Post by veralynn on Jun 16, 2023 18:48:45 GMT -8
There have been some changes from HR so please reread through everything please. You are welcome to reuse characters or create new ones.
Cook Creek Ranch in the Texas Panhandle, has produced some of the best angus cattle for close to fifty years now along with ranch-bred stock horses. Though about twenty years ago they got into quarter horse breeding and quickly excelled in the stock type QH. Shortly after starting they opened up a private barn for clients and for hosting shows. Just recently though they have opened their barn to borders and lesson students of western or rodeo based disciplines. There is an unspoken preference for quarter horses and other stock type breeds though all are welcome.
Buildings
Main barn - has stalls for 40 horses with cross ties available in the aisle every other stall. Walking inside there are thirty stalls to the left and twenty to the right, straight ahead is the indoor arena.
Stalls - each stall has a space for horses to stick their head out into the aisle, though if need be a grate can be put in for less friendly horses.
Wash Stalls - the three stalls are right of the entrance, on the same side as the main doors.
Tack Room / Observation room - to the right of the entrance and across from the wash stalls, its next to the arena entrance
Indoor arena - straight ahead when going through the main barn doors. It is big enough that with cattle panels it can be split into two arenas, though it is typically only set up like that when someone is working cattle inside. It does have a large sliding door on the left wall to get said cattle in and out.
Outdoors
Outdoor arenas - two outside arenas, one with a small stand
Round pens - 4 round pens, used for training
Paddocks - Dry lots, somewhat on the small side and meant for 2-3 horses. They are meant for either short term turn out or for horses who cannot be on grass.
Pastures - A mix of grass and shrub land for horses to be turned out on, depending on the condition of the grass can hold between 5-10 horses. Mares & geldings are turned out in groups typically consisting of one gender. Stallions can be turned out with other geldings but if they need solo turn out they may be restricted to the paddocks depending on space.
Cattle Pens - keeps some of the cattle up for practice & used to help train horses
Trails - go around the ranch, kept clear of fallen debris and wide enough for two horses to walk side by side.
Other
Ranch House - Home of the Cook family and one of the oldest buildings on the ranch. The palour has now been turned into the main office and has a seperate entrance for those to come in to discuss business.
Guest Housing - The two small houses are set up a little bit away from the main barn. They are there for staff members to stay overnight if needed and host the occasional judge or competitor when they have shows on the property.
Equine Range land - The Cook’s ranch horses are kept here, it is 5+ acres with two shelters.
Range Land - makes up the rest of the ranch’s x acres. Split up into sections to rotate cattle grazing.
Cook Family & Staff
Family
Thomas Cook - 82 - One of the two owners of the ranch, he really avoids the barn and instead focuses on the cattle.
Janie Cook - 83 - One of the other owners of the ranch, she is in charge of the business aspect and helps coordinate the various areas of the ranch.
Marcus Cook - 51 - The son of Thomas and Janie, he is the day to day manager of the herds and can at times been seen around the barn.
Tara Jacobs-Cook - 45 - The second wife of Marcus she doesn't do much with the actual ranch though helps out where she can. She is also the riding instructor for trick riding if borders are interested as she is a well known trick rider in rodeo circuits.
Nathaniel Cook - 22 - The son of Marcus and Góyąń, he is the unoffical barn manager at the moment.
Summer Jacobs - 20 - daughter of Tara, she followed her mother into rodeo though she is a bull rider. Really is interested in the cattle side of the ranch so she isn't around the barn too much.
Addison Jacobs - 20 - daughter of Tara, she is a trick rider like her mother. She can be found around the barn though she doesn't really ride any western disciplines.
Staff
Leo Smyth - 38 - western instructor, he teaches lessons upon request to those who ride western disciplines
Rachel Owen - 29 - rodeo instructor, she teaches lessons upon request for those who ride rodeo disciplines
Jay Jacobs - 40 - horse trainer, he is the one who gets horses started under saddle and teaches the basics
Boarders
Nathaniel "Nate" Cook [VeraLynn] - 22/M - horses
Addison "Izzy" Jacobs [VeraLynn] - 20/F - horses
Cook Creek Ranch Rules
1. This is a full boarding barn though partial boarding options are available upon request. This means all feeding, turn out, and stall cleaning is provided by the barn staff.
- All stalls have a small whiteboard with both show and barn name, owner name, feeding schedule, and other important information(like meds, if blankets/wraps are needed, & important warnings)
- While lessons are included in the boarding fees they must be requested and scheduled by the border if they wish to take any.
- 1/2 boarding includes a stall, feed, and access to pasture/dry lots. Though owners must feed, clean the stall, and move the horse between turn out/stall
- Stall boarding includes only the stall and access to dry lots. Owners must provide food, clean the stall, move horse between stall/dry lot.
2. Unless stated by owner all horses are turned out on the same rotation as the Cook's show horses. This means day turn out as long as the weather is nice, if the weather is too bad for multiple days they will do turn out in the indoor arena by turn out groups.
- No turn out or 24/7 turn out is available if desired. However even in 24/7 turn out they will be brought in for feeding and so will still have an assigned stall.
