Breeches & Cowboy Boots?

Sure, why not? Anything is possible when you merge the best of western riding with the training of dressage.

The clinic will focus on riding with softness and lightness in any tack. It will be helpful for all types of riders and horses (trail, reining, cutting, pleasure, huntseat, etc). Lynette Weldon will work with each horse/rider team to understand feel and timing and how to ask your horse for advanced maneuvers correctly. The clinic will help the horses become more responsive and balanced in their movement (which will enhance performance in any discipline).

Join Lynette for a fun filled day of learning and fun!

Saturday Sept. 24th 10:00am- 4:00pm. Email or call the ranch to register 715-273-6070

Lost Creek Ranch welcomes new interns for the fall semester. Internships are open to anyone (16 & up) who wants a hands on learning experience. Lost Creek Ranch fall internships will focus on:

Barn Management

Equine Nutrition

Colt Starting/ Training Green Horses

Riding Instructor 101 (learn teaching techniques for teaching children and adults)

Contact the ranch to set up your interview.  715-273-6070

Lost Creek Ranch in Ellsworth, WI is a non profit horse rescue that offers training, lessons for adults and children, camp and programs for at risk youth.

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This summers interns helped develop new programs for children, supervised and taught student workers, introduced children and adults to riding for the first time, taught advanced showmanship to Riding Academy students, lead trail rides, trained and worked with green horses, exercised horses, assisted in the success of ranch events and horse shows, learned about caring for senior horses and new rescues and, most importantly, had a great time!

Interns must have a strong work ethic and willingness to become a valued team member at Lost Creek Ranch. Flexible schedules from 4 hours- 20 hours/ week.

Saying Goodbye is never easy. A note from Lynette:

“We just said goodbye to Ava, she went quickly and peacefully, and was ready to cross over to the other side. Blizz was there at her side through it, said goodbye and was at peace the minute she passed. She immediately wanted to go back into her paddock and do her job again taking care of Baby Star. If there are people who are considered angels on earth, our vet Rande is definately one of them. We’ve both agreed this is the worst part of our jobs and cried together,”

Ava and Baby Star came home to the ranch on the same night from the horse auction’s “kill pen” (the pen where the “useless,” “unwanted,” sick, abused or lame horses are sold for slaughter). Ava was struggling to breath and it was decided we would give her a humane end to her life instead of letting her get herded onto the meat truck headed for Mexico.  In the morning when the vet came out Ava was breathing better… so the journey to try to save Ava began. First was getting her breathing under control and second was treating her laminitis. Although nearly everyone advised that Ava’s laminitis was untreatable our amazing farrier Kari Hoyer put a cast on Ava’s foot and by spring Ava was pronounced sound! She enjoyed her days with her paddock mates Blizz and Baby Star eating, playing and napping. As the summer went on though Ava had more and more difficulty breathing and with each attack more scar tissue formed on her lungs. Her quality of life went downhill quickly and she was not a happy horse. Lynette had to make the hard decision to give Ava the humane end she was promised.

Sunday June 12th was the second Annual Lost Creek Ranch Charity Fun Show and what a perfect day for it! So many nice people and horses came out but one spectator summed it up- this is what she said: “It was such an amazing enviroment and hearing the kids be so supportive of each other- telling each other to do their best and have fun- it brought tears to my eyes because it was unlike any other show I had ever been to! Not only were the riders having fun but so were the horses… they really seemed to enjoy their jobs and it was so neat to witness the partnership between horse and rider.”

Special Thanks to our judge Steve Bobzin, his wife Brandee and friend Colleen for their continued support! Steve is an awesome judge who gives helpful feedback to make us all better riders.

We will be posting pictures soon and if you have photos to share please send to us!

Lynettes students did great at the show- lots of blues and reds!

A BIG thanks to all the volunteers who worked to get ready for the show and worked the day of the show keeping everything on track, handing out ribbons & keeping the riders fed!