Martin Ranch

Martin Ranch C**t Starting, Horse training, ranch performance horsemanship Martin Ranch specializes in starting young horses. I start all of the colts with ground work.

Horses are a passion for me and I truly love to watch colts develop as they begin to understand what it means to perform actions, not just REactions. The training methods that I use in the beginning stages help to lay a solid foundation for every type of horse, regardless of the discipline. I have started a wide variety of horses that have gone on to be succesful in many different avenues includin

g working cow horses, trail/family horses, reining, dressage and jumping horses. Among various other things depending on what the horse is being trained for, I teach them to respect my space, give to pressure, accept the flag and handle their feet. How quickly the horse moves through the ground work phase of his/her training largely depends on how much he/she has been handled up to that point, each horse is unique so I do approach every horse a little differently. Generally I do spend at least a week on ground work. After I am on the horse I continue teaching the horse to move away from leg and rein pressure, as well as soften his/her neck laterally and vertically. after a few rides in the big corral we head out to some of the pastures and trails and log some quiet miles that allow for the horse to relax and think. I believe that most horses can benefit from being ridden outside checking cattle ect. however if the horse is going on to be a performance horse we do spend more time "schooling" teaching the basics of hip and shoulder control, loping circles and softening at the poll. Thankyou for your interest if you have any further questions you can call or text me on my cell @ 519-591-8728 or email me at [email protected]

Employee Spotlight!!Cody Sabila has had his nose to the grindstone here fulltime since he was 13 years old. He started o...
12/22/2025

Employee Spotlight!!
Cody Sabila has had his nose to the grindstone here fulltime since he was 13 years old. He started out cleaning stalls and saddling horses. From there he began riding all the ones I didn't want to get hurt on. ๐Ÿคฆ From there he began starting 2 yr olds, and eventually show horses and everything in between.
By showing up to work early everyday and relentlessly pursuing better horsemanship, he has become invaluable to our program.
Amy and I are so proud of the horseman that he has become. By consistently applying himself everyday he is putting together quite a resume!
He is Ontario's first Youth World's Greatest Horseman Finalist.
Youth Run for A Million Qualifier and 7th place,
Snaffle Bit Futurity L1 Top Ten,
Multiple aged Event wins in L1 and Limited Open Hackamore, Bridle and Two Rein all across the United States and Canada.
He finished out the year in Minnesota winning 1st 2nd and 4th in the L1 Open Derby as well as 1st in the L1 Open Futurity.
He has over 30 thousand in LTE and is now moving out of the L1 and into the Limited Open Category for Aged Events.
Pretty impressive for 19 years old!!
Thank-you for your committment! You are a true example of what is possible through hard work and consistency!

To say I am proud of this team of horsemen is an understatement! We have had an incredible year! Our team has had succes...
12/13/2025

To say I am proud of this team of horsemen is an understatement! We have had an incredible year! Our team has had success across North America on many horses that we have developed and trained. The preparation and blood sweat and tears that go into a season like this is an absolute grind. We have a team that I would put up against any In the business and I have absolute confidence in each of them. We are doing things I would have hardly thought possible from up here in snowmagedon! Amy and I feel so lucky to have these special horsemen and women chasing these dreams with us! I will be doing a series of posts over the next week to highlight each of them individually, but I just wanted to start with this one.
Cody Sabila Haley Frey Wanda Kuepfer Sarah Gray

10/25/2025

John Martin and Sharp Turn Ahead mark a 216 in the finals! good for Reserve Champion in the 4 yr old Intermediate Amateur!
Thank you to our herd help all week!
Reynolds
Walt Erwin
Sheet
Pierce




Wendy Degroot and Adam Sandler ended up 4th in the intermediate Amateur Futurity and added 2k to Adams LTE! Thank you to...
10/25/2025

Wendy Degroot and Adam Sandler ended up 4th in the intermediate Amateur Futurity and added 2k to Adams LTE!
Thank you to all of our help in the pen this last week!
Gabe Reynolds Cutting Horses
Cutting Horses
Cutting Horses TC Sheer
Cutting Horses Bill Pierce

๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ John Martin and Fseven Miss Kitty place 3rd in the Non Pro Futurity and Reserve Champions of the Stallion Incentive p...
10/24/2025

๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ John Martin and Fseven Miss Kitty place 3rd in the Non Pro Futurity and Reserve Champions of the Stallion Incentive putting another 10 thousand on Kitty's LT Earnings!




10/09/2025

๐€๐๐š๐ฆ ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ (๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ) made a statement in the arena โ€” taking home the title of All American Quarter Horse Futurity Open Champion. ๐Ÿ†

Owned by ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—— and shown by ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป, this team proved to be a real contender!
๐“’๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ผ to everyone involved โ€” thatโ€™s a win worth celebrating. ๐Ÿ‘

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We had a spot open up for a small clinic being held at our place this Saturday, it is being taught by Chet, Cody Sabila ...
10/09/2025

We had a spot open up for a small clinic being held at our place this Saturday, it is being taught by Chet, Cody Sabila Haley Frey Sarah Grey, and Wanda Kuepfer. Suitable for intermediate riders in Reined Cowhorse or Cutting. 200 for the day. Text 519-591-8728 first come first serve

Thanks Rhyan Gaspari for the treat today! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€Wendy Seber-Degroot
10/06/2025

Thanks Rhyan Gaspari for the treat today! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€

Wendy Seber-Degroot

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