Colt Starting
Our specialty. First saddle through a solid, quiet horse that steers, stops, and handles a day’s work.
$1,800/month· 120-day minimum
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Horse trainer · Eastland, Texas
Young Horses.
Built Right.
Colt Starting · Late Starts · Tune-Ups & Finishing
Glosson Livestock starts, develops and finishes performance horses in Eastland, Texas — colt starting, late starts, and tune-ups — with an emphasis on confidence, softness, responsiveness and a foundation built to last.
Horses ship in from across Texas.
Now accepting a limited number of outside horses for colt starting, late starts, and tune-ups.
Get started
Three steps. No runaround.
01
Call or send a note
Call Monte at 512-648-9560, or send a short note about the horse. Either is enough to start.
02
Talk through the horse
We talk through the horse, your goals, and whether an opening fits. Every horse is accepted by evaluation.
03
Haul in if it is a fit
If it is a fit, we set a start date, sign a training agreement, and the horse ships to Eastland.
Short note
Tell us about your horse.
Name, phone, and what you need. Monte reads these himself. If you would rather talk, call.
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How we work
A young horse deserves more than thirty days.
Most young horses do not fail because someone did the wrong thing. They fail because someone did the right thing too fast. Confidence, softness and body control take repetition, and repetition takes time.
We take a small number of horses so each one gets ridden thoughtfully and brought along at the pace it can actually absorb. 120 days will get a colt riding around. A full year is what it takes to get one good, and that is what we want when we can have them.
What we do
Training Services
Starting two-year-olds is the heart of our program. We also take a limited number of older horses for foundation and finishing work.
Additional Services
Late Starts
Three-year-olds and up that never got started, or were started and turned out. The same foundation, built for a bigger, stronger horse.
$1,800/month· 120-day minimum
Read moreabout Late StartsTune-Ups & Finishing
Broke horses that need a refresher or the next level put on them. Typically 30 to 60 days.
$1,800/month· Typically 30 to 60 days
Read moreabout Tune-Ups & FinishingCutting & cow horse foundations
Cutting Horse Foundation Training
Foundation work for cutting prospects — body control, position, rating and progressive cattle exposure appropriate to the individual horse.
$1,800/month· 120-day minimum
Read moreabout Cutting Horse Foundation TrainingCow Horse Foundation Training
Cow horse fundamentals and progressive cattle work as the horse is ready for it.
$1,800/month· 120-day minimum
Read moreabout Cow Horse Foundation TrainingSpace is limited and every horse is accepted by evaluation. We'll take a look at your horse and give you an honest assessment of the work involved and whether our program is the right fit before anything is scheduled.
Full training
One rate. One standard of care.
Full training is $1,800/month, on a 120-day minimum. The rate covers training, board, quality alfalfa, the barn’s standard Purina Strategy ration, daily care, facility access, cattle use within the horse’s normal program, and regular communication with you about your horse.
The 120 days are the minimum — enough to get a colt riding around honestly. The work that makes a horse good takes a year.
Full Training
$1,800per month
120-day minimum commitment
Included
- Professional training
- Standard board
- Quality alfalfa
- One standard scoop of Purina Strategy per the barn’s normal feeding program
- Routine daily care
- Access to Glosson Livestock facilities
- Cattle use as appropriate within the horse’s normal training program
- Regular owner communication, with progress updates or video when practical
Billed separately
- Farrier work
- Veterinary services
- Dental care
- Medications
- Supplements
- Specialty feed
- Additional feed beyond the standard barn ration
- Additional hay beyond normal program requirements
- Specialty nutrition requirements
- Emergency care
- Hauling
- Show expenses, entry fees and away-from-home stall fees
- Association fees
- Special services requested by the owner
- Other extraordinary horse-specific expenses
Lessons
Private horsemanship and cattle lessons.
One-on-one instruction for youth and adults — position and feel, body control, softness, performance fundamentals, and work on cattle for riders and horses that are ready for it.
Lessons & Cattle- Private lesson
- $125
- per hour
- With cattle
- $200
- per hour
The place
Clean barn. Good ground. Cattle when the horse is ready.
