"Our character is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be."
- George Santayana

Angel Spurs Ranch | Create Your Badge

Visit us on Facebook!

The Angel Spurs Ranch is a family-run breeding and training facility located in central Oklahoma. Specializing in cutting and Quarter Running horses, the Ranch also offers a number of services to the public, including year-round mare care and sales preparation. Our ideal location puts your horses only an hour from both Remington Park and Heritage Place, thirty-five minutes from the State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, and three hours from Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas.

The founders of the Angel Spurs Ranch, David and Beverly Scheppke, have been involved in the horse industry their entire lives and are well versed in many area's, including western performance and ranching. A highlight of their career included managing the horse and cattle operations at the expansive Arabian horse breeding and training establishment Nodoroma Farms in Ocala, Florida. Nodoroma Farms stood nationally acclaimed stallions *Zaaris, *Czeremosz, and Nodoromas Triumph (POL).

They also spent seventeen years managing a ranch of their own historically known as the "Angell Ranch" or the Indian Hill Ranch. First established in 1902, and located in southern New Mexico, it was comprised of nearly twenty-four sections or fifteen thousand acres of scenic desert landscape. Primarily a cattle operation, it was run traditionally and duties on the ranch were performed horseback the way ranching was meant to be. Together with the growing interests of their youngest daughter, Caitlin Scheppke, their horses once again became the focus.

In September of 2007, the family relocated to Oklahoma where the desire to produce outstanding performing and Quarter Running horses could be pursued in earnest. The wheels were set in motion, and out of dreams and much trepidation the Angel Spurs Ranch was assembled. Known for their philosophy of all-round versatility and regard for soundness in their horses, the Scheppke's and their Angel Spurs Ranch are striving to make their mark on the industry.

Reproduction

The Angel Spurs Ranch breeding practices are conscientious. Stallions are not chosen based solely on popularity, but rather on how they will best complement the individual mare. The aspired result is a versatile horse who is capable and royally bred, without sacrificing soundness and basic conformation. The goal is to have every foal born of Angel Spurs Ranch stock positively influence the industry - be it as an individual, or as a producer of fine individuals. So when on the hunt for your next prospect, the Angel Spurs Ranch may have the well blueprinted youth you've been searching for.

Training

"In his physical exertions, a human being has the freedom to rest as soon as his efforts become painful to him. For a horse, that is not the case. We have ways to force him to keep working, so that after a time, it becomes necessary for him to take for himself, through apparent rebellion, the rest that should have been given him simply by the decency of the rider. It is easy to understand that this not the way to strengthen the muscles and tendons. It exhausts him, and is the primary cause of his eventual ruin." - Ludwig Hunersdorf (18th Century Hessian Riding Master)

Performance prospects at the Angel Spurs Ranch are started with an emphasis on softness, and are conditioned to compete in a range of performing events, from cutting and barrel racing, to pleasure and trail, english and roping. Ground work is a main facet in the Ranch's program that lays the foundation for a responsive and respectful horse that understands what is being asked. Once under saddle horses are trained as individuals, are taught to handle with finesse, and are allowed to progress at their own pace. Every Angel Spurs Ranch horse is ridden outside to create a more enjoyable, and usable, horse. Unfortunately, the Angel Spurs Ranch does not take in outside horses for training, but offers fine horses for sale in all stages of training.