Summer Hawk Ranch

I’ve visited Summer Hawk Ranch and I’m familiar with the owners through various horse rescue charities
I find Summer Hawk to be a fine facility with horse loving owners highly respected in the horse community and great adjacent riding trails
I highly recommend this ranch if looking for a place to board your loved horses you’ll really enjoy the trails etc… and the owners a real Gem to horse lovers
–Darrell Kieth Harris

We’ve been boarding our two horses there for several years! The «Boss Lady» as I call her is very knowledgeable in Animal Husbandry! One of our horses got very old and lives the rest of his years there. He was cared for as a geriatric. Always clean and kept proper. When the time came arrangements were made for his disposition. It was humane and by regulations with a large animal vet. Our other, Sassy is too old to ride now so the Boss Lady allows her (we donated her to the ranch for under privileged kids) now to assist teaching kids how to care for and groom but no riding. She has always been clean, well watered and properly fed. Recently we took ownership of a 16 hands QH gelding. Whoa what a handful. Very good boy. Once he was evaluated, the Boss Lady advised us to refrain our 16 year old daughter from riding until he was trained. Great advice with safety for rider and horse in mind. I believe this ranch is called a Trail Ranch. Each tenant must sign legal documents, each new horse must their vet records and shots up to date. Attention is paid to diets, etc. During the big fires of 08, these owners took in dozens of horses and in some cases were not reimbursed for care or feed but they did to help. I have found this ranch a happy place. That’s my two cents

This place has been around for a long time, but I can’t say I’d recommend it. They have some big stalls but other than that I wasn’t impressed. I boarded her a few years ago so can’t say much for current situations, but I had some problems with the owner trying to tell me what to do, and it was not good advice. Also, I had people saying awful untrue things about me the weeks before I moved my horse. Not a very classy barn.

I really love this place. It’s very rustic in appearance, very comfortable atmosphere, not stuffy at all. I take riding lessons here twice weekly. Everyone I’ve met or come across has been very friendly and they really look out for and help each other.
They have a number of rescued horses that are in the middle of rehab, plus a number of pure breds, so it’s a nice mix. Everyone I’ve met there is a real animal lover, very much in touch with animals and wild life.

This child (15 years old) was recently given notice to leave the premises because she would not follow the ranch rules and didn’t like having to have her parent with her while at the ranch. I was witness to her smart mouthing the owners when she was asked why she was not obeying ranch rules. Take her rantings with a grain of salt. There is a lot of bad blood here since she now has to look for another place to board her horse. Please notice she did not leave this ‘terrible place’ on her own. She was told to leave. Couldn’t have been that bad then.