Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team

Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team The Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team was founded in 2005 as a competitive student activity in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences.
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The team competes all over in versatile/ranch horse competitions.

12x SHTX World Champions
11x National Champions Competition is broken into four distinct categories of ranch function:

Ranch Pleasure ensures a horse is functional and a pleasure to ride in everyday stock/ranch horse chores. Ranch Trail includes common sense obstacles that would be encountered in everyday stock/ranch horse work. R

eining measures a horseโ€™s ability to be willingly guided while performing many basic handling maneuvers such as spins, roll backs, circles, stops & flying lead changes. Working Cow Horse measures a horseโ€™s ability to respond to a cow in stock/ranch horse work.

Senior Spotlight! ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ™ŒKacy Bass is a senior Agricultural and Applied Economics/General Business major from Pearl, Texas. K...
05/18/2026

Senior Spotlight! ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ™Œ

Kacy Bass is a senior Agricultural and Applied Economics/General Business major from Pearl, Texas. Kacy has been a member of the ranch horse team for four years and has served on the marketing committee as well as this yearโ€™s vice president. Throughout her time on the team, she has aimed to contribute leadership and creativity both in and out of the arena.

After graduation, Kacy plans to continue working as the digital media coordinator for De-aX Trailer Sales while also starting her own marketing business focused on the western industry.

โ€œMy favorite part of being on the ranch horse team has been the opportunities the team has given me to grow my future career goals and horsemanship skills, while also building lifelong friendships with people of incredible integrity.โ€

Thank you, Kacy!

Senior Spotlight! ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ™ŒJordan Rydl is a senior Animal Science major at Texas Tech. Originally from Boone, Iowa, Jordan has ...
05/15/2026

Senior Spotlight! ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ™Œ

Jordan Rydl is a senior Animal Science major at Texas Tech. Originally from Boone, Iowa, Jordan has been a member of the ranch horse team for three years and has also served on the teamโ€™s marketing committee.

After graduation, Jordan plans to begin working for the American Quarter Horse Association while continuing to show.

Thank you, Jordan!

Senior Spotlight! ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ™ŒHenry Birdwell is a senior General Business major at Texas Tech. Originally from Aledo, Texas, Henry...
05/14/2026

Senior Spotlight! ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ™Œ

Henry Birdwell is a senior General Business major at Texas Tech. Originally from Aledo, Texas, Henry has been a member of the ranch horse team for four years and served as this yearโ€™s team president. Throughout his time on the team, he has aimed to help strengthen the culture and community of the program.

After graduation, Henry plans to continue working in the western industry as a sales representative for Halter, a virtual fencing company, in Texas!

โ€œOne of the most valuable things Iโ€™ve gained from being on the ranch horse team is finding some of my closest friends, along with a community that supported my goals and beliefs.โ€

Thank you, Henry!

Make sure June 20th is on your calendar!Get your kids ready. Get your alumni ranch rodeo teams put together. Plan on cat...
05/13/2026

Make sure June 20th is on your calendar!

Get your kids ready. Get your alumni ranch rodeo teams put together. Plan on catching up with old friends over dinner.

โ€œSee You at Headquartersโ€ is built for the whole familyโ€”and itโ€™s going to be one you donโ€™t want to miss. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

More details coming soon.

Senior Spotlight! ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ™ŒKora Dodson is a senior Sport Management major here at Texas Tech. Originally from Glen Rose, Texas,...
05/13/2026

Senior Spotlight! ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ™Œ

Kora Dodson is a senior Sport Management major here at Texas Tech. Originally from Glen Rose, Texas, Kora has been a member of the ranch horse team for two years and has served as the head chair of the Sponsorship Committee.

After graduation, Kora plans to continue working as the Social Media Manager for Titan Co. while continuing to show.

Thank you, Kora!

๐Ÿ“– ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐Ÿ“– โ€ขโ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ. ๐„๐š๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐š...
05/03/2026

๐Ÿ“– ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐Ÿ“–
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โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ. ๐„๐š๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐งโ€ ๏ผ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’
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Happy Sunday yโ€™all!
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๐ŸšจNew Member Monday๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ—๐๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐œ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ—Brooks is a freshman from Claude, Texas, majoring in Animal Scienc...
04/27/2026

๐ŸšจNew Member Monday๐Ÿšจ

๐Ÿ—๐๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐œ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ—

Brooks is a freshman from Claude, Texas, majoring in Animal Science. He grew up on his familyโ€™s yearling and cow-calf operation. While he has limited show experience, Brooks is excited to learn and compete as part of the team. His favorite thing about the team is the opportunity to surround himself with like-minded people who share the same passion for horses.

