Blanco Brothers Ranch

Blanco Brother’s Ranch is a boarding and training facility that also does the occasional private beach ride. This review is for individuals looking to do the private beach trail ride.
Blanco Brothers’ Beach Ride is ideal for riders of all levels. I say this because the horses here are not your typical «only trail» horses that are dead on the bit and dead on the sides. The horses that the owner, «Chewy,» has trained are calm enough for beginner riders, and respond magnificently to riders who would like to do more than just walk and occassionally trot. They are beautiful, athletic with excellent temperaments on the ground and under saddle.
Our experience was the highlight of our trip in San Diego. We booked our ride for 8:30am on a Saturday. Chewy was very accommodating and flexible when we had to modify our time. As the more experienced rider between my husband and I, I rode Cash (an 11 year old barrel racing chestnut gelding quarter horse — he was fantastic, full of go and a blast to ride!) and my husband rode Cheyenne (a 12 year old paint mare who was calm and listened well as he was more of a beginner). On our way to the beach we went through the Tijuana River Valley and the trail was beautiful. As we were nearing the beach, the trail opened up and I was able to do an easy lope through some of the stretches. When we got to the beach, we brought the horses to the water and they splashed and trotted. The waves crashing, the wind blowing and the view took my breath away. We walked all the way down to the Mexican border, and were able to canter our horses full speed a couple of times up and down the stretch of beach. It was a magical experience just letting the horses go. You could tell that they loved being there and ready to work.
We walked the horses back to the stables and ended our trip thanking our horses with pets and carrots. Horses were very grateful and loved the treats.
Chewy was a fun tour guide, and as a trainer was able to give my husband some extra pointers. My husband was able to do a little loping on the beach and he was all grins. Chewy is just a great human being who takes excellent care of his animals and treats his riders like family. Every trip we make to San Diego will now always include a beach ride with Chewy.
He isn’t tech savvy (his website does not utilize seo so it doesn’t show up on the first couple of pages on Google search) and is a smaller outfit, and I don’t normally do this, but he made such a great impression that I would be happy to field questions, if you have them, about our experience. Otherwise give Chewy a call and get your beach ride on! :)