Delon Parker is a 3rd generation cowboy and rodeo athlete from the Big Sky Country of Montana. He was ranch raised by great cowboys and great horsemen to be nothing but a great cowboy and a great horseman. He has 30 years experience in the middle of a horse from starting 2 year old cutters and reiners to gathering cows, doctoring yearlings, branding calves, training head, heel, calf roping and tripping horses, along with15 years of hunting and packing in the back country. Delon believes the best horses are made outside in the pasture working and then molded to a specific sport in the arena. Our goal is to train trustworthy, safe horses that will stay trained and help our clients stay safe, happy and successful.
Delon Parker
Accomplishments
2000 Nile ranch horse competition champion
2012 top hand award at the Nile ranch rodeo finals
2017 Jake Clark Mule Days mounted shooting champion
1x qualifier to the Canadian National finals heading
2x NHSR qualifier in the tie down roping
2x Montana Pro Rodeo circuit championships (raised & Trained heading and steer roping year end winning horses)
3X NHSR qualifier in then team roping
3x NHSR qualifier in the cutting
4X BLS ranch horse competition champion
5x Montana Pro Rodeo circuit qualifications in the tie down roping
6x Montana Pro Rodeo circuit qualifications in the steer roping
16x Montana Pro Rodeo circuit qualifications in the heading
1 Head horse trained that received Head Horse of the Year Honors in the MPRC
1 Heel horse trained by Delon Parker (“CCR Hurricane Fajita” owned and ridden at the NFR by Joseph Harrison in 2020)
“I have purchased two horses, Crabby and Turd, from Delon. I got Crabby as a 4-year-old in June of 2017 and started riding him at the prorodeos in August and went on to make the Montana Circuit finals in one month of rodeoing on him. I got Turd in September of 2018 as a 4-year-old and started riding him at the prorodeos in 2019. I went on to win the Montana Prorodeo Circuit on him that year and he won Heel Horse of the Year for that season. Both of these horses were ready to win on the day I bought them. Delon has an incredible eye for picking out horses with potential and making them world class in the arena and out. Not only are the horses I bought from him proven winners in the arena for me, but also they are extremely gentle and well mannered for my young kids who ride them daily. I highly recommend Delon for your next horse purchase, and he will be my first and only call when I buy my next one!”
Justin Viles
Hannah Sharon
Hannah’s roots run generations deep when it comes to horses. Her grandfather, Chuck Nicholas, owned his first racehorse at 16 and during his lifetime trained his Thoroughbred horses at tracks from Santa Anita in California to Woodbine in Toronto. Her Grandfather’s horse history didn’t stop with the racehorses-he worked draft horses, loved cow horses and a good looking horse of any kind was likely to catch his eye. He achieved every horse trainer's dream and saddled a horse in the Kentucky Derby. In the mid 19070’s Chuck crossed paths with Ray Hunt and that chapter began one of another direction, becoming acquainted with Tom Dorrance and Tink Elordi.
Hannah has had the good fortune to develop her skill and hone her horse training career under the tutelage of Tink, who spent 30 years riding with Tom and Ray. The disciplines varied, from starting 2 years olds, cow horses, polo horses, barrel horses to rope horses. After working with such a variety of horses that have gone on to success in so many disciplines, Hannah has come to understand in the philosophy that, given the right chance, every horse can reach his full potential and excel to the best of it’s ability.
Hannah’s passion lies in training barrel horses. From futurity horses to professional rodeo horses, she not only trains her own barrel horses but breaks all her own colts. Her approach is less “training “ and more “teaching “ a horse to bring out his natural ability to help the horse reach their highest potential in a quiet and confident way. Her quiet and patient approach lets the horse develop as an individual which makes for a better more rounded equine. She takes the long view and knows short cuts don’t get lasting results.
Accomplishments
2011 finished 7th in the nation at the College National Finals in barrel racing
Montana Pro Rodeo Rookie of the Year
2x Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals qualifier
Circuit Finals Fast Time winner
2016 Copper Spring Classic Futurity champion
Multiple futurity, derby and 1D money winner
“I have watched Hannah grow from a young lady that had a love for horses to a very accomplished horsewoman. Hannah has taken the time to learn from the best in the business. Add in her God given natural talent and intuition and she is making the quietest, nicest, well broke horses you would ever want to swing a leg over.”
Traci Vaile
