Located in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley of Western Montana, our facility is dedicated to breeding, raising and training the Pura Raza Española (PRE) horse from Spain.

Each horse is hand selected for pedigree, trainability and conformation before being imported to us.

Our sister ranch, Hipica de Pacuar in Costa Rica currently stands two Andalusian stallions and offers foals for sale.

Larry and Sheilah Melsness
​with Carlos Orlich Castelan

Larry and Sheilah started in the horse business because of their love of the PRE Horse.  After establishing Hipica de Pacuar, their PRE Andalusian breeding ranch in Costa Rica, they purchased Sleeping Willow Ranch in Stevensville, MT to provide a world class breeding and training facility for the Spanish horse. Sleeping Willow Ranch imports their stock from some of the most renowned breeders in Spain.