Meet the Horses

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The Lone Mountain Ranch draft horses are very important members of the Sleigh Ride team. Each horse comes with his/her own unique personality and characteristics.  You can learn more about them below.

Draft horses are very docile animals and their size, strength and passion for working make them very versatile horses and excellent for working farms and ranches. There are many breeds of draft horses such as Percherons and Belgians and they range from approximately 16 to 19 hands high, weigh from 1,400 to 2,100 lbs and can pull up to three times their weight. Just like any working animal, they take a lot of pride in a job well done and are not happy just sitting around. When they aren’t working with their drivers taking groups of guests to the North Fork Cabin, they enjoy laying and soaking up the warmth on a sunny day and playing around on cooler days.

Pepsi & Rum
Breed: Belgian Percheron cross
Age: 15 & 15
Favorite Snack: Everything!
Known For: Pepsi & Rum are best buds and love hanging out with each other. They are a bit shy and reserved and tend to spend a lot of time with each other, but they are also one of the strongest teams. If you wanted them to pull down the barn, they could.
Off season: Cutting hay and participating in teamster competitions is how Pepsi & Rum spend their off-season.
Number of years with Lone Mountain Ranch Sleigh Ride program: 2 years

Blue & Bell
Breed: Percheron
Age: 16 & 16
Favorite Snack: Apples
Known For: Blue & Bell have such different personalities, but they complement each other so well. Bell is calm, sweet and loves to be pet while Blue is spunky with lots of energy and loves to play.
Off season: They both spend their time off-season taking guests on wagon rides, cutting hay and logging.
Number of years with Lone Mountain Ranch Sleigh Ride program: 8 years

Larry & Curly
Breed: Percheron
Age: 6 & 7
Favorite Snack: They like to eat everything!
Known For: Curly is one of the most entertaining horses to watch. He’s full of energy and mischievous and it is not unusual to see him take the hose out of the water tank and spray water around. Larry is also playful and loves to push against things.
Off season: Larry & Curly spend their working days in the off-season logging and taking folks on wagon rides
Number of years with Lone Mountain Ranch Sleigh Ride program: 1^st season

Walt & Rio
Breed: Percherons
Age: 18 & 17
Favorite Snack: Alfalfa pellets
Known For: Walt & Rio are the wise ones of the bunch. They have a lot of experience and try to share their knowledge with the younger horses. The younger horses might refer to them as the “know-it-alls!”  They also did sleigh rides in Teton Village in Jackson, WY for several years.
Off season: Rest, they do not do anything else
Number of years with Lone Mountain Ranch Sleigh Ride program: 1^st season

Ted & Charlie
Breed: Belgians
Age: 8 & 9
Favorite Snack: Carrots
Known For:  Traveled over 1000 miles from Minnesota to Montana this past Fall to work at the Ranch.
Off Season: They are going to be here at the Ranch doing wagon rides for our summer guests
Number of Years with the Lone Mountain Ranch Sleigh Ride Program: 1st season

Minnie & Pearl
Breed: Belgians
Age: 11
Favorite Snack: Sweet Grains
Known For: They are the most photographed team here at the Ranch, beautiful belgians, Bruce Anfinson almost named them "Peach" and "Pumpkin"
Off Season: Work for Bruce Anfinson's chuckwagon dinner
Number of Years with the Lone Mountain Ranch Sleigh Ride Program: 5 seasons

Howdy & Bass
Breed: Howdy is a Belgian & Bass is a Suffolk Punch
Age: 5 & 7
Favorite Snack:  Since this is one of Bruce's teams, we thought for sure they would be eating huckleberries, but turns out they like the sweet grains too!
Known For: "Name the Horse Contest" is how Howdy was named, Bass is a Suffolk Punch, which is the oldest breed of draft horses
Off Season:  They also work for Bruce Anfinson's chuckwagon dinner
Number of Years with the Lone Mountain Ranch Sleigh Ride Program: 1st season