Iron Hill Ranch

11/24/2025

If you own a farm, hobby farm or working ranch in Franklin County or anywhere in the St. Louis area, you need to get connected with Straatmann Feed. They are much more than a feed store. They provide valuable services, such as hay and soil testing, fertilizing services, and they are also a great resource for information. If you have a question, you can ask them. Their staff is educated and competent in this field. They carry a wide variety of feed, including our feed of choice for our horses, Purina.

Huge thank you to Straatmann Feed, as they have been a valuable partner to us at Iron Hill Ranch.

11/22/2025

Exceptional Equestrians is having their Annual Participant Horse Show and Open House! Hoping for a successful event!

11/20/2025

We have been in contact with the Missouri State Vet and Dr. Shannon Baker of Heartland Veterinary Services. Under their advisement, we have implemented protocols at Iron Hill Ranch to protect our horses and any horses that visit us. For the health and welfare of the entire horse community, we are not accepting any outside horses until further notice. Additionally, we are not hauling our horses out to any events or for non emergencies at this time. Please note that, to our knowledge, our horses have not had any exposure to EHV-1/EHM, nor are they showing any symptoms.

We are very thankful that, as of this moment, there are NO confirmed cases of EHV-1/EHM in Missouri.

LET’S KEEP IT THAT WAY!

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11/20/2025

We have been in contact with the Missouri State Vet and Dr. Shannon Baker of Heartland Veterinary Services and we have implemeted protocols at Iron Hill Ranch to protect our horses and any horses that visit us. For the health and wefare of the entire horse community, we are not accepting any outside horses until further notice. Please note that to our knowledge, our horses have not had any exposure to EHV-1/EHM.

Thankful that as of this moment, there are NO confirmed cases of EHV-1/EHM in Missouri. LET’S KEEP IT THAT WAY!

11/19/2025

EHV-1/EHM

As the situation is on-going, and travel back from the BFA and other events is occurring continued biosecurity is essential to minimize spread. These horses should be isolated for the next 14-21 days.

Quarantine:
All horses returning from events with known EHV-1/EHM cases should follow strict isolation protocol. They should be at least 30 feet away from any other horse (clusters of horses having traveled together may be quarantined in tight knit groups), no nose to nose contact with other horses, no sharing of buckets, tack, pitch forks, halters and lead ropes, etc between quarantined horses and other horses. Change your clothes or wear disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) including shoe covers while handling quarantine horses. Horses should have their temperature checked twice a day (fever if >101.5F; normal if

11/19/2025

The Barrel Futurities of America World Championships held November 15 - 22 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, was cancelled November 18 through the remainder of the event due to a confirmed positive case of EHV.

11/19/2025

Official Update from the Barrel Futurities of America

A positive EHV case has been confirmed by the Oklahoma State Vet. For the safety of all contestants and horses, the remainder of the event has been canceled. Contestants are advised to leave the Lazy E within the next 24 hours.

11/19/2025

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❌No Dr.Moore appointments❌

As many have seen there has been a devistating outbreak of EHV in the north Texas/ Oklahoma area.

As a saftey precaution we are closing the arena down to outside horses until further notice. We are sorry for any inconvenience but we have to protect our horses and yours!

Please pray for all those infected and those who have been in contact with those infected.

NOT INFECTED JUST PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES

11/19/2025

https://teamropingjournal.com/news/texas-ehv-outbreak-what-to-watch-for-and-how-to-respond/

With confirmed cases of EHV in Texas, knowing the early signs and taking quick, effective precautions is essential.

11/07/2025

Huge thank you to David Williams of Purina, Dr. Shannon Baker of Heartland Veterinary Services, and the entire team at Straatmann Feed for sharing valuable information about equine care and nutrition. We had a great turnout for the Horseowner’s Workshop at Iron Hill Ranch last night. We learned a lot. The networking was terrific as well! Thank you to Straatmann Feed and Putina for organizing and everyone in attendance. It was a successful event! Thank you to all who participated! We loved having you at the ranch.

10/04/2025

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07/13/2025

We are having a hay day.