Stelkia Ranch

Stelkia Ranch Here at Stelkia Ranch, we implement effective herd management strategies on wild horse populations across BC.

Suitable horses enter into our training program and are offered for sale at our annual auction.

10/09/2025

Maverick

3yr old Palomino OIB Wildie c**t

Day 2

Maverick's showing his intelligence and how much he retained from his first lesson. Almost a week, and he's behaving as if it was yesterday.

📢Voting has closed, and we have a name📢🥁🥁Maverick🥁🥁Thank you everyone who participated.
10/09/2025

📢Voting has closed, and we have a name📢

🥁🥁Maverick🥁🥁

Thank you everyone who participated.

Name suggestions are now closed... we will review the list and choose a short list for you all to vote on in the next da...
10/03/2025

Name suggestions are now closed... we will review the list and choose a short list for you all to vote on in the next day or so. Thank you for you're participation.

Let's start this year off with a "Name this horse". We are starting to work with some young stallions. This guy is 3 coming 4. Palomino with white on his hind pasterns. Aaron had him haltered this morning and within 20 mins he has learned how to follow. Day 1 for this guy.

09/28/2025

Who's interested in a fall consignment sale??

We would be happy to host with enough interest...

Well guys its been a great time for us. We are wondering how you all are doing with your horses since the sale. So you a...
08/01/2025

Well guys its been a great time for us. We are wondering how you all are doing with your horses since the sale. So you all may know.
We were fortunate enough to have some of our staff buy horses this year also. This is Jack Sparrow now. He's doing great and gaining new skills quickly. We were able to go to a small gymkhana for exposure while his big half brother boss got to run barrels. He got to stand and watch. Safe exposure is huge in these horses. Things they have never seen new places can be big for them. Loading into different trailers can be scary as they don't know where they are going to. They put alot of trust in us and amaze us daily. Please share your updates no matter how big or small we love it. It makes our hearts beam. From all of us. Thank you.

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2831 McKinney Road
Oliver, BC

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Our mission is to implement effective herd management strategies on the wild horses living on the traditional lands of BC’s southern interior. Our main goals are conservation of our delicate ecosystems and genetic diversity contributing to the overall health and wellness of the wild herds.

Horses can live for up to 30 years, and populations can double in size every 4 years. Without human intervention, herds can quickly overpopulate an area putting the entire ecosystem at risk of collapse. A lack of natural predators and protection from hunting exacerbates this population boom. We strive to maintain a sustainable number of horses.

Due to increased human settlement and activity in the area over the past several decades, open rangeland has been segmented into isolated patches. Isolation creates genetic bottlenecks due to increased occurrences of inbreeding. This leads to lower birth weights and a higher percentage of foals born with defects affecting their health and longevity. Relocating bands or individuals, removing young horses before they reach breeding age and introducing new breeding stock help mitigate the effects isolation has on these horses.

All horses removed from rangeland are available for adoption as is. We do offer halter training services for added fee, as an optional add-on to any as is sale. Suitable stock enters into our training program and are available for purchase.