Bear Creek Ranch Blog

Another summer evening making hay for the long winters

2010-07-06T19:50:00.001-07:00

Moving pastures

2010-07-06T11:46:00.001-07:00

Toni & Just Ask Me Nice win Hackamore Classic - NonPro Amateur Division - Paso Robles, CA

2010-04-29T12:38:00.000-07:00

Below is from press release issued by NRCHA.

In only her second reined cow horse event, ever, Toni Hagen won the Amateur Hackamore Classic Championship on Just Ask Me Nice. The win garnered a check for $1,920, a Classic Equine monogrammed breast collar, a full tooled handmade hackamore from Krause Mecates, and a CR Morrison trophy.

Hagen and "Justi" marked a 140 in the herd work, a 138 in the rein work, and a 142 in the cow work. "I had good cattle and my horse was wonderful in the herd work. Except for a little glitch, the rein work was beautiful. We also had a pretty good cow work," she said.
Hagen is a former National Finals Rodeo qualifier in barrel racing, and only took up reined cow horse competition last November. "Dan Heath got me started. He has some great cow horses and encouraged me to start," she explained. So Hagen went on a search for a cow horse, and found and purchased Just Ask Me Nice, by Captain Nice out of Missy Dual Master, "I bought this mare in November, went for lessons with Jim Paul Sr. in January. I showed in my first show in March. I'm now riding with Dan Roeser - both Dan and Jim have done so much and I'm really grateful to them."

FWD:

2010-04-10T21:16:00.000-07:00

stuck in the muck! :-)

2010-04-10T20:52:00.000-07:00

New baby filly today! "Frosti" was born on an unusually cold spring morning (11 degrees after the sun came up) and two weeks early. She is doing fine, but has had a tough start in life.

The new pond again.

2010-04-04T17:12:00.002-07:00

Happy Easter! We braved the frigid wind to take a tour around the ranch and check fences.

2010-04-04T17:12:00.001-07:00

Ooopps..Still a little wet on the ranch

2010-03-28T17:02:00.000-07:00

New pond

2010-03-28T16:57:00.001-07:00

The new pond didn't take long to fill up

Success!

2010-03-28T16:37:00.002-07:00

Another calf born unassisted to a first calf heifer

Testing email

2010-03-28T16:37:00.001-07:00

Welcome to our Blog

2010-03-28T13:43:00.000-07:00

We thought it might be fun to post frequently about happenings on the ranch and thought maybe this would be the best avenue for such updates.