Track System Boarding at Roaming Rosewood Ranch
We keep our horses on approximately 3.5 acres with unlimited access to hay and fresh water. In our pasture we have installed a track system designed to keep the horses moving from resource to resource. The horses do the work themselves, constantly pushing each other from one station to the next, walking up to 20 miles per day! This promotes excellent hooves, as they are walking on different surfaces, stepping over logs and rocks, and really enhancing the proprioception in the hoof. Toplines improve, behavior improves, and the overall health of the horse improves exponentially. Track systems are excellent rehabilitation opportunities for horses with metabolic and weight issues, hoof pathology like Laminitis/Founder, Navicular disease and syndrome, Long toe-low heel, hoof bruising, and hoof imbalance. The track system will wear down the hooves as wild horses wear theirs down from daily travel, creating a robust, healthy, balanced hoof.
Our Fencing: The perimeter fence is 4' tall livestock fencing with a line of hot rope on the top to keep the horses from pushing and leaning on the fence. The interior track fencing is composed of step in posts with three lines of hot rope. The reason for step in posts is to be able to move the track as needed, widen or narrow it for the amount of horses currently boarded, and to rotationally graze the areas in the middle of the track. We raise goats, sheep, and chickens rotationally, and they all play their part in weed/pest control while utilizing every inch of our property. The goats eat the weeds, the sheep eat the grass, and the chickens eat the insects in the soil and manure, which keeps our pastures growing a ton of food and the animals pest free!
What we offer:
Active, happy horses!
24/7 access to fresh water and low sugar/starch hay for optimal weight loss and gut health
Daily administration of balanced minerals
Interactive stations to keep your horse stimulated
Different footings to promote healthy hooves and confident horses
On site farrier care as needed
Daily manure removal - limited flies
24/hour camera surveillance of track
Tack storage
Trailer parking
It can take up to a year to see true results in your horse on a track system, so we require a 4 month minimum stay of our boarders. Horses are required to have a negative coggins, and UTD on all vaccines prior to arrival. Your horse will be slowly integrated with the herd and then released on the track to enjoy the benefits of almost constant movement in a herd setting.
Who lives on the track right now?
Celie - 7yo Percheron mare
Charlotte - 14yo Percheron/QH mare
Flossie - 2yo Percheron mare
Geronimo - 6mo Mustang colt
Gringo - 10yo jack
Margarita - 2yo jenny