Lodgepole Quarter Horses

04/15/2023

Rancho Rio Spring Classic Horse Sale Preview

04/11/2023

Lot 25 of Rancho Rio Spring Classic Horse Sale
LP STREAK N DRIFT
AQHA 3 yr old mare by Streakin G6 by STREAK OF FLING out of a double bred DRIFTWOOD mare by WHITE LIGHTNING IKE from the Will Gill rope horse program in Madera, CA
EXCELLENT ROPE HORSE PROSPECT

01/16/2023

Annie: AQHA reg. mare. Well started head horse. See videos at https://www.youtube.com/

02/04/2022

Photos from Lodgepole Quarter Horses's post

02/04/2022

Mari Me Sugar “Sugar” had a great first time to town at the Roping Futurities of America in Abilene. She headed and heeled in the Derby with a 5th finish in the heading. Great thanks to TJ Watts and Garrett Tonozzi.

03/20/2020

I spent a couple of days in March with Paul Dietz and two of my young horses. Paul is a true, exceptional horseman in the best sense possible. He apprenticed and rode with Buck Brannaman and was deeply influenced by Tom Dorrance and Ray Hunt. Paul was invited to ride in the Tom Dorrance benefit in Ft. Worth, hosted by Ray Hunt, before Ray's passing. Paul now travels the world putting on clinics and his insight, perceptions, and communication skills are remarkable, both with the horse, and with rider. I always come away from Paul with a better understanding of my horses and what I want to achieve, and humbled, knowing there is so much more to learn and the journey never ends. Enjoy it.

03/20/2020

Love the T4 people and horses! Our ranching community is truly special.

03/17/2020

Team Roping Clinic

Jay Ellerman and Brit Ellerman 2 Day Roping Clinic
High Country Stampede Rodeo Grounds. Fraser, Colorado
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 9 & 10, 2020

Jay Ellerman, 5 time NFR qualifier and Brit Ellerman, PRCA header, professional horse showman and recent American qualifier, will conduct a two day roping clinic June 9 and 10.

All levels welcome. Limited to 12 participants. Learn from the pros, and improve your position, swing, delivery, handle, dally and more.

Cost is $500 per student. $250 advance, non-refundable deposit, to hold your space. For more information contact Tim Rhine ([email protected]; 970-364-6020) Clinic reservations and deposits can be submitted to Tim Rhine, Lodgepole Quarter Horses, PO Box 495, Kremmling, CO 80459.

Lodgepole Quarter Horses of Kremmling will be co-sponsoring the event. Cattle to be provided by Gary Rodarmel of 5 Flat Productions.

02/05/2019

The 2019 National Western Stock Show was a lot of fun, with some great horses and competitors.

On the roping side, the Mile High Challenge again pitted the Quarter Horses against the Paints in a final rope off. Our Dun mare, Miss Gonna Be A Star was the high scoring AQHA Head Horse and came in second in the finals. Our Chestnut mare, Shootin Hy, was 4th high Head Horse overall. Thanks to TJ Watts and Clayton Van Aiken for helping show these horses to their maximum advantage.

Lots of credit to Crockett who showed both horses in the AQHA Ranch Riding and placing against some top competitors. The winner of the Ranch Riding also just happend to win the Invitational Open Freestyle Reining! Good job Crockett!

02/05/2019

National Western Stock Show 2019

08/21/2018

The following have RHV payouts and ribbons available for pick up. Sorry for the delay.
Open Division - Shea; Bailey; Tracy; Andy. Novice Division - Mike; Todd; Amanda; Brad. Limited Division - Jacey; Keith; Gretta. Youth Division - Deana, Leah, Emma, Liz.
Contact Tim.

08/17/2018

77 entries competed in the Ranch Horse Versatility Contest on Friday, August 10th at the Middle Park Fair and Rodeo. The four classes were: I) Cut, pen, steer stop; II) Reining; III) Fence/Box and IV) Calamity Jane Muley Roping - timed and scored. NOT YOUR AVERAGE VERSATILITY CONTEST. Congratulations to all the class winners and division champions. Mark your calendar for next year.

06/07/2018

Ed Pickering Memorial Team Roping, June 17th

04/17/2018

Middle Park Roping Club applications and dues can be dropped off at Grand Old West or mailed to Tim Rhine, PO Box 495, Kremmling 80459. Applications close Thursday, April 19th. Spots are filling up. We need heelers.

02/25/2018

NRCHA Non-Pro Limited and AQHA Team Roping

02/25/2018

2018 NWSS AQHA Team Roping - Miss Gonna Be A Star, our Gunna Smoke mare (Mr. Gun Smoke) out of a Docs Dry Jess mare, was the high point AQHA Amateur Head horse. The mare worked well and I had a good day roping to win it. Thanks to TJ Watts and Clayton Van Aken for helping us show her to advantage.

02/25/2018

2018 National Western Stock Show was a lot of fun. Crockett showed our "Rooster" mare for the first time and finished a strong fifth in a tough Non-Pro Limited class. Congratulations to Jasper Patrick for winning!

02/25/2018

We're forming a reined cow horse club in Gill, Colorado to provide weekly practices and monthly "practice" shows, including Herd Work, Cow/Fence/Box, Steer Stopping, and Reining. All levels welcome. Plenty of good cattle. See facebook NE Colorado Cow Horse Club or Lodgepole Quarter Horses / cow horse club page.

