Wagon Wheel Ranch

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Wagon Wheel Ranch

2921 Grapevine Mills Blvd N
Grapevine, TX 76051
(817)481-8284
Fax:(817)481-6729

Wagon Wheel Ranch is a family owned working ranch that has been around over 25 years. We offer horseback trail rides, Western and English riding lessons, boarding, training, hay rides, company picnics, meetings and special occasion parties. Camps are also offered in the summer through June and July.

Philosophy:

Wagon Wheel Ranch provides riding lessons in the disciplines of English, Dressage, Western and Bareback with a main focus on safety. Hunters and Jumpers with basics in Dressage is our specialty. Our goal at Wagon Wheel is to create a base of educated, confident, effective, and consistent students who, by acquiring correct basics and understanding of the true nature of the horse can maintain calm, willing mounts that make riding not only safe but a pleasure for both as one in any of the equestrian activities, no matter what the final goal may be.

We provide the opportunity for riders at all levels to experience the competitive aspect of the sport. Wagon Wheel Ranch hosts N.T.H.J.C. approved horse shows twice a year, one Texas Sport Pony show, schooling shows three times a year and clinics at our facility. Instructors and students at Wagon Wheel Ranch participate in World, National and local horse shows. Instructors encourage students to attend as many shows as possible. Competition is a great way to test your equestrian skills and boost your confidence. Competition teaches you perseverance and gives you the satisfaction of a job well done.

Locations

Wagon Wheel Ranch has two locations in the DFW area.

Cross Creek Ranch Offers a climate controlled party barn for parties and special occasions. 2921 Grapevine Mills Blvd. North Grapevine, Texas 76051. Map / Driving Directions

Wagon Wheel-2995 Grapevine Mills Blvd N offers Trail Rides, Hay Rides and an Evening Trail Ride and Dinner. Grapevine Mills Blvd N Grapevine, Texas 76051. Map / Driving Directions

OUR STAFF...

Kimberly Brunson is a certified instructor of the Horsemanship Safety Association, Inc., Certified Horsemanship Association, John Lyons Symposium Clinic and Apprenticeship, and the American Riding Instructor Certification Program. She continues to attend clinics held by well-known professionals to broaden her knowledge, including George Morris, Jeff Cook. Frank Madden, Anne Kursinski, Susan Harris, Jan Dawson, Leslie Tauber, Jill Kallenberger, and Rick Gabel. Ms. Brunson grew up in an equine environment and has a broad range of experience, including Barrel Racing, Team Penning, 3-Day Eventing, Hunter/Jumper, and Pony Club Rallies. In 4-H Club she competed in Hunter/Jumper and won State Champion. Ms. Brunson has shown in the U. S. A. Equestrian, formerly known as the American Horse Show Association and Texas Hunter/Jumper Association Circuit since she was 9-years-old, working with the following breeds: Arabians, Gallecinos, Palominos, Paso Finos, Peruvian Pasos, Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses. Ms. Brunson is an active member of the North Texas Hunter Jumper Club (N.T.H.J.C.) board and the showcommittee. Ms. Brunson is currently training students from ages six through adult ranging from beginner to advanced levels. Many of Ms. Brunson’s students participate in the N.T.H.J.C., T.H.J.A., A.Q.H.Y.A., A.Q.H.A. and USAEq show circuits and various local open shows. Ms. Brunson’s students and horses are currently showing in World and National levels where they are winning and placing in the top ten. In the year 2000, Sierra Vinson, a student of Kim’s, won World Champion Jumper with other students who placed in the top ten in 2000 and 2001 in the A.Q.H.Y.A. and 2002 in A.Q.H.A. Ms. Brunson’s students qualify and compete at the Pony Nationals in Pony Jumpers, Large Pony Hunter over Fences and Pony Models (placing 9^thin competition). In 2002, her students went to the Pony Finals with an entry placing 6^th overall in Pony Jumpers.

Natalee Newton is an approved Certified Horsemanship Association instructor. She began Western riding when she was 8-years-old at Oak Hill Farm. After one year, she began riding English and training with Ms. Kimberly Brunson at Wagon Wheel Ranch. She was a volunteer for a period of time at Beth's Little Horse Farm in Colleyville, Texas, working with children ages 3 through 14. There she taught and assisted them to learn basic horseback riding skills, safety, and horse care.

Ms. Newton began teaching as an instructor in 1998 and continues to train and show today. She won the N.T.H.J.C. Year End Point Standing Championship in Pre-Green in 2001. In 2002, she placed 3^rd in N.T.H.J.C. Year End Point Standing in Low Hunter, Reserve Champion in Pre-Green, and Reserve Champion in Jumpers. She was Champion in Schooling Jumpers in 2003 and won the Flower Mound Battle of the Barns Mini Prix that year as well. Ms. Newton placed 5^th in the A.Q.H.A. World Show in Open Jumpers in 2002 and 9^th in Open Jumpers for 2003. She qualified to ride in the A.Q.H.A. World Show on Flew deCoupe in 2004. She rode in many clinics with instructors including, world renowned Olympic trainer and rider George Morris for the past two years in a row in the 4’ jumping section clinic, Olympic rider Greg Best, Maria Long, and Mike McCormick. Natalee has also worked under head horse trainer Marcial Catreras at Medieval Times in Dallas for two years. Here she rode Quadrille, and performed high school maneuvers on the long reins.

Ms. Newton placed in the top ten in Arabian Jumpers on D. L. Lightning Jim at the 2nd Sport Horse National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (Sport Horse Nationals) in Rancho Murieta, California in September of 2004. In 2005, Ms. Newton placed 7^th in the American Paint Association World Championship in Jumping on Sonny’s Rae, and place top ten in Working Hunter in Lexington, VA also with D. L. Lightning Jim.