Rock Solid Ranch

05/29/2026

ZYRIX US

05/29/2026

Boarding barns are built on long full days, daily consistency, and people who genuinely love horses.

Each day starts early with feeding, hay, water, turnout, stalls, cleaning, and then repeats all over again at night.

Then on top of that are vet visits, farriers, thrapists, improvements, fence repairs, weather issues, maintenance, emergencies, and the many hundreds of little things that keep a barn running safely.

Plus through all of that, we are watching your horse. We are the ones that notice when they don’t finish grain, drink enough water, notice when they seem off or quiet, when a shoe is off, when they come in with a scrape, when they’re stocked up, or when they just don’t seem quite themselves.

We care very deeply about their wellbeing.

In a boarding barn there are many horses depending on us every single day — not just one.

It's alot and honestly can be tough. We try our best every single day to give excellent care while juggling full schedules, weather, emergencies, and the unpredictability that comes with working with live animals.

And horses tely on us & don’t ever clock out on holidays, weekends, or snowstorms, and nor do barn owners.

What helps the most is partnership.💕

Owners are very valued who stay involved, communicate, be kind, check over their own horse regularly, offer to lend a helping hand when they can, and understand that we are just human too.

These relationships make barns strong. A good boarding barn works at its best when it feels like a team effort, not a one way customer service transaction.

And at the end of the day most barn owners & staff do this because they truly care about horses. 💝

We celebrate you & your horse’s wins, worry over their injuries & lose sleep over their wellbeing too.

We are striving & trying to do our best. We care so much. And we appreciate the owners so very much who see that❣️🐎

05/05/2026

Michelle Henneman + Rock Solid Ranch + Lisa Parker Reid

It's been an eventful week with this guy that I almost forgot today is his birthday!!! I don't have enough words to describe how amazing he is and how much he has given to me that I am forever grateful!! He was supposed to have a suspensory ligament surgery last week but had breathing complications that made it not possible to complete. Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me during this difficult time. Big thank you to Lisa Parker Reid for her amazing care and keeping a close eye on him! 😊

05/01/2026

A very warm welcome for a very sweet boy Sarape❣️🐎

04/09/2026

GALLO & OREO💕

03/25/2026

Are you looking for an affordable way to board your horse?💲

Rock Solid Ranch has a few horse boarding openings soon with boarding care srvices starting at $350 a month for a matted stall, lots of turnout - weather permitting, use of facility, water, wash rack, tack room, all weather round pin, & fenced outdoor riding areas.🐎

We have the entire property perimeter fenced with welded pipe fencing & no climb fencing, for the safety of the horses.

We have boarders that come once a day to put out grain & hay and they are done for the day!😊

Selfcare is $350, you supply what your horse needs, you feed, clean up after & care for your horse.🐴

So get your horse a stall for when you want your horse out of the bad weather.

There are a couple openings for Partial Care upon request at $450 a month. This would be the same as the above care, except that we can throw your morning hay & grain for you & turn out in the morning for you.👍

There are additional services upon request.

We supply round bales of hay in the pastures when pasture grass is limited.

Many horses here are retired or are young.

Staff lives on the property as well.

I am very knowledgeable with years of experience, a USDF Bronze & Silver Medalist also.
🥉🥈

Book your appointment to look at our private, peaceceful boutique barn.

Located in Princeton, 15 minutes east of the McKinney square, near Lake Lavon.

Lisa
469-671-4944

03/21/2026

So very true‼️

🐴 The $300 Horse Boarding Problem

If you own a horse, this post might make you uncomfortable — but it needs to be said.

As someone who has spent years feeding horses before sunrise and cleaning stalls long after dark, I’ve watched this pattern happen over and over again.

You see the ads everywhere.

“Full care board – $300/month.”
Hay 24/7. Grain included. All the amenities.

And you wonder…

How are they doing it so cheap?

Because the truth is — horses aren’t cheap to care for.

Even if someone grows their own hay there are still costs:
fuel, equipment, repairs, labor, land, and time.

So when board is that cheap, something usually gets cut.

Maybe it’s feed.
Maybe it’s stall cleaning.
Maybe turnout quietly disappears.
Maybe water buckets only get filled once a day.

It doesn’t happen overnight.

It happens slowly… until one day someone sees your horse and says:

“Wow… he looks thin.”

You go home, look at old photos, and realize they’re right.

So you move your horse to a higher-end barn.

Now board is $700… $800… sometimes $1,000+ a month.

Your horse looks great again — but now you’re working so many hours just to afford it that you barely get to see them.

And that’s when people start leaving the horse world completely.

But there’s a third option that often gets overlooked.

Small private barns.

Not the mega barns.

Not the ultra-cheap barns.

The quiet, middle-of-the-road places where the owner does the work themselves because they can’t afford employees.

The places where your horse isn’t just a stall number.

Where feed is adjusted individually.
Where someone notices if your horse doesn’t finish dinner.
Where care is personal because the barn is small enough to truly manage.

These barns often sit half empty because they’re not flashy and they’re not the cheapest.

But many of them offer the best balance of care, affordability, and peace of mind in the horse world.

Sometimes the best place for your horse isn’t the cheapest or the fanciest.

Sometimes it’s the place where you can walk out to the pasture after a long day, breathe, and simply watch your horse be a horse.

❤️

And if you’re lucky enough to find one of those small barns that truly cares, hold onto it.

Those places are usually run by people who love horses more than profit, who do the work themselves every day, and who treat every horse like part of their own herd.

Small barns are the heart of the horse world.

⸻

Now I’m curious…

Horse owners — what matters most to you in a boarding barn?

• Price
• Quality of care
• Amenities
• Quiet environment

And barn owners — what do you think is the biggest challenge in horse boarding today?

👇 Let’s talk about it.

02/13/2026

A delayed but very warm welcome to Bulleit, Lance & Houdini❣️ Rock Solid Ranch is so happy to have you all here!🙌 🐎🐎🐎

02/12/2026

Our peaceful barn Rock Solid Ranch is full but please get on our waitlist to be our next boarder❣️🐎

02/10/2026

Sometimes people can touch your heart...I received a very thoughtful Thank you card & giftcard❣️

During the winterstorm we had, I took care of everyone's horses at Rock Solid Ranch. We live on the property & the roads were too dangerous for people to get out on. Horses take a village, plus some....but way more in the freezing cold and ice & snow. We were just so grateful to have not lost power.❄️

This is very refreshing to me & I am so grateful for people like this that come into my life.💝

I was really blown away as this is pretty rare in the horse world!😁

It is SO nice to be appreciated! 🙌

Thanks so much Robin Cuevas, Ricardo Cuevas & Jinx❣️🥰🐎