Celebrity Ranch

10/14/2026

You’d never know we were pummeled with rain for the last 48 hours!

10/12/2026

Enter the 4th session of the LIVE buckle series here! Open October 12 through November 22. Study and practice your patterns, present your patterns whenever you're ready during the trial session!

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10/08/2026

Struttinlikacelebrity earned her WDAA Bronze medal! I’m so very proud to have bred, raised, trained and shown this 2017 mare by Struttin Lika Zippo. I know her dam Peppermint Celebri Te is proudly watching over her from Heaven.
Little Jo is working on silver for 2027. We’ve accomplished all this without being able to attend the world show in Oklahoma.
After the Gold Rush earned the Register of Achievement this year, and Gonna Stay Blazed came out of retirement to earn ROMs from WDAA and AQHA!
One training or boarding spot is available now!
Contact me for details!

09/26/2026

Here’s the award jacket Maggie earned from the IOC. This was her first year, showing Western Dressage, retrained from a western pleasure career as a youngster and rehabbed from lameness.
Maggie is available to book for introductory level Western Dressage lessons, or horsemanship lessons, at Celebrity Ranch. Contact us for details!

09/25/2026

I’d like to take a moment to congratulate the Celebrity Ranch riders and ponies that completed in the USNDC semi finals for region 6!
 Congratulations Pamela Brown Poissoit and Celebrity Apprentice, reserve champion Amateur Intro Level as well as reserve champion in the Amateur Intro All-Around.
After the Gold Rush reserve champion open basic level, and Struttinlikacelebrity reserve champion in open level one, Both ridden by Danielle Miller.
I’d also like to congratulate Pam and Duck for their accomplishments this year in the WDAA IOC and the lifetime points program. They’ve earned their way into the third tier of achievement levels with a Register of Excellence (200 points).
If you’re interested in how to get started on your journey in Western Dressage, we are enrolling students now in our program! Spots are limited!

09/15/2026

In loving memory of Peppermint Celebri Te ("Bozo") April 2, 2008-September 14, 2026

I could post thousands of pictures and videos; there are definitely thousands to be found here on Facebook and hundreds of videos on YouTube. EIGHTEEN years of a life, bred, born, raised, and trained by me. This was my mother's horse. My mother passed away last October. Bozo was prone to intermittent problems, things that were hard to diagnose. I remember my mother saying we'd never let her suffer. Well, the last week was rough. And the last day... it was clear to me what needed to happen.

Bozo had an ROM in halter and won all kinds of circuit titles and awards standing on the end of a chain, then went on to earn 348 performance credits in APHA PAC competition. She was the mother to one foal, Struttinlikacelebrity, earner of 594 performance credits, making her mama a multiple World and National Champion producer with her own success in Western Dressage and trail challenges. Little Jo is one of the many gifts Bozo gave me.

Bozo worked as a lesson horse at Celebrity Ranch for the past 14 years, as often as she was physically able, helping many people become better riders and instilling them with confidence. She was an ace for any lucky rider who got to use her for our schooling shows over the years.

She came back many times over the years from injuries and foot problems. Just when we'd think we'd had our last ride, she'd be back on her game. Halter horse. Open show horse for students. Ranch riding, trail obstacle challenges, Cowboy Dressage, Western Dressage. Judges loved her and other competitors often hated to see her coming.

I had many great adventures traveling around the country to shows with Bozo. From APHA World Shows to Cowboy Dressage National Finals, shows in New Mexico, Arizona, California... she competed in the WDAA IOC a couple years back with an adult amateur and earned a division top ten in classes over 50 entries deep.

I started a tradition years ago with Bozo, we'd take a selfie on our way to the show ring, I'd get her beautiful soft brown eye and usually just half of each of our faces. Yesterday I asked her if she wanted to continue to fight, to try come back one more time. I looked deep into her eye and she gave me her answer.
Yesterday I took our final selfie. We groomed her up pretty and set her spirit free.

Thank you to our wonderful farrier Cody Walker for his help and compassion, this week and always. To Dr. Baumler, Peggy, and to our team at Celebrity Ranch for the hard sweaty work, love and support. Thank you most of all to Bozo. For the trust, the partnership, the personal growth. Your part in my journey doesn't end here. I have your one and only girl, Jo. The thing that happens when horses become part of your family, you can't have more than what you can do well by. Thank you for the gifts, until we dance again.

09/08/2026

The fourth session of our virtual buckle series opens on September 12!
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07/15/2026

Participants in our annual buckle series not only earn buckles and other lovely year and awards, but they have a chance to win a custom award or an award of their choice for each class win or division win of every session!
This year we’ve hosted both a live and a virtual circuit. The live circuit for the folks that are frequent students of our program right here in Chandler, Arizona, and the virtual for people who are remote. Some of the remote folks do reside in Arizona, but they are not able to regularly attend lessons at our facility.
Here are some of the awards that I am eager to hand out to the winners!
We have sessions resuming in the fall. Although qualifying for the year-end awards is no longer possible, it’s still worth jumping in and getting legged up for the following season with so many chances to win!
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06/23/2026

Congratulations Pamela Brown- Poissoit and Celebrity Apprentice! They’ve earned their first top 10 in the WDAA International Challenge!
Eighth place out of 55 entries in the Amateur Introductory Level Test 4!