Reining,Western Pleasure & Horsemanship Training

WESTERN PLEASURE

A Western style of riding evaluates a horse on manners, temperament and suitability for a relaxed, collected gait cadence – along with calm and responsive disposition. Horses possessing the strong muscling required to sustain slow controlled movements are the most competitive. The horse appears to be a "pleasure" to ride

HORSEMANSHIP

Horsemanship is a collective term for a variety of horse training techniques based on the idea of working in sympathy with a horse in order to obtain cooperation. The techniques are based on the principle of a kinder and gentler cowboy to develop a rapport with horses, using methods said to be derived from observation of the natural behavior of free roaming horses.

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Ranch Facility

• Four barns with 62 total stalls, LED lights, fans and fly spray systems.

• Stall sizes are 12x12, 16x16 and 12x24

• 200’ x 400’ Outdoor Reining Arena with spectacular river bottom footing

• Covered 90’ x 160’ Riding Arena

• Covered 120' x 240' Reining Arena 

• 6 steel patience poles for training horses to stand

• 60’ Outdoor Round Pen

• 45' Covered Round Pen

• Competitive Obstacle Course & Trail

• All arenas are watered and dragged daily with 12’ Kaiser Drag

• 18 irrigated, grass turn-out paddocks

• 6 large, irrigated, grass pastures

• 5 wash racks, all with hot water

• 2 outdoor horse drying racks

OUR STORY

7M Ranch was formerly known as Blue Ribbon Farm, owned by four time Hall of Fame quarter horse breeders Greg & Mary Whalen, and is where their famous halter horse stud, Smooth Town, stood for many years. The Whalens created one of Northern California’s premier horse farms, having bred or shown over 40 AQHA world champions throughout their career. They purchased the property in 1962 with a vision for the future, when all that stood was a house on a dirt knoll.

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As the new custodians of this beautiful Ranch with a remarkable history, Nancy and Trigg began polishing their gem and plan to continue the Whalens’ legacy by building the best training and boarding facility in the west, and realize their childhood dreams.