Pasture Boarding at Success Ranch

Success Ranch offers pasture boarding in a relaxed, horse-friendly environment with access to a barn, indoor arena, outdoor arena, and maintained pasture areas.

Basic Pasture Board — $550 per Month

Pasture board includes:

• Hay

• Water

• Fence and pasture maintenance

• Daily visual care and wellness checks

• A very basic care package

• Barn access

• Indoor arena access

• Outdoor arena access

Horses are kept outdoors in herd situations. Boarding is best suited to horses that are comfortable living outside and interacting safely within a herd.

Owners are responsible for supplying and paying for any grain, senior feed, supplements, medications, specialty feed, or other products required by their horse.

Additional Horse Care — $300 per Month, If Required

Some horses require more than basic pasture care to remain healthy, comfortable, and in appropriate condition.

Additional care may include:

• Individual daily feeding

• Preparing soaked or specialty feed

• Separating the horse from the herd for meals

• Administering owner-supplied medications or supplements

• Additional monitoring

• Extra handling or daily attention

• Care required because of age, weight, injury, illness, or changing health needs

If you are personally attending the facility every day and providing your horse’s required additional care yourself, there is no additional care fee.

However, if your horse requires daily additional care and you are unable to provide that care consistently, Success Ranch will provide the necessary care and an additional $300 per month care fee will apply.

Attending once a week, every few days, or occasionally is not considered sufficient when a horse requires daily feeding, medication, supplements, or monitoring.

If Success Ranch notices that a horse is losing condition, failing to thrive, becoming unsound, or otherwise requiring care beyond basic pasture board, we will communicate those concerns clearly and transparently. If additional daily care is reasonably necessary for the horse’s health and welfare, Success Ranch will begin providing that care and the applicable fee will be added to the account.

Additional feed, supplements, medications, and supplies remain the financial responsibility of the horse owner.

Communication & Changes in Care

Clear communication is very important at Success Ranch.

I will be upfront about your horse’s condition, behaviour, changing needs, and level of care. Significant concerns, care changes, additional charges, or boarding arrangements will be communicated and confirmed in writing through text or email whenever reasonably possible.

Boarders may contact Success Ranch by phone or text between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Emergency communication regarding a horse may occur outside those hours.

If boarding fees increase, Success Ranch will provide a minimum of 60 days’ written notice along with a clear explanation for the change.

Rate increases will only be made when necessary to reflect the overall cost of providing horse care and maintaining the boarding facility.

Payment Terms

Board is due on the 15th day of each month.

Owners are responsible for ensuring payment is received on time without repeated reminders.

If payment is missed, the owner will be contacted and every reasonable effort will be made to communicate and rectify the situation.

If an account remains unpaid for 60 days, Success Ranch may exercise any rights available under the boarding agreement and applicable Saskatchewan law. This may include retaining possession of the horse, recovering outstanding boarding and care costs, and beginning any legally required process available for collection or sale.

A horse will not automatically be sold on the 60th day. Any lien, detention, notice, advertising, auction, or sale will only be carried out in accordance with applicable Saskatchewan law.

The owner remains responsible for all outstanding charges, including board, additional care, feed or supplies purchased on their behalf, authorized veterinary or farrier expenses, transportation, and any other agreed-upon costs.

Moving or Ending Board

Owners are welcome to move their horse to another facility.

A minimum of 30 days’ written notice is required before ending the boarding arrangement.

Notice must be provided by text or email and clearly state the intended departure date.

If the required 30 days’ notice is not provided, the owner remains responsible for one full month of board.

All outstanding board, care, feed, supplies, and other authorized charges must be resolved before departure unless another arrangement has been agreed to in writing.

Horse Health & Veterinary Care

Owners must disclose all known medical conditions, injuries, dietary requirements, behavioural concerns, handling issues, herd-related concerns, and medication requirements before the horse arrives.

Owners are responsible for maintaining current contact information and emergency veterinary instructions.

