About Us :: The Hagan Family & Ranches

Thomas & Felicity

Shawne & Jocelyn

The Hagan Family

Thomas

Harley Mae

Erin, Harley Mae & Alistair

Shawne

Alistair

Erin

Thomas

Erin

Alistair

Ranch Branding

On the Black Horses

The Hagan ranch consists of three families united to present this high quality horse sale. Shawne and Jocelyn are the parents of four: Alistair, Amanda, Thomas and Bronwen. Locating themselves about 14 miles southwest of Virden, Shawne and Jocelyn have been involved in every aspect of the ranching business - from purebred Charolais cattle, to the PMU industry, and current commercial cow-calf and yearling operation. While maintaining a herd of 600 black cows, Shawne and Jocelyn are able to live the dream of a family-run operation, train horses and live the cowboy lifestyle. Shawne rides his horses with one hand and they are always ready to do any and every job. If you were to drive into Shawne and Jocelyn's yard on any given day, you would find it was abuzz with activity, with visitors dropping in from nearby Cromer all the way to Montreal.

Alistair is the oldest son and has created a ranch of this own with his wife Erin. Their biggest accomplishment to date is the birth of their daughter Harley Mae this spring. Living only two and a half miles from Shawne and Jocelyn, teamwork is essential in the operation of both ranches. Running 230 of their own Angus/Hereford cows, Alistair and Erin are looking for the perfect balance between modern marketing and cowboy tradition. Whether it is AI'ing heifers, alley sorting, riding at the Auction Market or round-penning colts, these two use their horses for every job on the ranch. This year Erin is trying to find a balance between being a full time horse trainer and a new mom. Erin's barrel racing training program always incorporates basic ranch work whether seasoned barrel horses or futurity colts. Alistair and Erin feel the exposure and endurance of the "real" world make for much better, more rounded barrel horses. They are committed to broadening their horizons, taking clinics and surrounding themselves with knowledgeable mentors whenever they can. (Alistair working for 1994 World Champion steer wrestler Blaine Pederson, and Erin for multiple NFR-qualifier Judy Myllymaki) They believe one should never quit learning.

Thomas and Felicity reside with in the town of Virden, Manitoba. They run 20 head of cattle with Shawne and Jocelyn, and own a string of horses. As well as training horses for a living, Thomas is a hired man on the Hagan Ranch while Felicity works part-time at ACL. Thomas competes in the MRCA and CCA Rodeo Associations in steer wrestling and tie down roping, last year winning the CCA year-end High Point and Steer Wrestling Championship. While he is putting on the miles to surrounding rodeos, Felicity has invested her time and money in the real estate market in Virden - buying, fixing, and renting local homes. These two find their passion lies around the equine industry and look forward to the many changes of the future.