Coldfire Ranch

Coldfire Ranch Breeder of versatile, using Quarter Horses that bring excitement without drama.

Things are really starting to heat up around the ranch.Tomorrow night, our first of three summer intern arrives, and th...
06/03/2026

Things are really starting to heat up around the ranch.

Tomorrow night, our first of three summer intern arrives, and the busy season officially begins.

The young horses are ready to start their training, and this year's foals are about to learn the basics: halter work, leading and trailer loading, and having their feet handled. Simple lessons that become the foundation for everything that comes later with their new owners.

What surprises some people is that after ten years of breeding horses, I still get excited when this time of year rolls around.

Every foal represents a blank page. Every young horse is a collection of possibilities waiting to unfold. You can study pedigrees, plan crosses, and dream about the future, but this is the season when you finally start to see little glimpses of what they might become.

Some will surprise you. Some will challenge you. A few may exceed every expectation you had for them.

That's what keeps it interesting.

No matter how many years I've been doing this, there's still something special about looking out across a pasture full of young horses and wondering where their journey will take them.

05/18/2026

**please see comments section below for more video and some photos***

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If these photos and videos don’t convince you these are some of the best-minded foals around, I honestly don’t know what will.

These babies were born April 25 and April 27, and they’re already calmly handling the fast, unpredictable movements of tiny kids — ages 2 and 4. That kind of patience and natural disposition at this age is something you just don’t see very often.

No forced setup. No staged moment. Just foals choosing to stay soft, curious, and gentle with very young children.

Theo the runner isn’t shown with children in these particular videos, but based on everything I’ve seen from him so far, I’d expect the same kind of steady temperament.

All 3 foals are available. If you’re looking for brains, kindness, and a solid start mentally, send me a message and we can talk.

05/17/2026

Most people think ranching is just feeding animals and fixing fences.

But the reality is constantly reading relationships, pressure, land, weather, and timing — all at once.

This video is a small glimpse into life on a breeding ranch and the complexity of herd management. Not just the horses themselves, but also the balancing act of grass management, pasture rotation, unpredictable weather years, and figuring out how to safely manage two stallions on the same property while keeping everyone healthy and fed.

And even when you know your herd well, they still surprise you.

I expected Ginny to be eager to rejoin the larger group of mares and foals. Instead, her behaviour told a very different story. As a first-time mother, she chose what felt safe and familiar rather than returning confidently to the herd.

Then came the part I really didn’t expect.

For years, Fancy has naturally filled the role of sentry — the watchful guardian the others tend to rely on. But watch until the end and notice who Ginny chooses to stay near for security instead.

Moments like this are exactly why equine herd dynamics fascinate me so much. You can spend years learning personalities, pecking orders, and behaviour patterns…

…and still realize how much more there is to learn.

Ginny’s first foal arrived this morning - a c**t we’re currently leaning toward calling Theo.So far his main personality...
05/09/2026

Ginny’s first foal arrived this morning - a c**t we’re currently leaning toward calling Theo.

So far his main personality trait appears to be intense eye contact. 😂 So if you know Pitch Perfect, you know why we're thinking of that name, lol.

He’s only hours old, but already is very curious about the world around him, thoughtful, and people-oriented. He was more than willing to check me out, but wanted nothing to do with the dogs.

And that face marking? Completely one of a kind.

If he ends up with Ginny’s old-soul gentleness and Jager’s friendly brain, this boy could become something really special.

05/08/2026

Electra’s foal was the first to arrive this year, on April 25th.
Here he is at just one week old.

This is the fourth time we’ve repeated the Electra x Jager cross, and every single time it’s produced foals with incredibly kind, people-focused temperaments.

But this c**t… Benji seems to have received the extra-strength version.

He presses his chest into me to get as close as possible. He licks my hands, neck, shoulders...any bare skin he can find. He throws his head up in ecstasy when I scratch the top of his neck or his rump.

The last c**t I raised with this kind of natural connection to people went on to become an Equine Assisted Therapy horse at seven years old.

Benji’s full sister from 2023 started working as a groundwork lesson horse at just two.

That willingness to connect, to learn, to stay soft and thoughtful around people… it matters. And you can see it early.

