A PROVING GROUND FOR HORSES AND HORSEMEN
Hosting clinics with skilled traininers, mentoring the next generation through trade school programs and gathering a community where traditional skills, modern methods, and ranch heritage converge.
Where Horsemen Gather
Davis Creek Ranch will become a Methow Valley destination where horsemanship isn't just practiced—it's preserved, passed forward, and perfected. We envision this historic property as a gathering place where skilled trainers teach clinics, where young people learn traditional ranch skills through hands-on trade school programs, and where community comes together around the craft that built the American West.
This is about building a place where real horsemanship—the kind that takes years to develop and a lifetime to master—has room to breathe, grow, and get passed to the next generation.
We host private clinics with professional trainers who specialize in teaching and passing on horsemanship skills—
The ranch provides the setting: 210 acres of working land, historic buildings, facilities designed for serious horse work. The trainers provide the expertise. Participants leave better horsemen.
Where Skills Are Passed Forward
We're building pathways for people who want to learn ranching and horsemanship as a trade—not a hobby. Hands-on apprenticeships in horse training and management, livestock handling, land stewardship, and the business of running a working ranch.
Students will work alongside experienced horsemen, learn by doing, and develop skills that lead to real careers in the horse industry. We're creating opportunities for the next generation to build lives around horses and land.
Good horsemanship doesn't change. The fundamentals that worked 130 years ago still work today. But the tools, training methods, and learning opportunities have evolved.
Davis Creek Ranch honors both—teaching traditional skills that built ranch culture while incorporating modern understanding of equine behavior and performance development. This is where old-timers and young learners meet on common ground, where proven methods and new ideas are tested side by side, where the craft of horsemanship gets stronger because we're willing to learn from each other. The ranch becomes what it's always been—a gathering place where people who care about horses, land, and craft can find each other.