Red Iron Ranch

05/04/2026

Co-op horse boarding, starting mid May, offered southwest of Edmonton. We currently have 2-3 openings for pasture board, and one opening in the pony pen.

What is co-op horse boarding? Instead of conventional boarding, where horse owners pay a fee for all services provided by the barn owner or staff, a co-op model operates on shared responsibilities. The benefits are reduced costs, greater flexibility, and customization in horse care. Everyone works together toward a common goal, which is providing excellent horse care in a clean, safe environment. With our farm, it usually consists of doing feeding chores, or odd jobs around the farm. Boarders are asked to work 6-7 hours per month. More details are available on our page.

Red Iron Ranch boards horses of all breeds and disciplines. We are a family run ranch with a quiet, laid-back atmosphere. Located 15 minutes Northwest of Thorsby, half and hour South of Stony Plain, and a half hour West of Leduc, the ranch offers 80 acres located on a quiet dead end road, 1/2 mile South of the North Saskatchewan River. It is 20 minutes from the Thorsby Haymaker Centre.

We have six pastures that are rotated regularly during the grazing season. We can also offer smaller pens and restricted grazing for those that require it. During the winter months, straw is put out regularly in the shelters to give the horses a warm, dry place to lay down. Horses are all on a routine parasite program and vaccination schedule and are kept in small groups where they fit in and get along with others.

Red Iron Ranch offers:
- Quality care where horses are checked at least three times a day
- Customized boarding where horses can be fed daily supplements and/or medications
- 130' x 230' professionally built outdoor sand arena
- Use of barrels, poles, small jumps
- Large round pen
- Access to large crop field
- Miles of quiet gravel roads to ride on
- Safe place to keep your tack
- Two 12' x 12' box stalls to tack up in
- Driveway and tack area are locked at night.
- Rehab and senior horses welcome

Boarding options start at $325 + GST. Horses are required to be up to date on vaccinations, worming, and have a current Coggins test. Check out our page for more boarding options.
Western horse trainer and coach on site 80% of the time with over 30 years of experience in the industry and close to 10 years of experience in the field of vet medicine. Western riding lessons are offered as well.

05/04/2026

CO-OP BOARDING AGREEMENT

- Each boarder is expected to work 6-7 hours per month. Shift choices must be submitted by the 20th of the previous month, and will be given on a first come, first serve basis.
- Feeding chores should take 45 minutes to 1 hour, unless there is an unusual amount of work, such as blanketing. It may take longer while you are learning the routine, but regardless, feeding chores will count as 1 hour, whether you finish early, or a bit late. Horses are fed their individual meals in a group setting, so you need to be able to understand herd dynamics to do this safely. You will be assessed to see if you are capable and have the experience to do the feeding chores.
- If you are not capable, lack the experience to do doing feeding chores, or would rather do something else, there are many other odd jobs around the farm. Such as mucking pens, tidying the barn, fixing hay nets, watering plants, cleaning the barn yard, weeding, raking, ect.
- If a boarder does not fill the required hours, they will be charged an extra $20 for every hour they miss, and it will be added to the following months board.
- If a boarder works above the 6-7 hours per month, that will go towards the hours they need to put in in the following month.

05/04/2026

BOARDING OPTIONS:
***UPDATED MAY 1, 2026***
*Basic Pasture Board –includes pasture or pen with shelter, clean water troughs or waterers, grass or hay provided in slow feeder NAG bags, and salt & mineral blocks. All horses are fed a small amount (1 measuring cup maximum) of complete, controlled starch pellets, along with Hoffman's minerals, and loose salt twice a day. Seniors can be fed a senior formula and youngsters can be fed a growth formula. Clean straw is provided in shelters in the winter. Horses are checked at least 3 times daily. $325/month + GST
*Occasional Blanketing Board – includes same as basic, but horses are blanketed in cold rainy, and -15 to -20 or below weather. Option to have beet pulp added to morning feed is available. Supplements and medications can be given with this option or any higher option. $350/month + GST
*Added Pasture Board – includes same as basic plus full blanketing as needed and grain and/or soaked beet pulp and/or alfalfa pellets twice a day. $375/month + GST
*Senior Board – includes same as basic plus full blanketing as needed and grain and/or soaked beet pulp and/or alfalfa pellets twice a day. Option for senior horses to go in smaller groups. $375/month + GST
*Hard keepers- includes a large amount of grain, (over 8 cups per day), and beet pulp &/or alfalfa pellets. Full blanketing is provided and horse can be kept in a pen or pasture. Prices are drawn up according to care needed. Starting at $425+/month + GST
*Medical Board (Short Term)- includes a private pen and whatever care the horse needs (leg wraps, wound cleaning, medications, ect). Blanketing and grain and/or soaked beet pulp and/or alfalfa pellets available as well. Individual pricing is worked out depending on each individual horses needs. Starting at $500.00
*Supplements, other than Hoffman’s minerals, and loose, white salt, are supplied by you at your cost.
* Own supplements and medications can be given (if provided) for horses boarded above basic board cost.
* Wound cleaning, leg wrapping, cold hosing, or any other special care needed is $20 per hour, and is charged out in 15 minute increments.
* Blankets can be put on and off on an occasional basis for $5 each time.

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