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Welcome to The Hideout

WYOMING GUEST RANCH

The Hideout Lodge & Guest Ranch is an all-inclusive, upscale riding, horsemanship and working cattle guest ranch. The Hideout is located in beautiful Shell, Wyoming which is east of Cody and Yellowstone National Park. We are limited to approximately 25 riders weekly. With a backyard of 650,000 acres in an area with tremendous diversity of scenery and altitudes ranging from 4,200 to 13,100 feet, you will seldom see the same trail twice.

The Hideout is focused on horseback riding, horsemanship and working cattle. Our string of 130 horses consists of Quarter Horses, Paints and a growing number of Mustangs. We take pride in offering a very personal, fun and safe riding experience. We do offer other activities to provide a break from the saddle including fly-fishing, trapshooting, archery, scenic 4x4 driving tours, Cody Nite Rodeo (seasonal), hiking, a hot tub and a gorgeous lap pool.

We are a team of passionate and diverse professionals who deeply care about your vacation and well-being. We are committed to the highest standards of culinary experience, quality lodging, attentive staff, and responsive horses. Our European/American owners and staff are multi-cultural and view diversity as an asset. We also welcome a growing number of international riders and travelers each week. Many return year after year because of our unique and caring culture which is also one of our most important assets.

Ride Mustang at The Hideout Lodge & Guest Ranch

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In 2010 The Hideout Lodge & Guest Ranch and AH Horsemanship began adopting and training Mustangs to add to our string of wonderful guest horses. Over the years the Mustang herd at The Hideout has grown to 18 wonderful, well-trained horses. We have also participated in both The Extreme Mustang Makeover and The Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover. Several of our Mustangs made it to the finals in both categories and are now available for our intermediate and advanced guests to ride at The Hideout.

Why Mustangs?

ridingmustangs3 The Hideout got involved with Mustangs for two reasons. Our first goal was to show that Mustangs trained according to our low-stress and respectful AH Horsemanship methods will become great riding horses and equine companions. Introducing these AH Mustangs into our string of guest horses is the best proof that our methods work well. Our guests are able to go trail riding, do arena work and also work cattle on these well-trained and responsive horses.

Our second goal was to encourage other guest ranches to adopt and work with Mustangs for the same reasons. This will help find good homes for these great equines who are often overlooked as reliable riding horses.

Along with great Quarter Horses and Paint Horses, our string of Mustangs which our guests can ride grows each year.

How do we select our Mustangs?

Our Mustangs are selected for their disposition and are trained according our AH Horsemanship principles. These Mustangs make fun and very reliable mounts.

Mustangs are often smaller in size than the average Quarter Horse. They are also survivors in the wild which makes them very intuitive and sensitive. Most of the Mustangs are very comfortable to ride because of their confirmation and compact size.

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At AH Horsemanship we work closely with the BLM, The Mustang Heritage Foundation, specialized Mustang trainers and documentary filmmakers such as Erich Proell who is renowned for his documentaries on Mustangs and has documented The Hideout Mustangs in one of his award winning documentaries.

Subject to availability, intermediate and advanced riders might be able to ride one of our Mustangs.

Buying a Mustang

Vanuga039-thump If you are interested in buying a well-trained Mustang we can work with you to find the right horse trained according to our AH Horsemanship Principles.

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