Our story

Horses are our passion.

I’m not the average horse person, I wasn’t born into horses, I won my first horse in a horse raffle at a rodeo when I was 12 years old!  I grew up in a non-horse family, and the only way I was going to get my first horse, was to win a horse in a raffle!  And that’s exactly what happened.  There’s no way to explain the emotions in this sentence, as I was horse crazy from the time I could speak, all I wanted was a horse, so from the time my mom bought me that raffle ticket, my focus was on winning that horse!

It seemed like forever, they kept delaying the draw, and finally at the end of the rodeo, they decided to do the draw, and low and behold, they pulled my name, I won the yearling paint filly! She was a malnourished, solid sorrel, cow hocked grade filly full of lice that had been locked in a barn full of cows for I don’t know how long & hadn’t seen the sun, or proper feed for months!  But I didn’t care, I was in LOVE! I cried so hard, I couldn’t speak for 3 days, literally, I couldn’t talk for 3 days I was so happy. It was the happiest day of my life.

I went door to door around my neighbourhood, as we lived on an acre lot, and didn’t have the space to put a horse! So, I had to find a place to keep her, that I could afford myself! I found a place 2 miles down the road from me, that I could keep her for free. It was a mess, but if I cleaned it up, it was fenced, with an old barn, water, and a really nice, retired lady that enjoyed my company! Perfect! I was set, and so it began, my life with horses.

From there, I started teaching myself how to train, I read every book, watched every video, and took in every bit of training I could afford. I rode my bike back and forth to the barn year round (I grew up in Prince George, BC) so this is through snow in the winter months, to feed, and water my horses before catching the school bus in the mornings, and after school every day, rain, snow, sleet, no matter what the weather, 7 days/week! As we all do as horse lovers! Before I was old enough to get an actual job to pay for my feed, and horse supplies, I mowed lawns, shoveled driveways, rooves, babysat, you name it, I did odd jobs for neighbours, to pay for my horses.

Horses taught me that I had a responsibility, someone always came before me. I’m so grateful for my horses & what they’ve taught me over the years. Each and every horse teaches me new things, each and every horse brings me new and different love, without losing the love I’ve had for the ones before.

After tragically losing my paint filly to a drunk driver 2 years later, we went and picked up Kings Poco Babe, a registered Quarter Horse bay filly 1985 model. Babe just passed away here on Nilson Farms in October, 2017 at 32 years old.  We kept 3 of her daughters, and they were all amazing mares too. However, we only have one left now & she too is now a senior and retired to the pasture.  “Babe” was an amazing mare who was a been there, done that kind of horse, who never stepped a lame step throughout her life! She went everywhere with me, and became my guide of what I expected out of all of my future horses. I cannot say enough about this mare, what an honor to own a mare of this grit. Words do not express the kind of amazement, the stories, there’s a “book” in itself on her alone!

Our breeding program has evolved over the years as well, with horses coming, going, passing away & always wanting to continue to improve the breed.

I’ll leave it at that, welcome, and enjoy our website!