The Alberta racing and breeding industry has been supported for many years by dedicated thoroughbred enthusiasts Gerald and Tina Stone of Stone Ranches. The breeding and raising of quality thoroughbreds is tested in the current climate of Alberta racing but the Stones continue to be faithful to their beloved industry.

Stone Ranches is located in a scenic part of Alberta near the small town of Madden about an hour’s drive north of Calgary. The Stones were primarily cattle and grain people who farmed the initial homestead in the late 1800s. Gerald Stone is a native Albertan who was born and raised on the original farm. Tina on the other hand was born in New York but spent her youth growing up in Long Beach, California on the coast. In her own words, she was most definitely a “city slicker.” That all changed when she met Gerald in a chance encounter in the aisleway in the cattle barn at the Calgary Stampede. Gerald was at the

Stampede showing purebred Angus cattle and Tina was walking through the barn with a friend during a stop in Alberta on a big adventure trip along the west coast. That chance meeting changed both their lives forever.

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