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Horse Training · Moroni, UT

Confident horses.Every breed.Every step.

We start colts under saddle, halter break young horses, and put first rides on whatever rolls off the trailer. Mustang to thoroughbred to mule — we meet the horse where it is and build confidence that lasts.

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Bowdee & Izzy
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Moroni, UT
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Bowdee and Izzy Coddington holding hands, walking toward the mountains with two horses on lead

Moroni, Utah · Bowdee & Izzy Coddington

Confidence first. Always.

Any breed. Any level. We meet the horse where it is.

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Our story

The barn isn't a brand. It's a family.

Circle C Bar is Bowdee and Izzy Coddington's place, on the dry side of Moroni, Utah. They start colts under saddle, halter break young horses, and put first rides on whatever rolls off the trailer — quarter horse, mustang, thoroughbred, or mule.

The goal is the same every time: a confident horse that trusts its rider. Sometimes that means 60 days under saddle. Sometimes it means a spring tune-up and some hard mountain miles. Whatever the horse needs, that's what we do.

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Co-owner

Bowdee Coddington

Colt starting · Ranch training

Hands-on with every colt and every ranch horse on the place. If it can be done from the back of a horse, Bowdee's done it.

Co-owner

Izzy Coddington

Colt starting · Tune-ups

Patient with horses, honest with owners. Starts colts alongside Bowdee, runs the tune-up program, and puts the first rides on most of the mules.

Our philosophy

Slow is fast.

Confidence first · Pressure second

A horse rushed at the start gets rushed for the rest of their life. We build foundations that last, in any discipline, on any breed.

A palomino horse calmly standing under a blue tarp during desensitization work

What stays the same

Listen first. Lead second.

  • Confidence before pressure
  • Honest with horses, honest with owners
  • Any breed gets a fair shot
  • The horse sets the pace

Disciplines

Confident horses, built one ride at a time. Any breed. Any level.

Quarter horse, thoroughbred, mustang, mule, pony — we've started, tuned up, and put mountain miles on all of them. Bowdee and Izzy put hands on every horse personally. No assistants. No shortcuts.

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Colt Starting

Halter break to first rides

$950 / mo — we source hay

$800 / mo — you source hay

Foundation work the slow way. We halter break, sack out, saddle, and put the first rides on young horses — building confidence and respect that lasts a lifetime.

  • Halter break & groundwork
  • Sacking out, first saddle, first bridle
  • First 30+ rides — walk, trot, lope
  • Trailer loading & farrier manners
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Ranch Training

Working-horse foundation

$1,100 / mo — we source hay

$900 / mo — you source hay

For the horse that needs to be useful on a ranch — gates, gathering, dragging, roping, cattle work. We build broke, trustworthy ranch partners.

  • Body control & soft on the bridle
  • Cattle exposure & gathering
  • Drag-rope, gate, and obstacle work
  • Steady on long days outside
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Tune-Ups

Weekly or monthly

$600 – $900 / month

$250 – $350 / week

Bring your trail buddy back into shape after a long winter — or smooth out the rough edges before show season. Honest assessment, no fluff.

  • Pre-ride evaluation & written plan
  • Soft on the bit, easy at the gate
  • Refresher on manners and patience
  • Weekly video for monthly clients
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Bowdee on a dark bay mule standing quietly in tall summer grass with willows behind

First rides on mules

Slow, soft, on the mule's clock.

Mules welcome

Mules aren't horses.
We train them like it.

A mule doesn't respond to pressure the way a horse does. You can't push one into anything, and they'll remember every bad deal for the rest of their life. That's why so few trainers take them.

Izzy starts most of the mules on the place. Between the two of us we've put first rides, ranch miles, and finished trail work on john and molly mules of every size. Bring us a mule that "nobody can do anything with" — that's usually where we start.

  • First rides — patient, on the mule's timing
  • Ranch broke — gates, drags, cattle
  • Trail-finished for backcountry use
  • Problem mules — reset and rebuild
Two riders on trained mules standing on the deck of a flatbed trailer at sunset with snowy peaks behind

The Circle C approach

Four steps. No surprises. Ever.

Every horse arrives differently. Every owner is at a different place. The framework stays the same — and you'll know exactly where we are in it at all times.

  1. 01

    First conversation

    We start on the phone or in the barn — your goals, your horse's history, what's worked, what hasn't. No fees, no commitment.

    Usually 30 – 45 minutes. We'll tell you straight if we think we're not the right fit.

  2. 02

    Intake & assessment

    Once the horse arrives, we spend the first week watching, handling, and riding. We listen before we lead — and we tell you what we're seeing.

    Health, soundness, and temperament checked before the first ride.

  3. 03

    Slow, deliberate work

    Sessions are short and varied. We build feel and try — never drill. Confidence first, every ride, every horse.

    The horse sets the pace. Some need 30 days; some need 90. We don't rush it.

A trainer waving a WELCOME flag behind a bay horse as part of desensitization work, snowy mountains behind

Step 03 · In practice

A young horse learning that nothing flapping behind him has ever hurt him.

Behind the work

Slow, deliberate, repeated. Every day. Every horse.

Tarps. Flags. Plastic. Ropes around the legs. We expose horses to the things that would otherwise scare them later — in the trailer, on a trail, at a show — long before it matters. It's not flashy. It's the work that makes the rest of the work possible.

  • Confidence before pressure, every session
  • Short, varied work — never drill
  • The horse sets the pace, not the calendar
  • If a horse plateaus, we change approach, not push harder

From the owners

The trailer pulls in. The horse walks off different.

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Ready when you are

Bring your horse to the barn.

Spend an hour walking the property with us. If we're a fit, we'll tell you what we'd work on first. If we're not, we'll point you somewhere good.

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Moroni, UT · (801) 400-4872 · contact@circlecbarhorses.com

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