MKHorsemanship - Valhalla Ranch

09/28/2025

Happiest of birthdays to the driving force and brains behind everything that happens out here! You have touched so many lives and are such an incredible teacher to all that meet you. Happy Birthday Kristen!

12/26/2024

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas from all of us at Valhalla Ranch Gypsy.Ranch.Horses!

12/10/2024

Hersheys Sandstone of Valhalla

Will be standing in Kiowa CO with shipping availability for 2025

Visit https://mkhorsemanship.com/stallions/
For information on our boys as well as our breeding contract and shipping information.

He has proven to be trainable and lovable, one of my favorites in the barn to ride and has passed his bone, athleticism, and trainability to his offspring. He is an asset to our program and I am happy to discuss this guy with you to see if he might be a good choice for your mare.

11/14/2024

Good horses are not made overnight.

They are made over time. And that time is up to them.

They are a sum of experiences and consistency.

And when you work with one of the greats, they will forever change you.

Horses and men are made... VX

11/13/2024

Its easy to do this on the easy days..

The warm, sunny, pretty days. When our schedules are light and the air is warm.

It's tougher to do it on the days where we are a little tired. We've worked all day. They kids have been sick. The sun is setting earlier. Maybe its cold, maybe its snowy, maybe its muddy..

Life gets in the way...

Life will get in the way if we let it. But the choices we make are up to us.

I am proud of this guy, as he brought home a National Grand Champion and National Reserve Champion from the GVHS National Show both in the OPEN WTL.

He works a full time job and then some...
And then he is a Dad.
And he helps me.
And he helps me keep things running on the ranch..

He would come home after days of working, and be dog tired, but he would get out there and ride his horse as the sun was setting, in the last glimpses of light, because sometimes that's just what it takes to make things happen.

Behind the scenes - There were days, knowing that he was prepping for a competition, rather than just riding that maybe he'd just rather not.. I think I remember him telling me a time or two that "he didn't hire me". Its hard to coach your family, especially when you are cut from the same cloth... don't I know that..

But he did it. And I was proud of how they competed. But mostly, I am proud of him for doing the work, on the days that it would be really easy to just not do the work..

Because life can get in the way.. or not...

But we get to choose what we do with the time that we are given.

Horses and men are made.. VX

11/11/2024

11/11/2024

10/15/2024

This is a really cool photo for a lot of reasons!

Number one, Matt and Trevor doing things they’ve talked about. Realizing that tomorrow is never promised and taking advantage of today by doing this together! I’m so glad you guys have had this time together💕I’m a little worried it’s taken you back to your outfitting days and you may have been bitten by the bug, but hey there are worse things ;)

This is our buddy Trevor from Pine Valley Ranch (sorry Trevor it wouldn’t let me tag you). I want to give a big thank you to Trevor for taking the time to take this c**t the last month and treating him like your own to further his education. He’s such a fancy dude, and in the spirit of making all around good horses, this was a heck of a thing for him and I thank you!

We have another one of our training horses we just turned over to Trevor for this same experience! It’s about to get cold up there, I’m not jealous buddy;)

This horse is out of a Hancock mare ( duh look at that noggin) and our stallion Hersheys Sandstone of Valhalla, bred by our friends Nicole and Rick at Prairie passage Ranch, and trusted to us … Nicole, you did a great job with this one 💕

He was started by our friends at louthan_cowhorse , so big thank you to them for starting this guy right and putting a nice user friendly and fancy handle on him …

We’ve been lucky enough to get to ride him in between and loved every min of it!

In this case horses and men being made is a group effort but what a tribe and the result is going to be a rockstar of a horse!

Biggest thank you to Matt, I mean where do I even begin…. Thanks for continuing to push me on this one and everything in between…

Horses and men are made… VX

09/08/2024

Pretty excited about today’s project…

Moving harness and pack saddles into the carriage house!

It’s nice to have things organized and this is a really handy little area by the arena!

Horses and men are made… VX