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Rip, the start of a new breeding program at The Bar R Ranch
Rip, the start of a new breeding program at The Bar R Ranch

The Bar R Ranch, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Riding and Roping Instruction

Three decades of horse training, colt starting, rope horse training, riding instruction, and roping instruction.

The Bar R Ranch — pasture, indoor arena, and ranch life in Idaho Falls

Horse Boarding

Pasture Boarding — $500/month. Hay provided and fed daily.

Boarding includes:

  • Care from someone with 30 years in the business
  • Indoor riding arena
  • Heated bathroom
  • Roping dummies available — we rope the dummy most weekends, and boarders are welcome to join in
  • Farrier appointments made — your horse caught and held for the farrier
  • Dewormer and vaccinations picked up and administered
  • Blanketing and unblanketing
  • Horse trailer storage available — $30/month
Farrier shoeing Cinnamon in the wash bay at The Bar R Ranch

Note: Extra services — catching and holding your horse for the farrier, picking up and administering vaccines and dewormer, washing, bathing, and clipping, and hauling your horse to the vet — are available for an additional charge.

One indoor stall available for overnighters — $40/night.

Riding and Roping Instruction

A young student riding with Ronda Skinner at The Bar R Ranch
Young students welcome — private lessons at The Bar R Ranch
  • Private lessons
  • Riding — Beginner to Advanced
  • Roping — Beginner to Competitor
  • $125 each, or 10 lessons for $1,000

When you back into the box to rope, are you “hoping” to just catch? Do you really know what your horse needs from you? Can you actually see how your horse is seeing the steer — and then time your shot accordingly? Can you rope like a champion — like a family member who wins? I can teach you to do all of that.

How are your riding skills? Are you comfortable and confident on and around your horse?

Tip: As long as you ride horses, you are developing your balance and timing, and a rider/roper must be ultra-athletic. If you are open and teachable, I would love to help you improve in ways that will help you succeed in competition or just enjoy being with horses. Contact me at 208-589-7298. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Horse Training

Colt starting
  • Starting Colts — two months minimum
  • Rope Horses — trained with skids and live cattle; three months minimum
  • Tune-Ups — one month minimum
  • $1,500/month — includes training, feed, board and care

Ranch Life

The ranch crew — Bo, Chum, Petey, and Fluft
The ranch crew — Bo, Chum, Petey, and Fluft
Fluft the cat 'giving roping lessons' on the roping dummy — The Bar R Ranch
Fluft, holding down the roping dummy
A young student sitting on a calf at The Bar R Ranch
Starting them young at the Bar R
One of the roping steers in the chute at The Bar R Ranch
One of the roping steers in the chute at The Bar R Ranch
A roping steer off duty at The Bar R Ranch
A roping steer off duty at The Bar R Ranch
A colt in training checking out a water bottle at The Bar R Ranch
A colt in training, checking out the water bottle.
Rip the cap thief — The Bar R Ranch
Rip the cap thief — The Bar R Ranch
Even the horses are relaxed at The Bar R Ranch
Even the horses are relaxed at The Bar R Ranch

CALL or TEXT 208-589-7298

Email: skinrond@ymail.com

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