Pine Trails Ranch Davis, CA

Pine Trails has a variety of well trained horses of every level in our lesson program. As most will tell you, every horse teaches you something different. Our horses have been professionally trained to be safe, friendly and fun for our students to ride. Many of the horses in our lesson program are also rescues, or they were foaled and trained by Michelle here at Pine Trails Ranch. We have one of the largest groups of lesson horses around so every rider can find a mount to advance and learn with. The following list is actually not complete. lol. It's hard to keep up with new members of our family sometimes.

LESSON HORSES

Rosebowl Champ- Aka Champ - Our 12 yr South American bred Thoroughbred gelding. Champ was not very interested in racing at the track and spent some time at UCD on a research project. We took him when he was finished with his project and he became a very happy hunter. He has taught both kids and adults how to jump and taken several to shows and has lots of wins under his belt. He is such a great guy at the shows and we love him.

Bailey
A sturdy Quarter horse gelding who is very comfortable and mellow to ride. Bailey does dressage basics, small jumps, and western. He was donated to our program when his owner moved to another country and could not take him with her.

Beauty
A beautiful Morgan mare Michelle bought as a green broke teenager. Beauty was not fully trained as a youngster, and Michelle wanted to fix that. She now does western and Hunt seat and is safe for both kids and adult riders. Beauty has even won at several shows with the kids!

Bella
Bella is a Hanoverian mare who was imported when she was younger. She was never well trained as she was a broodmare, and was in danger at a feedlot facility when Michelle and Matt were contacted about her. She was carefully conditioned and trained and is now a wonderful lesson horse and now has had 2 foals by our stallion Flirt. Bella is super dependable and has a forever home here at Pine Trails.

Brittany-
Brittany is a gorgeous, sporty mare that is ridden by our advanced riders.
She has a beautiful, smooth jump and is well trained in dressage through second level.

Dazzle

Dazzle is the perfect horse for advanced beginners and low intermediate riders who want to improve their seat and prepare for jumping.
She came to Pine Trails Ranch as a rescue when she was injured at the race track.

Farrah
A pure Morgan mare with wonderful bloodlines who needed a home. Since she was older, no one was giving her a chance. Farah retired just after she turned 34 and passed away the following fall. We are grateful to her for being such a great teacher for so many. God speed sweet lady.

Faire - Show name Savoir Faire- 9 yr old son of our Morgan Stallion Flirt and a Trekahner Mare Peach. Faire is a gentle giant who excels in hunters and equitation. We have had a number of students win at local shows and even at rated shows on this lovely boy. We are so happy to have a horse of his caliber for our students. Flirt and Peach really blessed us

Fleur
One of our stallions daughters we are just so attached to. She was his smallest warmblood baby, which was great for our students. Fleur gave us her first foal in early 2018. His name is Ami.

Ford
Ford is our resident big, friendly giant. He is a very mellow guy, who is enjoyed by our advanced beginner and intermediate riders.
Ford has a smooth canter and is super calm with our beginners.

Gino

Gino is a talented thoroughbred gelding who is ridden by our more advanced students. His confirmation is impeccable-and he does very well at the shows. *See Gino on our sales page.

Habie
A Pure Morgan gelding who came to us when his owner’s health made his care difficult for her to maintain. He loves to do both English and western and is great with the kids and adults at Pine Trails

Hercules

Hercules is a fun Anglo Arabian gelding who is enjoyed by our advanced beginner and intermediate riders. He loves to canter and jump and the kids love his sweet disposition.

Junior Mint

Junior is a quick and spunky little Welsh pony that our advancing students love to ride. He may be small, but he has a big jump and he shines in the show ring. He has qualified for pony finals several times.

Kiro- passed away at 31+ years
Kiro is the perfect beginner to intermediate horse. He is an Arabian gelding who has taught many beginners how to post and start cantering.
Despite being the son of a national champion Spanish Arabian stallion, Kiro came to Pine Trails as a rescue when he was just 7 years old.

