About Us

In 1996, she bought her family’s Portola Valley, California home and built a small boarding stable. Laure enjoyed watching her daughters grow up riding and caring for horses with their friends in Pony Club and beyond. To this day, she spends her free time in the saddle and calls herself a hybrid because she now rides English and Western. While Laure continues to develop her skills in the cow horse arena, she also thoroughly enjoys trail riding on their retired horses.

Laure attended college at UC Davis, majoring in animal science with an emphasis in horse health and breeding. She also helped found and rode in the Mustang Drill Team in the early ‘80s. After graduating UC Davis, she spent six months doing foal watch in Coalinga, California at Harris Farms Horse Division where they breed and train thoroughbred racehorses. She assisted in foaling and herd health for foals and client mares.

Laure’s time at UC Davis and Harris Farms inspired her dream to have a breeding program. Laure’s passion for breeding, combined with Lexi’s love and passion for reined cow horses, led them to fulfill a dream through their breeding program in the world of western performance horses.

Laure learns more every day about the western industry and the wonderful people involved in every facet. She feels it is a caring, inclusive industry and appreciates what a close knit community it is. She is pleased and proud to be a part of it and that Red Arrow Ranch is contributing towards those ethics and practices in programs shared by the National Reined Cow Horse Association, the California Reined Cow Horse Association, the American Quarter Horse Association and other affiliated programs.

In 2014, Laure found Lizzy Horve for Lexi to begin taking lessons with. Shortly after they began their relationship, Laure & Lexi purchased Lexi’s first cow horse – RockNRevolution. Though he was a straight reiner, had no cow horse experience, and wasn’t too sure what a cow was – he was the gateway horse that allowed Lexi to embark on her cow horse journey.

In 2018, Oaks In Montana was purchased from Todd Crawford for Lexi. “Austin”was the first cow horse Lexi rode that made her truly understand the magic of riding a horse that hooked onto a cow. To this day, both RockNRevolution and Oaks In Montana remain with Laure & Lexi, and will forever be cherished.

In 2019, Truckin Chics Rule was purchased for Lexi and was the first horse to take Lexi to the winner’s circle, as well as the first horse she ever won a cow horse buckle on. “Blue Eye ” is still her main mount and favorite mare she rides.

Lexi says that once she found the cow horse, she felt like she had purpose; she felt accepted, like she belonged, and fell completely in love with it. Lexi owes her love of the sport to Lizzy Horve, and without her, she would not have developed into what she is today. Lexi has become a staple in the cow horse community and graces us at the major cow horse shows with her beautiful voice during the National Anthem every morning. Her light is contagious and she is adored by all in our community.