If you’ve been thinking about taking the next step in your horsemanship journey, and want the experience of raising a weanling of your own, Benji could be a very special fit.

And at Coldfire Ranch, you’re never handed a young horse and left to figure it out alone.

We’re always here to answer questions, help you through the stages of raising them, or simply reassure you that you’re on the right track.

Because raising a good horse should feel supported from the very beginning.

05/08/2026

Scarlett’s 4th foal arrived April 27th…
and this little filly already feels different.

Her name is Chloe.

From the very beginning, she’s been Scarlett’s friendliest foal.
The kind that walks up first.
Curious eyes.
Soft expression.
Always wanting to be near people.

And somehow she already carries that same presence her mom does.

Scarlett the Ferrari always stamps them with elegance and look-at-me energy…
but Chloe seems to have something extra underneath it:
a quiet confidence.

If she keeps her mama’s beauty and Jager’s steady brain?
That’s the kind of horse people remember.

Not because she’s loud.
Because she makes everyone around her feel calm the second they meet her.

I'll post her action video in the comments!

Fancy wasn’t supposed to come home with us.She was bred by friends of ours from the Mounted Shooting world and had been ...
05/08/2026

Fancy wasn’t supposed to come home with us.

She was bred by friends of ours from the Mounted Shooting world and had been sold to Fleetwood Farms. We were there to pick up a filly we’d already bought at the Fleetwood Estate Sale, and every time we stepped outside the house, this little yearling mare would whinny at us from her pen.

Every single time.

I kept catching Dale standing with her, stroking her face and neck, talking quietly to her while the rest of us carried on with business. After a while I remember thinking, “Oh boy…”

I pretty much knew then she was coming home too.

Fancy has never been the biggest mare in the herd, but she carries herself like she owns the place. She’s our sentry. When another mare foals, Fancy stands watch. She keeps the younger horses back, moves cows out of the way, and patrols like it’s her personal responsibility to keep everyone safe.

And somehow, they all listen to her.

In 2023, during the Eagle Creek Complex Wildfire, we saw a side of her I’ll never forget.

The day evacuation orders came in, Fancy decided it was time to have her very first foal.

At two in the afternoon, while smoke and uncertainty hung over everything, she went into labor.

Dale and I had already made the difficult decision that we probably weren’t evacuating. We had too many horses, too many cows, and nowhere truly safe to go. Northern Alberta was burning everywhere you looked, or sitting under extreme risk. There simply wasn’t a good option.

Then Fancy foaled.

And suddenly the decision was final.

We now had a newborn c**t only an hour old and far too weak to travel. Whether it was wise or not, we were staying put.

Fancy sealed the deal for us.

That’s who she is. Quiet bravery. Steady nerves. The kind that doesn’t make a scene or ask for recognition.

Ironically, unless there’s a water crossing involved.

Then all that courage disappears in a hurry.

This year, by April, I was convinced she wasn’t in foal. Fancy is usually enormous by then, and she just didn’t look like herself. But recently I went back and looked at this photo from October 2025, only five months after she’d had her grulla c**t.

And honestly?

Her belly now is definitely bigger than it was in this picture.

So maybe Fancy has fooled me once again.

If she has, we may still be expecting a late spring or summer foal by Jager after all.

Ginny is waxing this morning!Which means Foal #3 should arrive sometime in the next 12–48 hours.And honestly, with Ginn...
05/08/2026

Ginny is waxing this morning!

Which means Foal #3 should arrive sometime in the next 12–48 hours.

And honestly, with Ginny’s old auntie energy and Jager being the equine equivalent of a thoughtful grandfather, we’re expecting a very old soul in a very tiny body.

Of course, mares like to ignore textbooks, and foals don’t always read their pedigrees either.

But it’s still fun to wonder who’s on the way.

They're coming fast and furious now! Foal #2 only two days after Foal #1.Chestnut filly out of Scarlett (our HDI and...
04/27/2026

They're coming fast and furious now! Foal #2 only two days after Foal #1.

Chestnut filly out of Scarlett (our HDI and Rugged Lark.Granddaughter), by Jager.

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