Welcome to Rocky Mountain Farm!
About Our Training...
With over 19 years of experience Colleen is Canada 's leading gaited horse trainer.
From the time the weanlings are first taught to lead, I require proper ground manners, attention and respect. Recent years have seen the advent of dozens of "fad" training methods, however I have found that nothing replaces the basic principle of a kind hand and word, coupled with an unbending requirement for respect and obedience. At Rocky Mountain Farm, I concentrate on preparing the horse for the trail and do not consider it a finished mount until it can be safely ridden through field and forest, on roads, past vehicles, alone or in groups. After starting the horses with ground driving and round-pen work, the balance of their training takes place "in the real world", on the trails, not in an arena. Most of the horses I sell as weanlings are returned to be put under saddle. I offer discounted training rates for horses purchased here but do provide training for others as well. I can work with both horse and rider to help establish gait, with one-on-one training. 
I've had over 150 babies born here at the farm in the past fourteen years and have started over half of those under saddle. Many that I've started are the mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers of those that I have for sale, so I can often offer references from previous purchasers and videos of members of the family of any horse that you might be interested in. Having the experience of working with family groups of my horses helps me to match a prospective buyer with an appropriate riding horse. I can confidently predict size and temperament of a young horse to make sure it will be suitable for it's new owner. 
I recommend everyone that buys a horse from here come and ride with me for a weekend in order to get used to one another. I can give pointers on what to do to achieve the best gait, tack recommendations and get the you up to date on the horse's feeding, worming, vaccination and farrier schedule.
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