M6 Ranch

Something New is Coming to M6 Ranch…

Ever leave the show pen wondering…

“What was the judge thinking?”

It’s easy to leave the arena wondering where points were gained, where they were lost, and what could have made the difference.

At M6 Ranch, one of our goals has always been to create opportunities to learn—not just compete. That’s why I’m so excited to introduce The Judge’s Eye: Ranch Riding Experience, a new educational event designed to help riders better understand what judges are looking for in the ranch riding pen.

On August 22 & 23, we’ll be slowing things down, looking at ranch riding from the judge’s perspective, and giving riders practical tools they can take home and continue working on long after the weekend is over.

I’m excited to welcome Michelle Hinojosa to M6 Ranch!

Originally from Ohio, Michelle brings more than 20 years of national-level experience in western performance disciplines, specializing in Reining and Ranch. She is the owner and trainer of Kalo Ohana Ranch in Emmett, Idaho, and currently holds two national judging cards. Her knowledge, attention to detail, and ability to explain the “why” behind a score make her an incredible resource for riders of all experience levels.

Whether you’re preparing for your first show or looking to earn more consistent scores, this weekend is designed to help you better understand how your rides are evaluated and build confidence every time you enter the arena.

The Judge’s Eye: Ranch Riding Experience

• August 22 & 23
• 9:00 AM – approximately 3:00 PM each day
• Ranch Riding only
• One horse per rider
• Riders should be comfortable controlling their horse at the walk, trot, and lope
• Take-home notes and educational materials
• $200 per rider
• $100 non-refundable deposit required to reserve your spot
• Auditors welcome – $75 (space permitting)
• Lunch is not provided, but there will be plenty of time for a lunch break
• Overnight horse stalls and dry camping are available for those traveling to the clinic (additional fees apply)

To give every rider plenty of individual attention, we’ll be keeping the group intentionally small.

Registration will open later this week!

If you’d like to be one of the first to receive the registration link, leave a comment below or send us a message, and we’ll make sure you get it as soon as registration opens.

We can’t wait to spend the weekend learning, riding, and growing together. We hope you’ll join us!

— Elizabeth & the M6 Ranch Team

🚨 IMPORTANT UPDATE – AUGUST 1 SHOW POSTPONED 🚨

This was not an easy decision.

Over the past several days we’ve been closely monitoring the wildfire smoke, air quality, and extreme heat forecast for this weekend. After watching conditions continue to change, we’ve made the difficult decision to postpone our August 1 M6 Ranchy Summer Show Series event.

The health and safety of our horses, riders, families, volunteers, and staff has to come first. While we know this is disappointing, we believe it’s the right decision.

Here’s what this means:

✅ All pre-registered entries will automatically transfer to our September 5 show. There is nothing you need to do.

✅ The August 1 patterns will also move to the September 5 show, so all of the preparation you’ve already put in won’t be wasted.

✅ To ensure we still have our full four-show series, we’ll be hosting a make-up show on Saturday, September 19.

We know many of you have been practicing, planning, and looking forward to this weekend. Thank you for your understanding, your patience, and for supporting our commitment to putting the well-being of our horses and community first.

We appreciate every one of you, and we look forward to seeing everyone in September under much better conditions.

🐴 The Trail Pattern is Here!

It’s time to walk the course, make a plan, and get a few practice rides in before Saturday!

Our August 1 Trail Pattern is now available. We’ve attached the pattern diagram and written instructions to this post so you can start preparing.

As many of you know, we’ve also been closely monitoring the wildfire smoke, air quality, and weather leading up to the show. At this time, the show is still scheduled as planned, and we’re continuing to watch conditions carefully.

Our goal has always been to put the health and safety of both our horses and riders first. We’ll continue evaluating the latest forecasts over the next couple of days and will make a final decision on Friday if any changes become necessary.

We appreciate your patience while we make the most informed decision possible.

Thank you for your understanding and support. We can’t wait to see everyone at M6 Ranch if Mother Nature cooperates!

Show Bill & Registration👉 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mZZ-Lw8zuQPFZ9aFRetLZyXwQoQ4VHyL/view?usp=drivesdk

Trail Pattern👉 https://drive.google.com/file/d/159v4S7WGcf7p3q2LLR9ssYnkzAwB357z/view?usp=drivesdk

𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒎𝒐𝒌𝒆 & 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑯𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆

𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝖽𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗎𝗌, 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗈!

𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗂𝗌𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗅𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗌, 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗅 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁𝗒 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗒 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗁𝗆𝖺 / 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾, 𝖼𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗂𝖼 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗋𝗀𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖾𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗏𝗎𝗅𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗋𝖾-𝗎𝗉𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖾𝗑𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌.

𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔:
🟢 𝑨𝑸𝑰 150: 𝑨𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆. 𝑯𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒂 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔.

⚠️ 𝑩𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒆’𝒔 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝑸𝑰 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 182—𝒂𝒏 “𝑼𝒏𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒚” 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍. 𝖠𝖰𝖨 𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖩𝗎𝗅𝗒 27, 2026. 𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄 𝖠𝗂𝗋𝖭𝗈𝗐.𝗀𝗈𝗏 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖺.

𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝖻𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝗌𝗈𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗎𝖼𝖾 𝖽𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌.

Recommendations from UC Davis, the American Association of Equine Practitioners, and other equine respiratory experts emphasize that 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆-𝒖𝒑𝒔.

𝖬𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝖿𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍, 𝗇𝖺𝗌𝖺𝗅 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗀𝖾, 𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗑𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾. 𝖨𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉 𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗇, 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗏𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗇.

𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝖦𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾'𝗌 𝗅𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇!

🚨 Smoke & Heat Update for Saturday’s M6 Ranchy Summer Series – Beat the Heat Show 🚨

We’ve been keeping a close eye on the wildfire smoke and heat forecast for this weekend.

At this time, the show is still ON! 🤠☀️

The health and safety of our horses, exhibitors, volunteers, and staff will always come first, so we’ll continue monitoring conditions throughout the week and will make a final decision on Friday if needed.

If conditions make it necessary to postpone, don’t worry! We’ll simply move the show to September 19th, so we’ll still have all four shows in the series and everyone will have the same opportunity to earn year-end points and awards.

Please keep an eye on our page over the next few days for updates, and feel free to share this post with anyone planning to attend.

We’re hoping for cooler temperatures, cleaner air, and a great day at the ranch. We can’t wait to see everyone! 💙🐴

☀️ Just one week to go!

The countdown is on for the M6 Ranchy Summer Show Series “Beat the Heat” Show on August 1st!

“Horses don’t get broke at home.”
— Bre Kelley

Every trip away from home teaches them something. So load up, come spend the day with us, and make another ride count.

📋 Patterns are posted.
🐴 Trail is coming soon.
📝 Early registration ends Wednesday!

Grab your horse, grab your friends, and we’ll see you in the warm-up pen.

📍 M6 Ranch | New Plymouth, Idaho

👉 Register here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mZZ-Lw8zuQPFZ9aFRetLZyXwQoQ4VHyL/view?usp=drive_link

👉Patterns: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k9tIhWX-A6umRjjWdW5eHHaGFfw64klN/view?usp=drive_link

Good horses. Good people. A little summer fun.

🐴 The patterns are live! 👏

Time to grab your horse, make a game plan, and get a few practice rides in!

The Reining, Ranch Reining, and Ranch Riding patterns are now posted and ready for you to download.

👀 As for Trail... we're keeping that one under wraps just a little longer. It'll be released closer to the show, so keep an eye on our page!

If you've been thinking about joining us, this is your sign. Whether it's your first M6 show or you've been with us all season, we'd love to have you.

We'll see you Saturday, August 1st for another great day at M6 Ranch.

Registration is still open!👉https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mZZ-Lw8zuQPFZ9aFRetLZyXwQoQ4VHyL/view?usp=sharing

PATTERNS👉 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k9tIhWX-A6umRjjWdW5eHHaGFfw64klN/view?usp=sharing

☀️ Good horses. Good people. A little summer fun.

💦 Beat the Heat with Us! ☀️🐴

If you joined us on the Fourth of July, you already know… it was HOT! 🥵

So instead of hoping for cooler weather, we’ve decided to embrace summer and make our August 1st show one to remember!

We’re putting together a fun “Beat the Heat” atmosphere with a few surprises along the way, so you might want to dress for the occasion… 😎 (Family-friendly and safe for riding, of course!)

✅ Registration is now OPEN!
📋 Patterns will be released this weekend.

We can’t wait to spend another great day with all of you at M6 Ranch!

👉 Register here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mZZ-Lw8zuQPFZ9aFRetLZyXwQoQ4VHyL/view?usp=drivesdk

This is what experience looks like. 👏

The arena is riding better than ever thanks to DK Dirt Works & Welding taking the time to get our equipment dialed in and the footing exactly where we wanted it.

If you’re looking for someone who takes pride in their work—whether it’s dirt work or welding—we highly recommend giving DK a call!

📞 208-740-0508