3. There is a preference towards turning out horses in groups based on their owner until personalities can be assessed. This is mainly a liability thing to avoid injuries if strange horses don't get along.
- If horses can be trusted and the owner signs a wavier they can be turned out in larger groups of up to ten. Still they must wait several days to settle in before they will be allowed to sign the wavier.
- If the owner only has one or two horses they may be stuck in the dry lots due to space and only on occasion get pasture turn out.
4. Turn out is gender specific and stallions will never be turned out with mares. Geldings meanwhile can be turned out with any group.
- Stallions only get group turn out if they can behave/not be aggressive. If not they get solo turn out in dry lots due to space.
5. If a horse is trailered in they cannot be ridden until the following day. This is to allow horses to settle in and rest.
- This mostly is important when the Cook's host shows/rodeos, otherwise it only matters when a new border arrives. When shows occur everyone must check in the day before.
- For the rp it will be assumed everyone had their horses shipped in during the week and the barn will be opening on Saturday. So unless you write your character trailering their horses in this is not an issue.
6. Pregnant or mares with foals are not allowed in the show/training barn.
- If a mare is discovered to be pregnant they will be moved to the broodmare barn. There they will get turn out but cannot be ridden till the foal is weaned.
- The Cooks do offer foaling services so borders can have their pregnant mares on location just not in the same barn.
7. The barn has a specific vet that they use for their horses and cattle. Unless stated in emergency cases this is the vet that will be contacted by the barn. Owners are welcome to contact their own vet.
8. Every boarder is allowed two warnings before being removed from the barn on their third offense.
RP Rules
1. All characters must be at least 16+
2. Only western or rodeo disciplines, your character may ride other disciplines on the side but there will be no trainers/equipment provided and their main discipline must be something western/rodeo. English only riders will not be accepted.
3. Four horses max per character(only one of those horses may be a stallion and the character must be 18)
4. Two characters per player and it is requested, but not required that your characters be different genders.
- Please give each of your characters their own post.
5. No foals or pregnant horses please, this barn is focused on competing/training and that tends to get in the way.
6. No major drama please, this includes things like barn fires, horses breaking a leg, natural disasters, etc. Minor or petty drama is welcome though.
7. Romance is allowed but do be aware of characters ages as there will likely be adults & minor characters.
8. You can be either a boarder or lesson student, no other roles are available.
- Lesson students are welcome to create their horse, though I can always do it instead.
9. Sign ups will be open until we hit the 40 horse limit, which I don't think will happen but who knows. This does mean later characters might not be allowed 4 horses if it would go over the number of stalls.
10. There isn't a gender limit but I would like to see at least a 2:1 ratio(at least one non-female for every female)
Cook Creek Ranch in the Texas Panhandle, has produced some of the best angus cattle for close to fifty years now along with ranch-bred stock horses. Though about twenty years ago they got into quarter horse breeding and quickly excelled in the stock type QH. Shortly after starting they opened up a private barn for clients and for hosting shows. Just recently though they have opened their barn to borders and lesson students of western or rodeo based disciplines. There is an unspoken preference for quarter horses and other stock type breeds though all are welcome.
Buildings
Main barn - has stalls for 40 horses with cross ties available in the aisle every other stall. Walking inside there are thirty stalls to the left and twenty to the right, straight ahead is the indoor arena.
Stalls - each stall has a space for horses to stick their head out into the aisle, though if need be a grate can be put in for less friendly horses.
Wash Stalls - the three stalls are right of the entrance, on the same side as the main doors.
Tack Room / Observation room - to the right of the entrance and across from the wash stalls, its next to the arena entrance
Indoor arena - straight ahead when going through the main barn doors. It is big enough that with cattle panels it can be split into two arenas, though it is typically only set up like that when someone is working cattle inside. It does have a large sliding door on the left wall to get said cattle in and out.
Outdoors
Outdoor arenas - two outside arenas, one with a small stand
Round pens - 4 round pens, used for training
Paddocks - Dry lots, somewhat on the small side and meant for 2-3 horses. They are meant for either short term turn out or for horses who cannot be on grass.
Pastures - A mix of grass and shrub land for horses to be turned out on, depending on the condition of the grass can hold between 5-10 horses. Mares & geldings are turned out in groups typically consisting of one gender. Stallions can be turned out with other geldings but if they need solo turn out they may be restricted to the paddocks depending on space.
Cattle Pens - keeps some of the cattle up for practice & used to help train horses
Trails - go around the ranch, kept clear of fallen debris and wide enough for two horses to walk side by side.
Other
Ranch House - Home of the Cook family and one of the oldest buildings on the ranch. The palour has now been turned into the main office and has a seperate entrance for those to come in to discuss business.
Guest Housing - The two small houses are set up a little bit away from the main barn. They are there for staff members to stay overnight if needed and host the occasional judge or competitor when they have shows on the property.
Equine Range land - The Cook’s ranch horses are kept here, it is 5+ acres with two shelters.
Range Land - makes up the rest of the ranch’s x acres. Split up into sections to rotate cattle grazing.
Cook Family & Staff
Family
Thomas Cook - 82 - One of the two owners of the ranch, he really avoids the barn and instead focuses on the cattle.
