A huge thank you to Raymond Goodman & The Calgary Stampede Ranch
for buying the MRCA Fundraiser horse "Quigley" and then reselling the horse and donating the money back to the MRCA AGAIN!! Total money raised was $5800
French Bulldog Puppies For Sale!
9 weeks old and had their first shots and check up. They are both males and fawn in color.
For more information email Felicity at felicity923@hotmail.com.
Announcements
*2011 Sale catalogue NOW ONLINE! <<Click Here>>
*2011 Sale horses have arrived! <<Click Here>>
*CONGRATULATIONS to our friends Brian & Lisa Fulton on another hugely successful production sale.
* Streakin Tiny Doc our stallions full sister was just purchased by "Judd Little" AWESOME ! <<Click Here>>
*Good luck to Erin and Merri; they are at the Northern Lights Barrel Futurity September 2nd-4th in Brandon Mb.
Why we believe in ranch horse beginnings…
We feel that people are today looking for “been there done that horse”. Some want
them better broke than others but everyone wants to know how they will “react” to any
given situation. They want them safe! In our opinion you can make both safe and broke
horses on the ranch. We are life long students of horsemanship, we take clinics, read
books, watch videos, and do are best to improve. The common thought of all of today’s
great clinicians and horseman is that horse’s are best “started” on the ranch. One such
horseman Stacy Westfall believes this is because “horses that have been exposed to a
large variety of activities last longer than those that have been drilled toward perfection
on a single thing such as reining etc. This is because these horses have had to think along
the way and exercise their mind all the while creating a better minded easier going
horse” end quote. (Stacy Westfall, AQHA horseman famous for appearing on “Ellen”
riding the bridle less, saddle less reining pattern as well as winning the “2008 Road to
the horse” she has a feature article each month in the America’s Horse magazine).
Our horses start their life in the roundpen and the arena then move outside to simple
trail riding, riding over fallen trees, through water, dragging logs etc. The horses continue
their education back in the arena, with dry work, working the flag, mock branding,
roping the heel-o-matic and track steer and next thing you know they are in the work
string. They first start with moving cows or going to work at the sales barn and all of a
sudden they graduate to sorting, branding, round penning colts, roping and doctoring
cattle in the open. Finally we move them back into the arena to refine their handle and
if it is a fit for the horse they begin their career as a team roping horse. We strive to do
every job possible on the ranch a horseback; we get all of our ranch work done while
riding these sales horses and pride ourselves in the fact that our horses “enjoy life” and
like to be ridden. It is within those parameters that we begin the culling process, as not
every horse that we own makes the sale. We do our best to start with good looking,
sound, attractive, athletic horses but if they do not enjoy being ridden then it is our
opinion that no one will enjoy riding them. That said those horses simply do not make it.
The whole time that we ride our horses we are developing their mind and simply getting
to know them as individuals; do they enjoy being ridden, how do they react to pressure?
Our Ranch horses have been put in pressure situations and have had to handle different
scenarios in their day to day life. They are constantly presented with situations in which
they have to think for themselves and “react” and it is how they react that tells us what
kind of horse they are going to be. We truly feel that these horses can go on in life and
take on many different disciplines in the future and although we can not expose them
to everything in this world we have put them in enough of these situations that we are
confident in how they will “react” and that is why we believe so much in “Ranch horse
beginnings”
If you are not on the mailing list for either please phone or e-mail us ASAP.
Thanks for visiting us at haganhorsesale.com and hope to see you at the sale or at the ranch for a test ride!
