Mary Mary Quite Amazing

 One of our good friends at Due West Ranch is Mary Sharp. We wanted to take some time to let all of you know a little bit about her life, business, and her relationship with us.

Mary started her business Sharp Performance Horses officially when she was only 18 years old, and it has been going strong for the past 23 years. Not without its challenges and difficulties, but Mary has kept to who she is and her mission all of this time.

In the earlier years Mary devoted the majority of her time only training horses. The horses would learn a lot from her, but once they were returned to their owner/rider the horses wouldn’t react near as well with them as they did with Mary. Mary realizing this breakdown in communication between rider and horse she switched her mission statement and overall direction of her business.

When asked, “What is you mission statement?”

Mary responded saying, “I want to improve horse and rider communication.”

Mary says, “I see myself as a translator between humans and horses.”

Mary’s confidence in training horses and helping riders understand them comes from her many years of experience and also her degree in teaching. She believes her degree and schooling has really allowed her to stay at the top of her game, and make the communication between horse and rider that much better.

When I was watching Mary give lessons, it was very obvious that her degree in teaching really allowed for her to communicate well with the young riders she was training that morning.

She truly is a talented trainer and Due West Ranch is very blessed to have her as a friend and trainer.

We visualize our relationship with Mary to be a great one, but does Mary see the relationship the same way?

When asked this question Mary had some really positive and nice things to say.

When transitioning over to Due West Ranch Mary brought over some horses that were not treated well and were malnourished. One of the ways Due West Ranch stepped up and why Mary is very grateful for our relationship is Due West Ranch took the horses and helped bring them back to full health, and gave them a safe place to be.

After having been around Due West Ranch for a little bit of time she says, “I have never been to a facility that has taken such good care of me, my horses, or clientele. A place that is so attentive to detail, safety, a welcoming attitude, and a place that is truly family friendly.”

When looking into the future Mary sees the relationship between Due West Ranch and Sharp Performance Horses growing even stronger. She sees this relationship is going to allow for her business to go to the next level and allow for her to give top of the line training, and lessons. 

Even further into the future Mary thinks like I believe a lot of us do. Hoping that one day she will be able to quit her day job and do what she loves all day, every day. 

It was a great privilege to spend the morning with Mary and learn about her life. If you ever get the opportunity to be around Mary Sharp you should not let that pass!

For more information about Sharp Performance Horses visit: www.sharporsekc.com

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Paint Horse Congress-American Royal

Walking into the American Royal arena you instantly feel a sense of excitement! Even at 12:00pm on a Thursday afternoon. People eating lunch, smiling, laughing and preparing for the next set of classes.

Only having a limited amount of time I only had the opportunity to watch the Halter  class. Even though many find this class a little mundane it was still a treat to see the strength and beauty of these horses.

It was also a great a privilege to talk with many of the riders that train at Due West Ranch. Below is a picture of all the riders:

Summer Knaus, Grayson Glennon, Clancy Glennon, Lindsey Valdiviez, Sammy Basler, Maclyn Crutchfield (not in picture).

Be looking for future blogs as Due West Ranch will take time to interview these awesome riders, and learn more about their lives and experiences of riding.

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Our Future Looks Bright

This is our first blog! We wanted to create this as a way for people to connect with us, get up to date information, and make you feel that you are a part of what we're doing here at Due West Ranch. 

A little about us...A family owned business with many great employees and volunteers. We have strived to build a place safe for families and the horses they love. 

We board horses here (pasture or stall), give riding lessons, and also training for your horses. We have an amazing staff that you will get a chance to meet in future blogs. We would love to introduce you to many great people we are working with...People including: Mary Sharp (www.sharpehorsekc.com), Peggy Knaus (Knaus Show Horses), Ginger Stanley (Willow Ridge), Bill Basler (Due West Ranch). 

This simple introduction is allowing us to say thanks to all of our supporters over the years, and to let you know that Due West Ranch is preparing to do some major things that are going to help make not only Kansas a better place, but be an inspiration to the rest of the country...

Any questions please contact us at: duewestranch.contact@gmail.com

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