Boarding & Services at the Ranch
Draft Fest 2007

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Williams Ranch, 165 acres of rolling hills with ocean views, conveniently located in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains, just east of Woodside and west of La Honda. The Ranch is truly a special place that offers safe, quality care in a peaceful atmosphere for you and your horse.

As well as being a premier boarding facility for your horse, Williams Ranch is home to California’s Laurelvale Clydesdales. Jeanne Williams, shows, breeds and trains some of the best Clydesdales in the state of California.  These Clydesdales are also for hire through our Horse & Carriage Services.

Williams Ranch & Boarding LLC Offers the Following Services:

• Boarding
• Lay-Ups
• Rehabilitation
• Retirement
• Respite
• Broodmare Management
• Foaling Services

Williams Ranch is located near highways 84 and 35 between Woodside and La Honda. The Ranch's boarding program has been developed to meet both the needs of the horse and the owner. The ranch, though convenient to the Peninsula, is secluded and offers a peaceful, relaxing atmosphere for you and your horse. The turn-outs/pastures are large and offer lots of space and some hilly terrain that encourages natural exercise.  We group horse with care according to their dietary, physical and emotional needs.  We are especially careful not to overcrowd our horses or pastures.



Williams Ranch offers "full care" which can be designed and tailored to fit individual needs including (but not limited to): mare care and foaling services,  rehabilitation, grooming, feeding, bathing, blanketing, clipping, worming, handling for farrier and veterinarian, exercising and wound care (as prescribed by your veterinarian). Horses will be assured quality care, feed and bedding. Horses housed in the barn may be turned out daily into various sized paddocks or pastures, with or without buddies, according to their needs.   At Williams Ranch, we keep our numbers low enabling us to treat each and every horse as if they were our own.

Accommodations Include:

• Stalls (12x12 or 12x14, and a 14x24 foaling stall) are large, bright and airy. The stalls are all deeply bedded with saving or straw over rubber mats.  Horses are turned out from stalls into large pastures or paddocks to fit individual needs. Three stalls are equipped with infrared lights and the latest in barn camera technology to monitor horses as needed.

• Pastures of various sizes from 7 to 50 acres.  Horses grouped according to dietary, physical and emotional needs.

• Paddocks are large with a 3 sided shelter and usually shared with one other horse.

We provide:

• Automatic Fly Control system in the barn
• Sand arena-treated to eliminate dust
• Round pen
• Feed 2-3 times/day 
• Concentrated feed - our own custom blend: Low-Carb/High Fat
• Owner/manager lives on premises
• Small numbers = individual care & attention
• Experienced, full-time staff providing excellence in care
• Wash stall with hot and cold running water
• Horse safe construction/fencing throughout
• Safety/care of your horse, first in mind
• Complementary hauling from Woodside and Portola Valley with a 3 month minimum stay. 

Retirement (for chronically injured or elderly horses):

• Individual "TLC"
• Special diets/nutrition
• Rehabilitation-as prescribed by a veterinarian
• Medicating/supplementing

Rehabilitation Includes (as advised by you or your veterinarian):

• Lunging
• Heat/Cold
• Wound care
• Etc.  

Mare Management Includes:

• Monitoring and Tracking of mare’s cycles
• Artificial Lights available
• Daily teasing, tracking and recording response when appropriate
• Communication with the vet and/or owner
• Appropriate Nutrition

Foaling Services Include:

• Barn Camera Monitoring System with infra-red lighting
• Stalls bedded heavily with straw
• Foaling protocol (reviewed/revised with owner and vet to meet specific needs)
• Colostrum bank on hand
• Foaling and neonatal supplies stocked
• Mares colostrum evaluated (foal can be supplemented from colostrum bank  if needed)
• Detailed records kept on both mare and foal
• Appropriate Nutrition for mare and foal

Visitors are always welcome at the ranch, but it is always best that you contact us prior to your visit and follow driving directions (found on the contact page) carefully.

See you at the ranch!

Jeanne Williams

Please contact Jeanne Williams for information with regards to availability.

jeanne@williamsranch.biz
650.851.7464