The Bonanza Creek horses are almost all Quarter Horses with a few Paints and Appaloosas sprinkled in for color, and a few Draft Horse crosses for size. These solid, hearty and sure-footed animals are the iconic horse of the American West. Many are former ranch horses, and all are familiar with our terrain. If you’ve never ridden one, you’re in for a treat.

We own approximately 40 guest horses and only have 8 -12 guests per week. This ensures that our horses are well-rested and in excellent shape for the entire season. It also means that we have a large selection to choose from when matching horses to guests.

Each guest will start the week with a horse chosen just for them. We have a pretty good track record of making good matches, but we’re always willing to make a change if you, or we, feel the match isn’t right.

During the season our horses live in a 500 acre pasture where they have lots of room to roam. Even the horses that are being used for the week are turned out to pasture each evening after the day’s ride. In the off-season the horses are turned out to an even larger 3000 acre pasture. Our horses definitely live the good life.

Meet our horses.