Kona -
A Morgan gelding who was not happy in his previous home. Kona loves dressage and has trained up very nicely for second level. He is only 14.2 hands and a very nice dressage pony with terrific suspention. He is looking for his ideal partner.

Kramer-

Kramer is a Paint gelding who was trained a number of years ago by Michelle for his owner. He is an amazing and fun horse! His owner decided she was not providing him with enough fun the last couple of years, and now Kramer is here to have fun with our students! He is great for dressage basics and even some small jumps. And you have to see his pretty blue eyes!

Levi

A terrific Arabian gelding who has become a favorite with many of our riders. He is fun to ride and always happy to give it a try.

Manly
Manly is a quarter pony gelding who was in need of a home. He is missing his right eye, and people were hesitant to give him a chance. We brought him to Pine Trails and he has become a great pony for the kids.

Merlin
Merlin is a Highlander Pony (a draft pony), given to Pine Trails in 2009.
He has a sweet temperament and is enjoyed by our beginner students. He has nice, smooth gaits and looks like a big stuffed animal. What a perfect pony for kids to love!

PD (Power Dancer)
PD is a Thoroughbred mare who was rescued off the race track. She was successful at the track, but her owners knew she would break down.
She is a great horse for advanced beginner and intermediate hunter riders. She has a wonderful, smooth canter and loves to jump.

Pepper-

Our maybe Morgan mare who was ransomed out of the Kaufman kill pens in Texas. (She did not look like this!) We do not encourage anyone to do that! But we were contacted about this mare and decided to rescue her from being sent to slaughter. We spent several months retraining her and getting her back to health and now she is a lovely horse for students to learn a correct half halt. She has a big beautiful road trot! For those who think it will be cheap to get a rescue- it was 2k$ just to get her out of the kill pens and 3k$ in training and vet bills before she could work. But she is worth it!

Sassy
Sassy is an American Mustang mare who joined the PTR lesson program in 2018. With her smooth trot, she is very fun for a lot of our students. And she can jump!

Savannah
A 14.1 hand Morgan horse, and a big girl in a little body. Savannah had belonged to a family that lost interest in her and she needed care and attention. Now she is in great shape and doesn't look her over 25 age.

Sophie Our sweet girl had a heart attack at over 30 years of age. She passed in her sleep and we miss her so much.
Sophie is a sweet little Arabian mare who was plucked out of the killer buyers reach at an auction by Auction horse rescue. She then came to Pine Trails Ranch and has become a well loved member of the lesson program.

Sox
Sox is a fun Morgan/Quarter Horse gelding who is enjoyed by our beginner through intermediate riders. He has a nice, smooth trot for our beginner students, a rocking horse canter for our advanced beginners, and an awesome jump for our intermediate students. Sox passed away in late summer of 2021 due to colic. He was a long time member of our family who was born here 24 years ago and we miss him.

Stormy-

Our pinto mustang mix was donated by an assistant's family. She is great with the little riders, but their kids were grown and she didn't have anyone to love! Now she has lots of little kids who love to learn to trot and canter and life it good. ***retired***

Tiny -
A super fun son of our Morgan stallion Flirt and our Tb mare Emma. He is smooth to ride and loves to go out for a ride. If you can get him to the jump, he will jump it. lol.

Tommy
A morgan gelding who came to us to have an active retirement with children and ladies to love on him. He is smooth and comfortable and does a great job of teaching people how to sit their first canter.

Vixen She passed away the fall of 2020. She has left us too soon and left a big hole.
Vixen is a nice Morgan/Quarter Horse mare who is ridden by our advanced beginner students. She has an amazingly smooth gait and is a great horse to learn how to canter on.

Ulysess

A fun Percheron / Arabian cross who does both western and classical dressage. He is great for our taller riders and anyone who wants to try jousting. lol