Broken Bow Ranch

Great experience! My first time riding and it felt so comfortable/easy with our instructor .

We booked a trail ride while visiting from Minnesota, we had a great experience. Our trail guides were very experienced and friendly. The owner Gay gave us a list of things to do in the area, and gifted my daughter a tshirt for her birthday. I would definitely recommend this trail ride!

Very responsive to texts and callsGreat ride. Horses, and staff great to work with. beautiful scenery, easy to get lost in your thoughts and just ride. All ages and experience levels.

We had a great time riding. My horse was being a bit uncooperative but I'm a newbie so I guess it's expected. It was a good experience. I learned a few things about the horses but wish they would have gave us all a little pep talk or tips/ tricks before we jumped on the horses and not while we were already on the horses. Perhaps a little background on horses, the ranch, the trail, etc. would be beneficial. Overall we had fun.

Brought my 4 year old for her first riding lesson and horse experience. We had a blast! A rustic family oriented good ol country feel and great time. We made sure to book for the following week as well. Gentle horses for all experience levels and the helpers as well as Instructor were so friendly and welcoming.No bathrooms so my kiddo also learn how to pop a squat :-D

First time and my daughter had so much fun!!! Gay was very patient and fun while shes teaching my daughter. Very nice place and family friendly place.

See adalina v., erin t , lynn l., comments. I agree totally. rRelaxing ride and nice guides but very disappointing environment.

I came here excited for a horseback riding trip, especially seeing that others here had a good experience but was very concerned and disappointed about a handful of things:1. The 6 horses in the corral seemed very lethargic2. They were pretty dirty, most of them had burrs tangled all over their manes and the ones that didn't have a lot of burrs in their manes had very sparse and stringy manes3. The hooves looked like they need to be cut and were splitting on the ends4. One horse was swaying and stumbling a lot, almost laying down a few times but getting back up (typically a bad sign). This horse also has a crescent shaped area on the back left ankle that had no hair and this leg seemed difficult for the horse to stand on5. Broken glass scattered around and inside the corral where the horses were6. There were at least 3 dogs on the property and they were very friendly but at least 2 of them looked under weightWe were pretty concerned with the state of the horse I mentioned in #4 so I brought this up to the guy who met us when we got there and was friendly at first as he was saddling 2 more horses (which looked fine) that I thought that horse looked sick and why. He seemed a little irritated and told me that horse likes to stretch her back legs that way and is strong (didn't look strong to me and the stretching did not look intentional at all) and if I were so concerned, I could untie her and walk her around. She was already untied and I don't find it appropriate to tell me to walk around a horse that I don't know and think is sick, especially without supervision.We decided that we didn't feel good about riding these horses based on the stuff above and told him we decided to not go on the ride. He was definitely irritated at that and asked why. We said we didn't have a good feeling and he responded with, "Whatever! I'm kinda a professional." Then walked off.Having been around horses and been horseback riding before, I was very concerned with their state of being and thought it was the right thing to bring it to the attention of the employee/owner. I was very disappointed in the un-assuring response to the stumbling, lethargic horse and rude response to us saying we didn't have a good feeling about it.

I had such a great time here with my boyfriend. Really friendly people and most importantly, amazing horses. It was only my second time riding a horse but they were really well trained and knew to follow David, our nice trail ride guide. The ranch was really pretty and big. Most places don't offer trail rides, and I think this place is very reasonable in price. Calling to make an appointment was super easy because they were nice and accommodating. If you have never been on a horse and love nature, give it a try and you'll want to go back just so you'll feel like you're in a western movie.

My friend and I went on a "trail" ride here at what I believe is a new location (1001 Alto Rd). I would not consider this a ranch. It was merely just a lot of land. A lot of land covered with a LOT of ragweed. Like other reviewers, the horses looked lethargic. The "trail" was not really a trail at all, more like a little narrow path that had been made by them doing these trail rides. So you are single file, not next to each other. The ragweed and other plants literally come up to the horses bellies and sometimes even higher than that. If you remotely have any kind of allergies, you're going to have some serious problems. Since it's not really a trail, you're just in it. It is getting all over you. Brushing up against you and the horses. I'm not sure why they wouldn't make a clear trail. When I think of a trail ride on a ranch, which I've gone on a few, it's where there is an actually ranch. Other horses, cows, cattle, barns. This literally was just ragweed. And we rode through it. Why would I pay to do that? I don't understand why this is a thing? Why do I want to travel through ragweed? I also don't understand how they can't warn people who come to these rides about that. It could be seriously dangerous to somewhat with any pollen allergy. I don't think you all understand. You literally just ride through ragweed. That's it. Oh. You pass one pond, that is surrounded by ragweed. It was just so odd to me that they are getting any kind of positive reviews about this ride. Someone said it was so scenic. What? Ragweed? Ragweed is scenic?PLUS. To get to the "ranch" you literally go off roading. If you have a low car prepare for the bottom of your car to get roughed upped. I thought that was odd too. Why is no one mentioning that in the reviews. You are on this for about half a mile. Big divots in the dirt road to get to the location. Save your money if what you're looking for is a trail ride, go somewhere else. There are plenty of other places.