Offering for Sale

Clinics and Events

Breeding Management School

Versatility Ranch Horse Program

Colorado Mountain Program

Training and the Facility

Carl Wood Profile

"The Program" by Carl Wood

Apprenticeships

Calendar of Events

Contracts and Applications

Contact Us

 

HOT NEWS! Special thanks goes to Jerri Olsen of Florida, who purchased "Sunshine", an outstanding filly out of Perfect Sailer. "Sunshine" will remain here at Doubletree in training for the three-year-old futurities in 2009. Sunshine placed 3rd out of 38 in her very first show. Check out our other three-year-olds!

Links of Interest

Calendar

 

Property For Sale

 

800 - 1400 Lane
Delta, Colorado 81416
(970) 874-7456

Home

Colorado Mountain Program

We are very excited about our new Mountain Program. 
It is not a secret that horses achieve higher levels of competency when exposed to a varied training routine. Most trainers do one thing over and over again until the horse gets sour. We have re-abilitated horses like this for years by doing things totally different than their specialty. When we came back to that specialty they excelled above their previous levels. We offer traditional “arena training” for reining, cutting, working cow horse, trail, versatility, and family horses.

Now we offer training at my Colorado Rocky Mountain Ranch.

The horse starts the training at our Delta facility and as soon as they have a few rides on them we take them to the ranch. We have had the most success with two year olds, but we have had horses in the program that are seasoned finished horses with many years in the show pen that have become sour to the constant repetition. 

Hunters and Versatility enthusiasts love the program for a season tune up. They can have their horse prepared and not have to worry about doing it themselves with all the other preparations that needs to be done for the trip.

The horses will experience:
Cross creeks, maneuver over downed timber, work up steep grades, go over tough rocky terrain, meander down picturesque meadows, lope across wide open pasture land, maneuver through aspen forests, have a rope thrown from their back, drag logs, open gates, push cattle, be exposed to elk, deer, antelope, coyote, and bear , high altitude conditioning, trailer loading and being hauled over rough roads.

Horses are ridden several hours a day rather than the traditional one hour work outs in the arena. In a weeks time they are achieving three to four times the level of expertise they get in the traditional arena workouts. There is a drawback. It means less horses that can be worked because of the time spent on each ride and a four hour trailer ride to get to the ranch and back at weeks end. We have to charge more for the time at the ranch, but it is still a better deal because you get all that extra training. Both training venues incorporate things that can’t be done at the other so your horse benefits from the varied number of things they are exposed to. Monthly training fees with one week at the ranch and three weeks at the Delta facility is only $850. You won’t believe the horse you get back after going through our program. Monthly sessions available spring through late fall. Call today to get your horse in the Mountain Program!