The Riding atmosphere and teaching philosophy that has set Morning Sun Ranch apart from others comes from Gina’s passion and lifelong love of animals. With her dedication to a patient, consistent and progressive program of horse training, she will help you achieve your goals with your horse.

Gina has been teaching safe horsemanship since 1990. She is a lifetime rider raised by two parents who were  both serious horseman. Her mom’s passion for restarting troubled horses gave Gina her first glimpse of what patience, persistence, love, and skill can do to change a horse. She showed western pleasure and trail from age 8 to 15 on many rehabilitated horses and was always in the ribbons. When she was 15 her parents bought her a young, barely started quarter horse and she got her first try at training a horse. Her father was a real life cowboy and taught her how to put all her skills in the arena to use out on the open range. Her home at the time butted up to a 300 acre cattle ranch and that was her favorite place to ride.

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Since Starting Morning Sun Ranch, Gina has spent thousands of hours in private lessons and clinics with trainers from all disciplines. Some of her favorites, and those who shaped her the most include, Mary Fenton, Sharon Harris, (Centered Riding/Dressage) Erica Posely, (dressage) John Lyons, Buck Branaman, Ray Hunt, Ray Berta, Bill Dorrance, Julie Carpenter,the Late Roy Forzani (Horsemanship), The late Tamara Smith (horsemanship), Teddy, Bandit, Twister, Joey and Paul, (her best horse teachers). More recently she has worked with Peter Campbell and Caroline Hardman and is retraining a young reining horse named Whizzy.

Gina has coached many riders in several disciplines at the local shows and her students have always been in the ribbons.  Her  positive attitude gives a rider confidence and there are never any losers in Gina’s eyes.

Gina Kindscher-Owner/Head Trainer

Genae Kindscher-Trainer

Genae has been riding her whole life, beginning when Gina was pregnant with her! So, from before she was born, Genae was already learning how to move with a horse. She got her first pony at age 2, and later her first horse Lady at age 5. She started showing at a very young age. Since then she has had many horses of her own and has always been in the ribbons no matter what discipline.

She has shown hunters, jumpers, western pleasure, and gymkhana. Currently her focus is horsemanship and is mentoring with Caroline Hardman and doing clinics with Peter Campbell. She has lots of boldness and brings out the same in her horses and students. Lots of horses have come to her with behavior problems and within a short time the problem is gone. Since 2005 she has rehabilitated  several horses that were considered dangerous; one was sold and is now a successful jumper, and another one is now in our lesson program. Horses really thrive when the rider is confident and knows what they want, Genae loves a challenge. We also use body work to help our horses thrive and Genae is currently studying to become certified in CranioSacral Therapy.If you need help selling a horse, or have a horse with some behavior issues, give us a call and she will be happy to help.

"I am very lucky and oh so blessed to be able to call Morning Sun Ranch my home. It has been a privilege to have my mom alongside me the whole way. She has taught me so much and yet I have so  much more to learn! There is really just something amazing about being at our ranch- its like an escape from the rest of the world. There is nothing more beautiful than being able to experience the connection between a beautiful, powerful animal and yourself in such an amazing place. I would not trade it for anything in the world!". ~Genae