Success Ranch will always encourage appropriate veterinary involvement when concerns arise regarding a horse’s weight, soundness, pain level, dental health, illness, age, or overall quality of life.

This may include difficult conversations regarding veterinary assessment, dental work, medication, surgery, ongoing supportive care, retirement, or humane euthanasia.

When veterinary advice is obtained, the veterinarian’s professional assessment and recommendations take priority over my personal opinion.

If a horse is visibly underweight, chronically uncomfortable, significantly unsound, suffering, or otherwise not receiving care reasonably necessary for its welfare, Success Ranch may require further veterinary involvement, additional care, or removal of the horse from the property.

If immediate veterinary attention is reasonably believed to be necessary and the owner cannot be reached, Success Ranch may contact a veterinarian in accordance with the emergency authorization contained in the signed boarding agreement.

All veterinary, emergency treatment, medication, transportation, and related costs are the responsibility of the horse owner.

Farrier Care

Success Ranch has a regular farrier who attends the property, but farrier care is not included in basic pasture board.

Owners are responsible for arranging and paying for their horse’s trimming or shoeing.

Owners may ask whether the regular Success Ranch farrier is able to take their horse on as a client or may arrange for their own farrier to attend the property.

Unless specifically arranged otherwise, owners are expected to be present to catch, bring in, hold, and assist with their horse during farrier appointments.

If you bring a different farrier onto the property, I do not need to be present provided arrangements have been communicated in advance and you are present to manage your horse.

Death, Euthanasia & Carcass Removal

Horses age, become ill, suffer injuries, and unfortunately sometimes die. This section is included so expectations are clear before an emotional situation occurs.

Whenever reasonably possible, owners will be contacted before euthanasia decisions are made. If a horse is suffering and immediate veterinary attention is required, Success Ranch may contact a veterinarian and act according to the horse’s emergency authorization and the veterinarian’s professional recommendation.

If a horse dies unexpectedly of natural causes with no ongoing end-of-life concerns, Success Ranch will generally handle the carcass and will not charge an additional Success Ranch disposal or handling fee.

If a horse is known to be elderly, seriously ill, significantly underweight, suffering, or declining in quality of life, and euthanasia has been discussed or recommended with veterinary involvement but the owner chooses to continue care, then carcass removal becomes the owner’s responsibility if the horse later dies.

If the owner does not wish to arrange removal and asks Success Ranch to handle the deceased horse, Success Ranch will do so and the owner will be responsible for associated costs, which may include:

• Machinery or tractor use

• Backhoe or equipment rental

• Hauling

• Off-site disposal

• Other direct disposal expenses

• An additional disposal/handling fee equal to one month of board

Burial on Success Ranch property is not guaranteed and will depend on ground conditions, weather, available equipment, an appropriate location, and applicable requirements. Frozen winter ground may make burial impossible.

General Boarding Expectations

Owners are responsible for ensuring their horse is suitable for pasture and herd living.

Success Ranch reserves the right to require additional care, veterinary assessment, separation, or removal of a horse where there are significant concerns involving:

• Safety

• Aggressive or dangerous behaviour

• Escaping or repeated fence damage

• Significant property damage

• Inability to maintain appropriate condition through basic pasture care

• Infectious illness

• Failure to provide necessary feed, medication, veterinary care, or farrier care

• Risk to other horses, people, livestock, or ranch property

Horse owners may be responsible for reasonable repair or replacement costs where their horse causes damage beyond normal wear associated with ordinary horse keeping.

Any required changes will be communicated clearly and confirmed in writing whenever reasonably possible.

Boarding Approval

Boarding availability is limited, and acceptance is based on whether both the horse and owner are a suitable fit for Success Ranch.

Before moving a horse onto the property, the owner will be required to complete and electronically acknowledge the full Success Ranch Horse Boarding Agreement, including payment, care, emergency veterinary, herd-risk, notice, termination, and other applicable terms.

Please contact Success Ranch to discuss current availability and your horse’s individual needs.