Page Mill Ranch

There is a tack sale at Pagemill Pastures on Saturday 9/12/2009 from 9am to 3pm.

Please come and shop!

3530 Deercreek Rd

Palo Alto, CA

Here he is, the new boss on the ranch: Napoleon. The little rooster rules the parking lot and greats everybody personally, picking at their feet, or waiting to be lifted up. He will run after you all the way and let you hear it if you forgot to say hi and lift him up as he is used to.

As Diane put it: "Before meeting Napoleon I did not know that roosters can be personable, likeable, and cuddly."

Below are a couple more pictures of Napoleon and one of his big fans.

The Coyote Hill ride is about 1.7 miles and takes about 40 minutes at a walk.

Google Map (mouse over the red waypoints to see pictures)

The route described here goes through the gate, up on the little hill on the left next to Pagemill Road. At the end of the hill (there is a shrub) turn right and go down and cross the creek (Purissima Creek) next to Coyote Hill road. After that follow the trail to the top of Coyote Hill. There are several ways down, we picked the small trail on the ridge heading North, then circled around and took one of the many little trails on the west face of Coyote Hill back down. Instead of crossing Purissima Creek again we headed South and exited the Gelding Pasture through the wooden gate onto Deer Creek Road.

One of the most basic rides on the ranch: The Mare Pasture Ride. Up through the catchpen to the top of the hill, ok there are three peaks and back down through the valley.

Profile of the Mare Pasture Ride (300 feet up and down)

View towards Portola Valley

Summary: about 2h, 7.5 miles, a lot of up then down, some nice running spots, see Google Map below for details

Altitude Profile (600ft up and down)

2h ride from Pagemill pastures up on Elena and Natoma Rd to the Altamont Rd (West Wind). Down on Taaffe to Elena and Purissima, taking a right at Conception Rd to West Fremont and back to Arastradero and the Ranch.

Check this out, not everyday is somebody from the Page Mill Ranch in Times Magazine

Here is the link

Photo of 4 bucks that I took early last Sunday morning while riding in the Geldings pasture.  Aren't they beautiful!

Susan Wood

 My 13-year-old daughter would like to find a horse to help care for, or a half lease. She has had several lessons, and loves it very much. (What's new, right?). 

She wants to be a vet when she grows up, and wants to spend lots of time with a horse, feeding, grooming, etc. I will get her a horse of her own someday, but I prefer not to do that quite yet, until she's had more experience and is sure she will stick with this.

Marianne is adult size (5'8" and ~130lbs) so she would not need a small horse or pony.  We live only a few miles away, so she can get there frequently.

Thank you, amya54