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Daehling Ranch Thoroughbreds, Elk
Gove, CA
Your full service breeding and
training farm
Affordable to the small breeder
 At Daehling Ranch our specialty is
breeding, foaling, and raising young horses. Our veterinarian,
who specializes in reproduction, comes to the farm three to four
times a week. Our electronic foaling system is constantly
monitoring the pregnant mares so that we are notified
immediately when a mare begins foaling. The foals grow up on the
farm until they are two years old when they are broke to ride.
Our training facility has a covered round pen with state of the
art synthetic footing, a hot walker, a riding arena, and an
all-weather 3/8 mile track with a starting gate. Our
biggest reward is hearing that one of our foals has won a race!
 Our 400 acre farm is conveniently
located 15 miles south of Sacramento, along the Consumes River
and 1.5 miles east of Highway 99.
The horse operation uses 280 acres of the farm, including 200
acres of intensively irrigated pastures. These pastures are
fertilized twice a year, so that they produce tall grasses and
lush clover. The horses are kept in small, compatible
groups and moved weekly to give the grass a chance to grow.
In addition, all horses are fed grain daily; nursing foals are
fed free choice grain in a creep feeder.
The remaining 80 acres are used for winter paddocks for the
rainy season. These large paddocks have shelters and firm
footing in the feeding areas. Mud fever or hoof abscesses are
almost non-existent. The irrigated pastures as well as the dry
paddocks are divided into safely fenced areas varying from two
to ten acres in size. There are 50 Thoroughbred sized stalls at
the farm. Most of them have a small paddock attached.
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