History of Justabouta Ranch

Dale and Teri Clearwater Dale Clearwater grew up on a grain farm near Nipawin, Saskatchewan Canada. It was here that his passion for horses grew. Dale began working for the community pasture system when he was just 16 years old. He worked on the pastures for 8 years. During this time he attended clinics, watched videos, and developed a feel for horses that is outstanding. This pasture work also taught Dale a lot about working and handling cattle. Dale began training ranch horses on the side as well as competing in ranch horse competitions. After some success, Dale wanted to start competing at a higher level. To prepare himself for this he spent a winter working for Kevin Pole, fine tuning his dry work (reining) techniques. Following his last summer at the pasture he went to work for Brad Pedersen to improve his skills in the cowhorse arena. While working for Brad, Dale showed his first snaffle bit cowhorse. Dale was at Brads for a year when he felt Saskatchewan calling him home, so he moved back and settled on the ranch where he and his family currently reside.

Teri Clearwater (Blackmore) grew up on a farm east of Saskatoon, near the town of Clavet. Here she went to school from kindergarden through grade 12. Most of her school aged days Teri was terrified of horses and spent most of her time at the local arena figure skating and coaching beginner skaters. One day around age 14 or 15, she decided to conquer her fears and learn to ride a horse. She then started barrel racing. After graduating from high school she attended the Professional Institute of Massage Therapy and recieved her diploma as a registered massage therapist. In June of 2002 Dale and Teri were married. In the fall of 2002 Teri took a professional make-up artistry course and was certified. Teri worked as both a massage therapist and make up artist in a variety of places depending on where she and Dale were living at the time. In 2003 Teri and Dale moved to where they currently reside. She gave up both her massage and make-up to help Dale run the ranch. Teri enjoys the ranch work especially the heard health of both the cattle and the horses.She has never really been bitten by the show bug, but she is always there to lend a hand loping and grooming at the shows. If help is not needed you will see her cheering for Dale and the fellow competitors.

Caleb Clearwater After being settled for a few years, Dale and Teri decided it was time to expand the family and on May 12, 2005 their son Caleb Morgan was born. Growing up on the ranch is all Caleb knows and loves. If you were to ask him about his daily activities he would tell you all about helping Dad cool out horses, helping mom and dad move cows, helping dad feed bales with the tractor, and doing his chores, which consist of feeding the dogs (3 boarder collies and 1 rottweiler) Caleb also enjoys coming along to shows to help out and you can always hear him cheering on his Dad.Caleb now has his own horse "Ace" which he will ride along with Dale all day. He loves to "school" his horse and keep him in "shape".

Westin Clearwater After almost 4 years with one son Dale and Teri decided that if they were ever going to have another child it either had to be now or never. So they decided that they would try and on January 31, 2009 Westin Brady Clearwater joined the family. Westin has already rode a horse more than once with his Dad and has been to his fair share of shows. He is a good traveler, which is a good thing because as fall approaches, so do the long hauls.

The history of the ranch itself goes back to November of 2003, when Dale and Teri moved. For the first year and a half they just rented the yard site from the previous owner. Renting limited the changes that Dale and Teri wanted to do, but they loved the place so much that they worked with what they had. Then in the spring of 2005 the previous owners approached Dale and Teri and offered to sell. Dale and Teri jumped at the chance to own the place that they had fallen in love with. The home quarter and the adjacent quarter to the west were purchased. Dale and Teri felt that a half section of land didn't really qualify them as a ranch, hense the name 'Justabouta Ranch'. Once ownership took place, Dale and Teri went to work building an indoor arena, and transforming the barn and pens to better suite their needs as a horse training facility and custom grazing opperation.Since the purchase of the original two quarters, Justabouta Ranch has aquired six quarters of land that are all connected. Justabouta Ranch now operates off two full sections of land. This increases the numbers in the custom grazing operation as well as feed and space for the horses in training.

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