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DO YOU WANT TO:

• Train and Desensitize Your Horse?
• Practice Trail Obstacles for Fun and Competition?
• Have Reliable Obstacles that Set Up Quickly and Easily?
• Use Obstacles that are Ideal for both on the Trail and in the Arena?
• Teach your Horse to be Confident and Safe when Encountering the Unexpected?
• Have Fun and Interesting Things to Do with your Horse?

"I believe that desensitizing horses is a critical and often overlooked part of their training. Introducing “scary” objects to horses in a systematic way teaches them to control their prey animal instincts and to trust their human partner, resulting in a safer horse which is always an important consideration when engaged in any riding activity." - Nancy Golden

At the Golden Cross Ranch we are all about finding ways to have fun with your horse while improving your horsemanship and we offer high quality products that are available at reasonable prices. Most of our product offerings will help you strengthen the bond between you and your horse because using them encourages you to focus on each other, both on the ground and in the saddle. The products we are offering have been developed and tested by our family and my horses and I personally use these products on a weekly basis as part of our time together. I am very excited to share with you ways to bring you and your horse closer together and to bring the fun back into riding!

Our Portable Trail Obstacles are practical, pretty, and portable - lightweight enough to carry anywhere, easy to set up and sturdy enough to do the job and look good doing it! Our Specialized Kits give you a convenient way to focus on different areas with your horse, depending on your goals for that day.

 

We are very excited about our unique approach to creating trail obstacles that are not only durable and weather resistant, but also light weight so that they can be taken anywhere you want to ride. Our obstacles are made from 10 ft. sticks of furniture grade PVC that have been cut to our specifications and are easily configured to form each obstacle by using the connectors we provide. Each set includes a sturdy canvas carrying bag, detailed instructions, and everything you need to assemble the obstacle. We are proud to offer a portable vine simulator (also called a cowboy curtain), a portable mailbox and a portable tent, with more obstacles in the works - just click on the Portable Trail Obstacles link for details and visit our News page for upcoming obstacles currently in development!

 

You can watch a brief video on how our obstacles work - We chose the mailbox obstacle for our demonstration because while it is our simplest obstacle, it contains the basic elements of all of our obstacles which allows you to see how quickly and easily you can put our products together out on the trail.

 

We are proud to offer a variety of kits that we have designed to help you build trust and strengthen the horse and human bond. Each kit has a different focus and for those of you who prefer groundwork over riding, we have kits for you too. The main idea is to have fun with your horse, and that means different things to different people. Don't be forced into a mold that simply doesn't fit what you want to do - make your choices based on what you personally desire for you and your horse. We have come up with several different kits to fit many different goals - from desensitizing your horse to taking to the trails. Each item has been carefully selected and each kit includes a tote bag so that you can simply grab your kit and head to the barn. Our desensitizing kit is also handy to take with you when shopping for a new horse if you want to evaluate his reaction to "scary" things. Keep checking our Specialized Kits page - we always have a new theme in the works!

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10% OF OUR PROFITS GO TO A DIFFERENT CHARITY EACH MONTH

Our current fundraiser is FREEDOM HORSES, Freedom Horses is a nonprofit organization created by a group of dedicated individuals who wanted to make a difference in the lives of survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and other violent crimes. Freedom Horses enables survivors to gain courage and confidence through interactions with hand-selected horses, increasing their horsemanship skills and knowledge. Most importantly, the horse provides the client a time to relax and escape the stresses of everyday life and motivate them on their journey to success. Please consider joining us in supporting this wonderful charity.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO CONSIDER OUR OTHER CHARITIES:

GRACE LAKE MINISTRIES - You can learn all about their amazing therapeutic horse ministry at GRACE LAKE MINISTRIES

CAMP TONKAWA - You can learn all about their mission to reconnect mankind with nature with their "hands on" teaching of ancient Native American skills of nature awareness and primitive wilderness survival at CAMP TONKAWA

If you have a charity you would like us to consider please email us and let us know!

"And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise."

This scripture represents what we try to do in all of our all of our endeavors, business and otherwise - to focus on excellence. Whether it is creating kits for our customers or developing new trail obstacles, you can be sure that we are giving you our best effort to create a product that is a good value and helps you to have fun with your horse. I hope you'll buy our trail obstacles or kits, but more importantly, I hope you will see the foundation that our company stands on - how a loving God sent His only Son to die for us so that our imperfections can be washed away for a place in heaven that awaits the end of our earthly journey. I'm hoping there are horses in heaven too - Jesus rode a white horse after all!