02/10/2018

Information for 2018 is up on the Middle Park Roping Club page. Season starts May 15th.

11/24/2017

MIXER - Finished Head Horse. Composite video

Finished Head Horse - 2007 16hands

2007 Finished Head Horse. Registered gray gelding. 16hh. Great ranch horse.

08/29/2017

Lodgepole Quarter Horses updated their phone number.

Lodgepole Quarter Horses updated their phone number.

08/04/2017

Down The Fence Documentary - 30 Second Trailer

Down The Fence Documentary - 30 Second Trailer

DownTheFenceMovie.com

03/27/2017

National Western Stock Show 2017

03/27/2017

Crockett and I showed at the National Western AQHA Team Roping show in January. Our horses did well in the open show, standing behind some really nice horses, including top World Show horses shown by JD Yates & Company, and not to mention Jay Wadhams, Congratulations to JD and crew, and Jay. Our thanks to TJ Watts, Brit Ellerman and Marcus Bannister for helping demonstrate our horses' abilities. Roping both ends on our reined cowhorses was a goal we've had for some time and we were able to realize that. Thanks to all that helped us make it happen.

11/03/2014

Mobile uploads

11/03/2014

Timeline photos

Decades before 'natural horsemanship' and 'horse whispering' became big business, Ray Hunt was out there in an old pickup with a two-horse trailer, hoping to make enough gas money to get him to the next fairgrounds.
"I didn't see any commercial value in it", says Ray. "If I had, I probably wouldn't have done it".

The horse world didn't exactly welcome him.
"I was working with the mind", Ray explains.
"A lot of people didn't want to believe the horse had a mind.
'Get a bigger bit'. 'Get a bigger stick'. That was their approach'".

Spectators watched as untouched colts were saddled and ridden for the first time with hardly a buck.
In a matter of a few days the young horses were ready to go on the payroll, meaning they had enough faith in their riders and had learned enough of the rudiments to be useful on a ranch.

In this atmosphere of trust and understanding, with no hobbles or snubbing posts, no external devices, except for the now widely imitated orange flag, it was hard to see what Ray was doing to get such extraordinary results.
Accused of using ringers, drugging horses, even hypnotizing them, Ray laughed it off and kept going.
"I was there for the horse. People were way down the list."

On a recent visit to the Hunt's North Texas ranch, Pat and Linda Parelli stop by and the conversation soon shifts to something else that seems to have been on Ray's mind most of the day.
Can you be in it for the money as well as for the horse?
Pat tries to convince Ray you can. Pat doesn't succeed.
With Ray Hunt the horse comes first and anything that threatens the horse's status will always be a moral dilemma for him.

Excerpt from an article titled 'For The Horse' written by Patti Hudson which appeared in the 'Eastern Oregon Equine Magazine'.
Image of Ray is by Eric Sines and is from the same article.

09/09/2014

Wisdom

“Empathy for the horse is the capacity of a person to be able to feel what the horse feels, to read a situation the same way and to have an understanding of what the horse is going to do in response to that situation. That’s empathy, or feeling with the horse and it’s a real effective way of learning from the horse. Even before the horse does whatever he’s about to do, a person who’s this way [empathetic] is going to understand the reason a horse does something. It takes time to get that deep knowledge of horses.” - Bill Dorrance.

07/15/2014

Timeline photos

If you ever had the chance to attend one of Ray's clinics; then you most probably would have heard Ray recite the poem 'The Guy in the Glass' written by Dale Wimbrow.
Here's another poem that Ray would sometimes recite.

Image of Ray is from the front cover of the January 2005 edition of the Western Horseman.

07/14/2014

Juni Fisher's concert on July 6 at the Kremmling Fairgrounds was a great success! Caitlyn Taussig did a fanstatic job opening for Juni and we all hope we can do this again next year! Thanks Juni and thanks Caitlyn for some great entertainment and for presenting and preserving our Western Heritage!

07/14/2014

Timeline photos

Tom Dorrance, aged 14.

From the book 'Tom Dorrance, More Than a Horseman' by Margaret Dorrance - http://www.tomdorrance.com/books

06/30/2014

Caitlyn Taussig will be opening for Juni Fisher at the Kremmling Fairgrounds on July 6 at 6 PM. Good times are in the making!!

06/24/2014

Juni Fisher will be IN CONCERT in Kremmling, Colorado July 6, 6 PM, at the fairgrounds. Juni brings our Western heritage to life with her songs portraying the people, horses, history and times that have made the West truly great. Don't miss this WMA Entertainer of the Year. And the gal can sit a horse!

05/15/2014

Off to work Buffalo tomorrow with Jason Patrick, cow horse trainer in Steamboat Springs. When you have a "Rooster" sired cowhorse, who can't keep her feet still, it's a perfect combination.

05/15/2014

quarter horses, Lodgepole Quarter Horses Talley Book - Blog

quarter horses, Lodgepole Quarter Horses Talley Book - Blog

Lodgepole Quarter Horses raises good minded, intelligent horses, with the best of Reined Cow Horse and Rope Horse Bloodlines.

05/14/2014

Timeline photos

“A lot of people get along pretty well with their horses..........until they go to ‘training’ those horses.” – Tom Dorrance.

Tom's quote is from his book titled 'True Unity, which is available from here - http://www.tomdorrance.com/

05/02/2014

♫ War Horse - Gt Hurley. Listen

♫ War Horse - Gt Hurley. Listen

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