Best breeding facilities around. Jan has always taken the best care for our animals. Anyone one else says anything different, they need to educate themselves! read more

Article - Horses needing Legal Protection in Buellton How could anyone be so cruel? Thousands of people drive by on the 101 freeway in Buellton and see hundreds of horses trapped in a small corral with no shade from the blazing summer sun with temperatures reaching 100 degrees. Then trapped there in the winter when we get rain and going below freezing. Clearly Jan Martin Equine Management that are profiting off these horses could afford to install a canopy where the horses have a choice of getting shade and shelter, which in the desert is a matter of life or death. There is a nice stable that they do not utilize for these innocent, sweet horses left out in a corral 24/7 all year long For decades. The last couple of years the horses had to endure atmospheric rivers with winds that spook them. They were forced to stand in a mud cesspool pond that is bad for their hooves and then have no choice but to lay down in it while freezing cold. To make matters worse, the hay troughs are uncovered and the hay gets soaking wet and goes moldy fast , so they are starving as well. This is illegal! The University of California, Davis Veterinary School of Medicine published the Minimum Standard of Care in 2019 that interpreted that there should be a structure to protect horses from prolonged exposure to high temperatures, regardless of age. Legal Requirement Horses must be provided with "necessary shelter or protection ... from the weather." CA Penal Code Section 597(b) After several more calls to Animal Control and climbing up the ladder, I was finally informed of the flimsy laws that only pertain to pets not horses considered livestock. No horse should have to endure this type of cruelty no matter how the horse is utilized! Wild mustangs generate body heat when they run, and they can find trees for shelter when they need it. Horses have been an integral part of society for centuries and deserve at least the "minimal standard of care" in all the laws related to animals at the state level. Sadly, because horses are a commodity the current law permits JAN MARTIN to keep horses for profit penned up in horrible conditions where they are suffering. We need to stand up as a community and protest against this type of animal cruelty and get legal reform that can protect all horses. Heartless people that only care to profit at the expense of horses need to be held accountable. read more

Jan Martin Equine Management - Horses Suffering Rancho Janato - Buellton, California

This facility is a sad place for horses...no shelter in the summer or winter, which a mandatory requirement for caring for animals. Their water is hot in the summer and they stand in their own mud and pee in the winter. Yet this facility is profiting on with this behavior. It is shameful...people have tried to get County Supervisor, Animal Control to do something to help the horses, with no results! read more