82 SIDELINES JULY 2013
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Rancho Corazon’s porte cochere in the
southwestern adobe barn with ranch
manager Tim Forster mounted on Corde
Querencia, son of Columbus.
Members of the Caza
Ladron Hunt Club enjoying
a Saturday afternoon at the
barn on the north patio at
Rancho Corazon.
like horses need to be out, especially when
they’re growing up,” he said. “When they’re
raised in small paddocks or in stalls they don’t
grow up the same as when they have free forage
and they are able to graze on whatever they
want and move around more. We feel like they
grow up to be better, stronger, sounder horses.”
But pasture space isn’t limited to growing
horses. Rancho Corazon also provides a
sanctuary for retired horses. “When they [the
horses] are fnished with their competition career,
a lot of our clients bring them back here to live
out their years in a pasture as a reward for their
hard work,” he said. “We found that a lot of our
clients really appreciate that because we have
the space and the horses live a nice life here.”
In addition to running a frst-class facility, Guy
also co-founded the Caza Ladron Foxhunt Club
in 2000, has served two terms on the board of
the American Holsteiner Horse Association,
has been on the USHJA Zone Eight Jumper
Committee and was Chef d’Equipe for the
North American Young Riders Championships
for Zone Eight and is a member of the USHJA
Jumper Working Group.
He is also president and CEO of McElvain Oil &
Gas Properties in Denver. His father founded the
company and Guy began working there shortly
after he fnished school. But even with a busy
career, Guy says Rancho Corazon and Rancho
La Querencia are still his favorite places.
“It’s what I love doing,” he said. “I spend a lot of
time on the farm, more than anywhere because
I really do enjoy it. For me it’s not work, it’s fun.”
All photos by Sharon McElvain