Big Texan Horse Hotel
Posted by Bill on Feb 01 2007 at 11:57 pm | Tagged as: Horse Lifestyle
A friend of mine is getting ready to take his first solo car trip across the U.S. While planning his trip, he came across the Big Texan Steak Ranch and Horse Hotel and sent me a link because they have horse stalls for traveling horse owners. We’ve driven across the U.S. multiple times now and recall seeing all the billboards for the Big Texan (eat this giant steak in an hour and it’s free!) but never paid attention to their equine features. We don’t plan on traveling to Texas with our horses but if we did, this looks like a fun place to stay! They have (from their website):
- 20 “Texas Size” Stalls 12′ X 12′ (Sand or Dirt)
- A 60 foot round pen
- 4 Gated Runs Complimentary During Day Use
- Secondary 6 foot Perimeter Chain Link Fence
- 55 Room Motel open 24 hours
- Truck & Trailer Parking
- Giant steaks!
I’m sure there are others but this is the first time I’ve ever seen mention of a “horse hotel”. Do you know of any others? Have any of you ever stayed at the Big Texan?
By the way, if you have 12×12 stalls in your barn, you can impress your horses by telling them their stalls are “Texas Size”!
For more information on the Big Texan Steak Ranch and Horse Hotel, visit their website: http://www.bigtexan.com/
And Norm, if you’re reading this and happen to have some free time near Amarillo, Texas, please stop by and takes some pictures for me.
You know I will.
at a cost for the photos(commission)
I can hardly wait to get out to the barn in the morning and tell my guys they have “Texas Size” stalls. What a hoot! I do travel across country to Nationals sometimes and would be interested to know other horse hotels that might be on the way. Some of the fairgrounds can be pretty run down.
Start planning your cross country trip with the horses now!
http://www.horsemotel.com/
MiKael - I mentioned it to our horses and they seemed unimpressed. “Me: ‘Hey guys, turns out your stalls are actually TEXAS SIZE. You should feel lucky.’ Moonshine (with a mouth full of oats, chewing): ‘Oh really (crunch, crunch)? Wow.’”
COD - Thanks for that link! That is an impressive list of horse motels. I checked Tennessee and there are tons of them. I had no idea. I’ll have to add that to the links links.
I was going to tell Starman and Marker about their “Texas Size” stalls, but then I thought - “Wait a minute. Of course their stalls are Texas Size.” I wonder if the Boys realize that they live in Texas?