De Frates Horsemanship

De Frates Horsemanship We offer clinics, lessons & training to help you and your horse build a confident, trusting, and balanced partnership.
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Our facility, proudly located in Gilroy, CA, includes 2 large arenas, an acre+ obstacle course, ergonomically designed round pen and accommodations for up to 25 horses.

08/28/2026

Meet Harold, a 10 year old rescue pony at Buena Vista Ranch. Harold was the seeing eye pony for Maude, a blind draft mare who has since passed on. Harold is mainly untouchable and over the next few weeks we will be working with him to see how handleable we can get him. Make sure to follow us and join the journey.

The world lost a legend today, and many of us lost an idol. Like so many of you, I grew up with her in my car, in my kit...
08/25/2026

The world lost a legend today, and many of us lost an idol.
Like so many of you, I grew up with her in my car, in my kitchen, on my TV, and in my heart. To say she will missed just feels disingenuous. Dolly was an inspiration to generations and if those of us to whom Dolly was just an icon are hurting this much at the news of her passing, I can only imagine how those who knew her are feeling. My heart goes out to her family and friends.
Rest in comfort Dolly.

08/04/2026

Cherish demanded that I learn how to add “portable shade structure” to my list of professional attributes. I am proud to have the following on my resume :professional pillow, personal fly swatter, and now, a portable shade structure. I wonder what skill the babies will want me to develop next!

07/28/2026

Farrah is in full on “moldy cheese” phase. Despite the uneven shedding, Farrah still manages to look fabulous.

07/23/2026

Being a professional pillow for babies might be my favorite job!

07/18/2026

Have Vanilla’s postpartum hormones have finally calmed down enough for me to get to make friends with Baileys? I suspect so but I’ll take my wins the way I like them. Small and covered in dirt.

07/18/2026

At 4.5 months old, Jagger has decided to nurse off of Cherish’s mother, Roxy, and no one seems to care except me. JAGGER! Wtf, bro? I guess his real mom, Gracie, would like him weaned early.

07/10/2026

Now that summer is here it’s time for baby Houdini to get used to wearing a fly mask. A fly mask is a flexible mesh mask that horses can see through just fine, but keeps the flies away from their eyes. Before we ever think about putting it on his face, we want to make sure he is comfortable with everything the mask will do. It makes sounds when you take it on and off. It makes a different sound when it rubs on things. It also will feel different when he rubs the mask on his legs to scratch an itch. We start exposing Houdini to all these new sensations gradually, until he is completely relaxed when we do these strange things. Then we can think about putting it on and taking it off.

07/09/2026

More of Houdini’s antics from his first ride with his mom, Izzy. This was the first time Jason has ridden Izzy in at least 15 months, if not longer. Perfect as always, we hope Houdini learned something about arena manners from Izzy when he wasn’t bucking and farting!

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9677 New Avenue
Gilroy, CA
95020

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 7pm
Sunday 9am - 2pm

Telephone

(408) 548-7669

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