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Irinel is one of the first Licensed Coaches in the new Equestrian Canada Program
Irinel has been a Certified Reining & Horsemanship Coach since 2003, but has now completed all requirements for the newly introduced Equestrian Canada Licensed Coach status!
Being a Licensed Coach means:
* holding a recognized coaching certification
* holding valid and recognized insurance
* being screened (vulnerable sector check)
*meeting and committing to safety and ethical standards laid out by Equestrian Canada
* completion of Safe Sport and First Aid Training
* peace of mind for parents, students and facility owners
Shipped Frozen Semen will soon be available from "Antourage of Genesis"
It took a bit of planning and organizing, but we happily announce that starting this breeding season, we will have frozen semen available from "Antourage of Genesis"
We will be working with Charles Ranch Equine Reproduction Services out of Ashcroft, BC.
Stay tuned for more details!
It's official!!!!
After a few weeks of organizing and planning we can now finally and proudly announce, that we will be bringing back a legendary Haflinger sire to his former home in Canada. After standing at stud at the Easy-Go Ranch in Lac La Hache, BC since 2005, "Samson-C" moved to South Carolina, USA with his owners in 2017. Circumstances are now bringing him back to the beautiful Cariboo-Chilcotin country and in just a few weeks, Samson will be at his new home at the Bar 2A Ranch.
SAMSON - C
1999 Stallion, registered with the original Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Cavalli di Razza Haflinger (BZ19951)
and the AHR (27092-W-99), 14-2hh
Born in 1999, Samson was brought to Canada right out of the South-Tyrolean Mountains in 2005. He sired many successful offsprings as well as breeding stallions currently standing at stud.
He is one of the most outstanding Haflinger sires you can find today in Western Canada, His impeccable character, outstanding conformation and pedigree speak for himself - a true Legend!!
Almost all mares have been added now!
We are just about done adding all our broodmares to the
'Our Broodmare Page'
Our ranch live is busy, so bear with us.....we are working on updating and completing our new website as fast as we can!
We also just committed on the purchase of another broodmare and will be able to upload all the new, exciting info as soon as the purchase is complete!
Stay tuned and check back in soon! It's worth it :)
We added 2 more sections to our website!
Check out our new Gallery page....a great collection of our Bar 2A Ranch Haflingers....wherever, whenever....they are just such a huge part of our family and life!
We also added a FAQ and Forms page, which eventually will have all our forms in downloadable format...Breeding Contract, Sales Contract, Waivers, etc....
We also tried to answer some of the more common questions we are getting in regards to our operation....This is a living documents and things will be added, edited and deleted on an ongoing base!
The Ranch
Life like back in the old country......
The climate and vegetation of the Chilcotin, with its steep hills and mountains, native and naturally sparse vegetation for pasture, creeks and rivers, sandhills and rock is what the Haflinger is used to and was bred for originally in it's native country of Austria.
Our babies grow up on vast, mountainous pastures within the herd and learn all social skills and natural behaviours no horse should lack. Once weaned, the foals move into our yard, where they are handled daily to ensure every youngster leaving our place is halterbroke, leading, respectful and easy to trailer load. They also learn to be trimmed and will be fully vaccinated.
Besides our Haflinger breeding program, we also operate a full time cattle ranch (Hanceville Cattle Company Ltd.) with a speciality breed cow-calf operation consisting of Belted Galloways, Scottish Highlands and Aberdeen Angus, where we finish our own calves purely on grass and grass-hay before we market them ranch-to-table. For more info, please go to www.hancevillecattleco.com
The Haflinger Trail Horse
We take our Haflingers out on the trail, ...some of them steep and rocky, others through overgrown and thick forests and others out on the native and cactus-covered grasslands and valley-tops.
The Haflinger is second-to-none in it's sure-footedness and endurance, not easy to be spooked and reliable at all times!
The Haflinger Work Horse
We use our Haflingers for daily ranch work, be it checking the cows, moving cattle from the home ranch out to the range and pasture and back, or work them in the corrals during round-up and branding.
They remain calm and cool at all times and actually have an amazing cow sense as well!