Janie Cook - 83 - One of the other owners of the ranch, she is in charge of the business aspect and helps coordinate the various areas of the ranch.
Marcus Cook - 51 - The son of Thomas and Janie, he is the day to day manager of the herds and can at times been seen around the barn.
Tara Jacobs-Cook - 45 - The second wife of Marcus she doesn't do much with the actual ranch though helps out where she can. She is also the riding instructor for trick riding if borders are interested as she is a well known trick rider in rodeo circuits.
Nathaniel Cook - 22 - The son of Marcus and Góyąń, he is the unoffical barn manager at the moment.
Summer Jacobs - 20 - daughter of Tara, she followed her mother into rodeo though she is a bull rider. Really is interested in the cattle side of the ranch so she isn't around the barn too much.
Addison Jacobs - 20 - daughter of Tara, she is a trick rider like her mother. She can be found around the barn though she doesn't really ride any western disciplines.
Staff
Leo Smyth - 38 - western instructor, he teaches lessons upon request to those who ride western disciplines
Rachel Owen - 29 - rodeo instructor, she teaches lessons upon request for those who ride rodeo disciplines
Jay Jacobs - 40 - horse trainer, he is the one who gets horses started under saddle and teaches the basics
Boarders
Nathaniel "Nate" Cook [VeraLynn] - 22/M - horses
Addison "Izzy" Jacobs [VeraLynn] - 20/F - horses
Cook Creek Ranch Rules
1. This is a full boarding barn though partial boarding options are available upon request. This means all feeding, turn out, and stall cleaning is provided by the barn staff.
- All stalls have a small whiteboard with both show and barn name, owner name, feeding schedule, and other important information(like meds, if blankets/wraps are needed, & important warnings)
- While lessons are included in the boarding fees they must be requested and scheduled by the border if they wish to take any.
- 1/2 boarding includes a stall, feed, and access to pasture/dry lots. Though owners must feed, clean the stall, and move the horse between turn out/stall
- Stall boarding includes only the stall and access to dry lots. Owners must provide food, clean the stall, move horse between stall/dry lot.
2. Unless stated by owner all horses are turned out on the same rotation as the Cook's show horses. This means day turn out as long as the weather is nice, if the weather is too bad for multiple days they will do turn out in the indoor arena by turn out groups.
- No turn out or 24/7 turn out is available if desired. However even in 24/7 turn out they will be brought in for feeding and so will still have an assigned stall.
3. There is a preference towards turning out horses in groups based on their owner until personalities can be assessed. This is mainly a liability thing to avoid injuries if strange horses don't get along.
- If horses can be trusted and the owner signs a wavier they can be turned out in larger groups of up to ten. Still they must wait several days to settle in before they will be allowed to sign the wavier.
- If the owner only has one or two horses they may be stuck in the dry lots due to space and only on occasion get pasture turn out.
4. Turn out is gender specific and stallions will never be turned out with mares. Geldings meanwhile can be turned out with any group.
- Stallions only get group turn out if they can behave/not be aggressive. If not they get solo turn out in dry lots due to space.
5. If a horse is trailered in they cannot be ridden until the following day. This is to allow horses to settle in and rest.
- This mostly is important when the Cook's host shows/rodeos, otherwise it only matters when a new border arrives. When shows occur everyone must check in the day before.
- For the rp it will be assumed everyone had their horses shipped in during the week and the barn will be opening on Saturday. So unless you write your character trailering their horses in this is not an issue.
6. Pregnant or mares with foals are not allowed in the show/training barn.
- If a mare is discovered to be pregnant they will be moved to the broodmare barn. There they will get turn out but cannot be ridden till the foal is weaned.
- The Cooks do offer foaling services so borders can have their pregnant mares on location just not in the same barn.
7. The barn has a specific vet that they use for their horses and cattle. Unless stated in emergency cases this is the vet that will be contacted by the barn. Owners are welcome to contact their own vet.
8. Every boarder is allowed two warnings before being removed from the barn on their third offense.
RP Rules
1. All characters must be at least 16+
2. Only western or rodeo disciplines, your character may ride other disciplines on the side but there will be no trainers/equipment provided and their main discipline must be something western/rodeo. English only riders will not be accepted.
3. Four horses max per character(only one of those horses may be a stallion and the character must be 18)
4. Two characters per player and it is requested, but not required that your characters be different genders.
- Please give each of your characters their own post.
5. No foals or pregnant horses please, this barn is focused on competing/training and that tends to get in the way.
6. No major drama please, this includes things like barn fires, horses breaking a leg, natural disasters, etc. Minor or petty drama is welcome though.
7. Romance is allowed but do be aware of characters ages as there will likely be adults & minor characters.
8. You can be either a boarder or lesson student, no other roles are available.
- Lesson students are welcome to create their horse, though I can always do it instead.
9. Sign ups will be open until we hit the 40 horse limit, which I don't think will happen but who knows. This does mean later characters might not be allowed 4 horses if it would go over the number of stalls.
10. There isn't a gender limit but I would like to see at least a 2:1 ratio(at least one non-female for every female)