Horses here are fed quality alfalfa and a standard Purina Strategy ration, kept in clean stalls with good water, and looked after daily. Care is not a line item — it is most of what a young horse’s progress depends on.
- Feed
- Quality alfalfa and the barn’s standard Purina Strategy ration, on a consistent daily program.
- Stalls
- Clean stalls, maintained daily, in a barn built for horses that get ridden.
- Cattle
- Cattle on the place, used as appropriate within each horse’s program.
- Turnout
- Turnout and paddock time as suits the individual horse and the season.
- Condition
- Horses kept in good body condition and looked over daily by the person riding them.
- Communication
- Regular updates on how your horse is doing, with video when it is practical.
About
Monte Glosson
Monte is a lifelong Texan who has spent years learning from and riding with horsemen he respects. His strength is putting a handle and a foundation on a horse that the next person can build on — colt starts, late starts, and finishing work.
For years, Glosson Livestock has bred, raised, started and developed its own performance prospects. The broodmare band includes Savannah Blue Rey — a known Dual Rey daughter who has won $67,919 and produced over $130,000 — along with Sheaz Dulin CD and SP Hotify.
Your prospect gets treated like one of ours, because for a long time ours were the only ones we took.
Member · NCHA · AQHA
More about MonteIn the barn
Horses in the program
The broodmare band is Savannah Blue Rey, Sheaz Dulin CD and SP Hotify, with Catannah and Rebelannah coming on behind them. Azalea, a High Brow Cat two-year-old out of Savannah Blue Rey, is in training now. A Metallic Rebel × SP Hotify coming two-year-old will start this coming year, and this year’s weanlings are two Stevie Rey Vons out of Savannah Blue Rey, a NRR Cat Cole, and a Third Edge foal out of Sheaz Dulin CD.
Common questions
Straight answers.
Yes. Monte Glosson is a horse trainer at Glosson Livestock, 13601 Hwy 6, Eastland, TX 76448. Colt starting is the heart of the program. We also take late starts, tune-ups, and horses that need a cutting or cow horse foundation. Call 512-648-9560.
Yes. Starting two-year-olds is the heart of the program. Colt starting is first saddle through a solid, quiet horse that steers, stops, and handles a day’s work.
Colt starting is the first real education on a young horse — groundwork, saddling, and the first rides done thoroughly enough that they hold. At Glosson Livestock that work is done in Eastland, Texas, on a 120-day minimum.
Full training at Glosson Livestock is $1,800/month with a 120-day minimum for colt starting and late starts. Farrier work, veterinary care, and extras beyond the barn ration are billed separately.
Full training is $1,800/month.
Thirty days is enough to get a colt ridden. 120 days is enough to get one riding around. Neither is enough to get one good. A horse needs the miles and the repetition. That is why colt starting and late starts are accepted on a 120-day minimum.
Yes. Colt starting and late starts are accepted on a 120-day minimum. That is enough to get a horse riding around. To get one good, we want them here for a full year. Tune-ups and finishing are typically 30 to 60 days.
Training, standard board, quality alfalfa, one standard scoop of Purina Strategy per the barn’s normal feeding program, routine daily care, access to the facility, cattle use as appropriate within the horse’s normal training program, and regular owner communication.
Where horses come from
Eastland, Texas. Horses ship in from across the state.
Looking for a horse trainer in Eastland, Texas, or close enough to haul from Ranger, Cisco, Gorman, Rising Star? The ranch is at 13601 Hwy 6. Horses also ship in from farther across the state when the fit is right.
- Eastland, TX
- Ranger, TX
- Cisco, TX
- Gorman, TX
- Rising Star, TX
- Stephenville, TX
- Abilene, TX
- Brownwood, TX
- Weatherford, TX
- Fort Worth, TX
Get in touch
Talk to Monte about your horse.
Tell us about the horse, where it is now and what you want out of it. If the fit is right, we will tell you. If it is not, we will tell you that too.
- Phone
- 512-648-9560
- Ranch
- 13601 Hwy 6
Eastland, TX 76448
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