Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine August 2020 Vol 5 Issue 3

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actually quite complex. Indoor horse stalls, runs. paddocks, cohabiting corrals and even over-sized 15-feet-by-34- feet stalls provide adequate diverse equine housing. More than 380 acres on the ranch are perfect for riding relaxation, People in all walks of life from throughout the country come to live in the unique executive living quarters at the ranch. “We have guests who stay overnight, sometimes several weeks, and one resident has lived here six years,” Mary noted. Barbara Ubel has more than 70 years training and successfully showing English and Western in addition to livestock nutrition work. “When she was 13-years- old Mom won the American Royal on the horse Gang Buster,” Mary said. ”With her grit and tenacity, Mom was sought after by movie stars to personally care for their performance horses.” Among those were Casey Tibbs, Marty Robbins and Roy Rogers. She has continued friendships with western entertainers like Rex Allen Jr., Johnny Western, and Pedro Gonzales Gonzales. Barbara relocated to Wamego to manage and operate an area ranch. She married military veteran and local rancher Walter C. Ubel, Mary’s dad who passed away in 1990.

personal family friend Rex Allen Junior’s “Where Are The Heroes?” Brainchild for the elaborate layout followed Mary’s development of a couple nearby horse facilities. “My mother and I have always been involved in training and showing horses,” she said. “With the ranch in our family 150 years, the idea for such a facility started coming together 10 years ago. “Plans began with three living-quarters lofts above horse stalls and has grown

The 2UW ranch name prefix is derived from Walter Ubel and Barbara Ubel. “Dad is buried by the pasture lake overlooking the newly developed facilities,” Mary noted. Mary has extensive horse experiences training, grooming and coaching with bachelor and master media degrees from Manhattan’s Kansas State University. She also served for the country’s freedom, like her dad, by being in the Air Force during Desert Storm. “We maintain an outstanding reputation in equine and client care with top of the line staff and trained coaches.” Mary clarified. “The 2UW has been built on solid years of community, lifelong relationships and faith.” Specifically, she pointed out close work with Al Dunning, Jade Keller, Dean Smith and Joe Amman the ranches resident trainer. “I communicate regularly with Al Dunning for improving training techniques and management,” Mary credited . Joe Ammann grew up on a South Dakota ranch riding two-year-olds for his father at the age of nine. “He loved training and when 15-years- old decided cutting horses would be his future,” Mary related. “While at Bill McNeil’s facility, Joe asked Bill how much cutting horse discipline

Mary and Barbara Ubel manage the most diverse

to 13 residencies with horses nearby,” Mary continued. “Investment was major so it took time to get the financial backing which has been required.” Exact layout details are 2UW Brush Creek Ranch near Westmoreland which has been in the family for more than a century.

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