage Day Virden to her sister-in-law Amanda in December of last year, Amanda and her felt their time as business partners was not up and opened the same store in Brandon. Having the store open for a few months, the girls were approached by a buyer and have sold their recent venture. Felicity has now taken on the job of manager for the Virden & District Chamber of Commerce and has recently headed back to school taking computer and web design programs. Throughout all this she was faced with very little time to participate in the ranching operations, but found time to take a clinic with Judy Myllymaki which she thoroughly enjoyed. She looks forward to living on the ranch and playing a larger role in the production and operations of the ranch other then bookkeeping. Thomas and Felicity are very excited for their big move to their new home and new life as fulltime ranchers!


All the horses on offer have been ridden extensively and have taken on the job we feel best fits them. We pride ourselves in "OUR" horses being what we say they are; if that's quiet or fast or whether they are ranch horses, started team roping horses or rodeo ready horses. We ride a lot of horses as a family and not every one of the horses makes the sale, we cull very hard and do our best only to sell horses that we feel will truly have a future. We have done our best to prepare these horses mentally to move into any other future discipline. We invite you to not only watch the video on each horse but to also come ride any and all of the 10 horses on offer this year. Please check out the testimonies' or call us if you see anything that you like and we will do our best to find a horse that fits you as an individual.