CANOA FARMS

Ron and Winddancers Cimaron                                             Kelly and Bar J Zandas Beauty

Both Ron and Kelly have been interested in horses all of their lives. Their goal is to breed quality colored sport horses and paint horses. Both for Show and pleasure.

Kelly's back ground goes back to the hunter jumper ring. Kelly started riding as a young girl getting her first pony Tammy a Palomino Pinto Pony mare at the age of 12 years old. Starting off on the North Shore competing in both English and Western. In the early 80's well working full time at Safeway and also an upcoming Southwestern Watercolour Artist Kelly found the time and money to  move into the Hunter Jumper ring. In the mid 80's moved her horse and started training at Thunderbird Training Centre in Langley BC a hunter barn . Buying and selling a few nice hunter prospects. Then in 1990 Kelly took time off  to have her son Skylar. Kelly could not stay away long. In the late 90's Kelly started one of the first internet sites for selling and marketing horses on the World Wide Web. Over the next 8 years Kelly helped sell hundreds of top quality Hunter Jumpers South of the boarder as far away as South American. In the year 2000 she found her dream horse a 18 year old Holstein stallion Coeur de Lion a son of Cor de la Bryere. No longer a marketing agent for horse sales as Kelly is concentrating on promoting her stallions , her Art work and her web design. In the year 2003 after being divorced for over 12 years  Kelly met Ron. Ron had the same passion for horses as Kelly. It was a match made in heaven. Ron a Vancouver Firefighter for 20 years. Ron's love for horses started about 9 years before meeting Kelly. He had been a guest many times at Sundance Ranch in Ashcroft. He started renting horses  at 204 stables in Langley BC before buying his first horse an  Appy gelding. Since buying his first horse and starting his second horse has found out he is a nature with young horses.  Starting many young horses since.  Ron has a naturally calming nature with young horses that makes them trust him. As well as starting young horses Ron also builds top quality western saddles, all handed stitched with Cliff Wade Tree's and Herman Oak Leather. Kelly and Ron now have a interested in all disciplines. Western, English, the Hunter ring, the jumper ring, driving and just good trail riding... 

Ron recently got interested in Cowboy Mounted Shooting. One of the largest growing equestrain sport in North America today. Ron is going though the hoops of trying to get this sport here in BC. It hasn't been easy as our gun laws are very strict.

Kelly and Ron love to get out on the trail .Both love to just get away to new overnight destinations where you can camp with your horses and just ride. They ride just for the fun of it....Something some of us have forgotten to do. Both now members of the Back Country Horsemen of BC.

Both Ron and Kelly are competitive hunter jumper riders. Ron has made a name for himself in the 0.85m jumper ring jumping both of our paint horses. On April 25th 2010 Ron made history but winning the Open 0.85m Jumper class with both our horses with a double clear round and a jump off time the same on both horses to a 100th of a second (38.81). Both horses where award first place in a class of 34 rider/horse combinations.

Ron and Kelly can be contact at

canoa@shaw.ca