Horses and cattle are really in our blood.

Gary & Becky married in 1969.

JW & Kelli got married in 1999.

John Barry was born in March of 2001.

Tommy Jack was born in January of 2006.

Emily was born December of 2001.

Jackie was born August of 2003.

Gary competed in gaming events and calf roping as a youth; as a teenager he went to work as a buckaroo on some of Nevada’s larger outfits. There he learned what a cowboys life is all about. And as such, had the opportunity to get on a lot of not-so-great ranch horses, along with some pretty nice ones. Coming from a long line of rodeo cowboys, ( his father, uncle and cousins), he had an inherent tendency to compete in rodeo events. He rode bareback broncs for awhile, as well as calf roped and team roped. He's trained his own competition and ranch horses; showing them was just second nature. Now Gary pretty much limits his competition to Working Cowhorse events and team roping, leaving JW to do most of the competition rope horse training.

Becky was raised on a ranch in southeastern Oregon where, along with the cattle, they ran a "stud bunch". They rode horses they raised and some wild horses they captured (before the Wild Horse Annie Law). Both parents took great pride in riding excellent working cowhorses, instilling that pride in their children. Becky got her first very own horse when 8 years old. She was a wild horse which Kenny Holloway roped while camped up on the Sheepheads range doing the summer branding. Becky started her with a lot of guidance from her parents. Cindy was a wonderful, gentle little mare. Becky cannot remember a year since then that she has not ridden/started a colt.

When Becky was about 11 years old, her father hired Russell Dick, an American Indian from the Fort McDermitt Indian reservation. Russell was her next "mentor", after her father, and a great mentor at that. That’s where she first was introduced to round penning, gentling and the first ride. A lot of horse psychology was introduced during those sessions with Russell. Becky started lots of colts with Russell by her side coaching. He said they were doing it "the Indian way".

Gary and Becky have three children, all of whom share their love of horses. The oldest daughter and her husband Chad Bradach, live a mile away on their ranch. Charmarie (a regular at the barn) owns, trains and competes on her own three Tucker babies. Two of them, Jewel and Lucky, are 1/2 wild horse. Sami (Samantha) lives in town, but appears every once in awhile to compete in her first love: Team Roping. She and her husband Roy (a ranch raised young man from Rome, OR) are already intoducing their two daughters, Emily and Jackie Rae (Razy) to horses.

Cattle and horses have been a part of their lives since either of them can remember. In 1981, they moved to the place owned by Becky's parents at Lawen, where Rose Equine Facility, LLC is now located. In 1987, they moved down the road a couple of miles. After their son JW married Kelli Schnabele, they purchased the ranch from Becky's parents. Together with Gary and Becky, they built the Rose Equine Facility and thus began the LLC.

JW and Kelli met in high school. Though they didn't go to the same school they did High School Rodeo together. Kelli is among the 3rd generation of the Schnabele Ranches of Izee/Paulina and Burns. Her father also is a rodeo competitor. In his younger day he rode bulls and broncs; in recent years he has been one tough team roper. His top horse is a Docs Sugar Tucker horse trained by JW. In 1991 JW won the Oregon State High School Rodeo finals calf roping championship, qualifying him for the National Finals. Kelli also qualified for the National Finals. JW competed in calf roping, team roping, bull dogging and cutting through high school and college. Kelli competed in break away roping, team roping, goat tying, barrel racing, pole bending and cutting. JW used horses we raised and Gary trained for calf roping and team roping. He used our stallion Docs Sugar Tucker in cutting during his high school career. When he got to college, he had a calf horse trained by his Grand Uncle, Johnny Rose of Ardmore, OK. The pair won the calf roping championship at the Northwest Intercollegiate Finals and qualified for the National Intercollegiate Finals. Since Kelli was competing college rodeo, their paths crossed again. Kelli qualified for the National College Rodeo Finals in breakaway calf roping. The next year after she had graduated, Kelli’s sister qualified for the National College Rodeo Finals riding a barrel horse Kelli had trained.

John Barry, son of JW and Kelli, is the 4th generation to exhibit this love of the ranch life. He rides his horse, Homer to help with the ranch work and in the arena. What does a young boy and the young horse Homer do? He holds rodear, he sits in the gate, he helps gather and drive cattle down the trail, he pushes the roping steers back to the chute, he learns the barrel and pole patterns and he yells at the dogs to go lie down, get the heck out of there and get’ em.

Their goal for the Rose Equine Facility, LLC is to have it be something the whole community can enjoy and something for everyone interested in horses. It's their EAP (Equine Assisted Psychotherapy).

As you can plainly see, this is a dedicated, knowledgeable, experienced and horse smart family or ranchers, competitor's and vaquero's.  You can be sure any horse you buy from the Rose's can and will do the job you need it to do and more!