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Ranch Sorting and Horsemanship

July 17th, 2009

I can’t believe we are already halfway through the month of July! Our Ranch Horse Show is this weekend Saturday the 18th. We sure have enjoyed this summer with the relatively cool weather, making a lot of time to ride! The OutWest league sortings have been fun to watch! Be sure if you missed out [...]

Practicing Taking Proper Leads with your Horse

June 22nd, 2009

It’s nice to be back in Minnesota again after being in hot Oklahoma! My friend, Brooks, and I attended the Oklahoma School of Horseshoeing to learn the basic principles and practices of shoeing. We learned a lot in the time we were there, and now we have plenty of horses to work on here at the ranch!
Our [...]

Ranch Horse Show This Week!

May 28th, 2009

We were very happy to see so many new, and familiar, faces at our OutWest Spring Auction; and congratulations to the proud owners of new horses.  Thank you for coming -we are already looking forward to the Fall Auction, which is now scheduled for Saturday, October 3 2009.
I am excited for the Ranch Horse Shows [...]

May 16 Auction Features Broke Horses from OutWest

May 13th, 2009

Here at OutWest we work hard to find quality, all-around ranch horses; and we hold high expectations for these horses. They must be quiet, gentle, and have a good handle. At our auction this Saturday we will have a great line up of versatile mounts, including quality ranch quarter horses, ponies, and quiet trail horses. The horses [...]

Correcting Bad Horse Habits

April 23rd, 2009

Well, it has been a great week of riding and I am enjoying the warmer weather! I have been able to spend most of the day working with our horses here, and everybody has been acting happy to be out and worked with.
I did, however, notice that a few of the horses that I have [...]

Round Pen Work Can Benefit Both Horse and Rider

April 16th, 2009

Spring has finally come!  It seems like we all have endless projects to accomplish during our intermission of winter!  If any of you are like me, there are a few things that you have fallen behind on, and one of them might be your horse.  When preparing for that first spring ride, I like to round [...]