Spanish Sage Ranch

30/11/2025

This is a spectacular opportunity to learn from my high school friend!

THANK YOU to all who applied! Peter is reviewing applications and will reach out shortly!

🌟Working Apprentice Position Opportunity🌟

Assist Peter in all aspects of coaching and managing horses and riders (JUMPERS ONLY). Experience a master’s course to become a better trainer/rider/competitor/and horseman. Learn and grow by shadowing and assisting Peter for WEF 2026.

Duties include assisting Peter with:
✅ Riding and lunging
✅ Show ring management
✅ Schooling area
✅ Course walking
✅ Lesson and horse prep sessions
✅ Jump and course setting
✅ Student performance review
✅ Planning horse and rider competition and training plan

Position:
📆 6 days a week – Tuesday through Sunday (Mondays off)
⌚️ Hours: in keeping with professional competition trainers
🚘 Must have own transportation and lodging
🙋‍♀️🙋 Applicants must be 18 or older

Assistant expected to be:
🕕 On time
👔 Professionally attired
🐴 Ready to ride at anytime

Email me why you are the one to assist me this upcoming WEF. Send emails to:
[email protected]

Include your:
✔ Riding / competition experience
✔ Lunging and competition horse prep experience
✔ Horse management experience
✔ Rider management experience
✔ Professional trainers or riders with whom you have worked
✔ References

Position can start as early as Tuesday Dec 9 and no later than Tuesday Dec 30.
Looking forward to working with you.

26/10/2025

25/09/2025

Thunder and lightning overnight left it comfortably cool this morning. Not enough rain to even worry about hay stacked outside but morning greeted SSR with beautiful sunrise and a hint of a rainbow.

10/09/2025

The Spanish Sage Ranch herd is a hit with the local utility company! I ran into town and on my way back the road was blocked to one lane— right next to the horse pasture. Seems the utility company was replacing a power pole that was just a few feet roadside of the herd fence. Apparently they all came over to see what was going on and were a hit with the linemen! As I passed all the guys to get into the driveway they all shouted “Your horses are beautiful!” A prouder mama there could never be.

27/08/2025

We will not give in, not give up, and not back down.

True strength isn’t measured by age or youth. It lives in a heart that never gives up. 💪🐎

Only the strongest women, having faced life’s trials, remain free in spirit. They ride not to prove something to others, but to once again feel the wind, the pounding of hooves, and that unique bond with a horse.

Their wisdom shines in their eyes, their strength rests in their hands, and their freedom lives in their hearts. Because true warriors never grow old. 🌿✨

15/02/2025

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12/11/2024

A Marine Corps Vet Remembers A War Hero

“She was a heck of a work horse--she could carry 12 rounds of ammo,” said retired Marine Corps sergeant John T. Meyers. “She was a dependable, beautiful animal, and she was sociable.”

Mr. Meyers was referring to the famous Sgt. Reckless, a Mongolian mare who won two Purple Hearts and earned the rank of staff sergeant for carrying ammunition in battle.

“I would feed her, so every time she’d see me, she’d trot over,” said Mr. Meyers. “I gave her an apple a day. She knew exactly where I slept and she’d come in the tent and lick my face to wake me up, so she could eat.”

Mr. Meyers remembered Sgt. Reckless braving flying bullets during one particularly fierce battle and continuing to carry ammunition and wounded soldiers even after being hit by shrapnel. Word of her bravery travelled back to the United States.

Sgt. Reckless became well known in the 1950s as America’s greatest equine war hero. “In the 1950s, Reckless was as popular as Rin Tin Tin and Lassie,” said author Robin Hutton, who is writing a book on Sgt. Reckless.

Reckless is the only animal to ever hold an official rank in any military service, Ms. Hutton said. Her two Purple Heart medals and a multitude of others were pinned to the scarlet and gold blanket she wore at appearances. She was retired on November 10, 1960, with full military honors.

Hat tip to Corey Kilgannon of the New York Times

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