Mountain View Ranch
In 2018, Mountain View Ranch started as a blank slate with only a few acres of avocado trees on the property. Since purchasing the ranch, mom and daughter team, Beth and Melanie, have slowly built all of the horse infrastructure and turned the ranch into a horse training facility. It has been a dream of theirs to have their horses at home and to create a happy and productive training environment for horses and people alike. Mountain View Ranch now gives them that ability while they also get to share their love of horses with others.
Meet the Trainer
Melanie Stoops
Melanie Stoops‘ love for horses started at the age of three years old when she got her first pony, Mocha Mix. Through the years, she has worked under and learned from many great people in the sport, including Sally Black, Scott King, Kyle King, and Morgan Caplane. She has experience from starting young horses to competing through the Grand Prix level. Now with her horses at home, she has also been able to breed and start her own young horses.
From grooming to riding and everything on the ground, Melanie has always taken care of the horses she trains. With years of experience, she knows how to provide the correct care needed to keep horses competing at the top levels of the sport. After high school, she studied at UC Davis where she graduated with a BS in Biological Sciences. Her education background adds to her understanding of correct conditioning of the horse and how different care regiments help the horses.