Brooks will be showing ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐œ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ , aka โ€œBoss Hog.โ€ He is a three-year-old gelding and one of the first c**ts Brooksโ€™ family has raised. Boss Hog is by the late Pepcid and proudly carries the Myers Cattle Company brand. He may be a little horse, but he has a big heart.

๐™’๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™™๐™ช๐™ค ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™š๐™™!

๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ˆ๐‘๐’๐‡๐€ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ŸŽ‰Texas Tech Ranch Horse team placed third overall at the National Inter...
04/22/2026

๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ˆ๐‘๐’๐‡๐€ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ŸŽ‰

Texas Tech Ranch Horse team placed third overall at the National Intercollegiate Ranch & Stock Horse Association D1 Collegiate Championship last week in Amarillo, TX.

๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐
๐ŸฅˆReserve Champion Ansley Wright

๐‹๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐
๐ŸฅˆReserve Champion Audrey Abraham

๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐
๐ŸฅˆReserve Champion Treylyn Hancock
7๏ธโƒฃ Maddy Morrison
8๏ธโƒฃ Ruff Graham

Thank you to all of our ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’Ž and ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’… sponsors who keep us rolling down the road:

Abraham Land and Cattle Co
De-aX Trailer Sales
Johnson Roofing
Matador Ranch
JACL Ranch
T-Bar Ranch Operating
Summit Construction Group
Valley Bank of Commerce
Tonka Grove
Kyte Restaurant Group
Brush Bullet Manufacturing LLC
Cantonment Cattle Company LLC
Meyrig Cattle Company

๐ŸšจNew Member Monday๐Ÿšจ๐ŸŒธ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ŸŒธHarper is a freshman from Tucson, Arizona, majoring in Animal Sc...
04/20/2026

๐ŸšจNew Member Monday๐Ÿšจ

๐ŸŒธ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ŸŒธ

Harper is a freshman from Tucson, Arizona, majoring in Animal Science. She grew up showing AQHA and VRH and started showing NRCHA last year. Outside of the arena, Harper enjoys wakeboarding and riding dirt bikes with her family when sheโ€™s home. Her favorite thing about the team is how driven and supportive all her teammates are.

Harper will be showing ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, aka โ€œBecca.โ€ She is a 12-year-old mare sired by Olena Oak out of Spookin In Time. Harper has had Becca since she was 14!

๐™’๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™™๐™ช๐™ค ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™š๐™™!

๐ŸšจNew Member Alert ๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿชถ๐‰๐š๐œ๐ค ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ŸชถJack is a sophomore from McLean, Texas, majoring in Agricultura...
04/10/2026

๐ŸšจNew Member Alert ๐Ÿšจ

๐Ÿชถ๐‰๐š๐œ๐ค ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿชถ

Jack is a sophomore from McLean, Texas, majoring in Agricultural Leadership. He grew up on a ranch but didnโ€™t start showing horses until he got to college. A fun fact about Jack is that he has a dog that can sing. His favorite thing about the team is how everyone is goal-oriented and always striving to get better every day.

Jack will be showing ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ, aka โ€œJacki Chan.โ€ He is an 8-year-old gelding and was the first c**t his mare ever had. He is also the first horse Jack ever started. Before coming to college, he was used on the ranch for day-to-day cowboying.

๐™’๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™™๐™ช๐™ค ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™š๐™™!

๐Ÿ Johnson Roofing๐Ÿ Johnson Roofing is a full-service roofing company serving residential and commercial customers. Their p...
04/07/2026

๐Ÿ Johnson Roofing๐Ÿ 

Johnson Roofing is a full-service roofing company serving residential and commercial customers. Their projects span South Texas to Oklahoma, primarily on I-35 corridor and into Louisiana. Their corporate headquarters is adjacent to their family ranch, southeast of Waco, Texas. Christianity and excellence are at the forefront of every endeavor their team undertakes. These two beliefs, quality materials, and workmanship are the foundation of Johnson Roofing.

Visit the website here: https://www.jroof.com/about/

Thank you so much for supporting our team and all of our endeavors!
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Thank you to all of our ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’Ž and ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’… sponsors who keep us rolling down the road:

Abraham Land and Cattle Co
De-aX Trailer Sales
Johnson Roofing
Matador Ranch
JACL Ranch
T-Bar Ranch Operating
Summit Construction Group
Valley Bank of Commerce
Tonka Grove
Kyte Restaurant Group
Brush Bullet Manufacturing LLC
Cantonment Cattle Company LLC
Meyrig Cattle Company

Address

5712 County Road 1500
Lubbock, TX
79407

Telephone

+18062814770

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