ABOUT US

Aspen Meadows Ranch is owned and operated by Dave and Loke Allen and their daughters Sarah and Mary. They are proud to offer ranch-raised performance horses of proven pedigree. Both Dave and Loke grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah and while Loke grew up around horses and cattle at her family’s ranch, Dave spent his early years selling soda pop and golf balls to golfers on his neighborhood course and skiing in Utah’s great mountains. Dave and Loke meet while studying at Cambridge University in England (summer program).  Shortly after marriage, they moved to New York City where Loke helped put Dave through Columbia Law School. After exploring international law and the prospect of New York’s big firms, Dave and Loke decided to move back to the beautiful mountain life they had grown up with.

Dave practiced corporate and real estate law for several years when he dreamed up what at the time seemed like a strange scheme, to buy one of the largest ranches in Utah, then owned by the Anschutz family.  Teaming up with a partner (Dave was still paying off student loans), they put together a real estate plan that in 1995 found them in possession of 135,000 acres of ranch land. This operation was quickly merged with the historic operations of Dave’s partners and soon they were running 6,000 mothers cows, farming thousands of acres, and the Allen’s quickly fell in love with this way of life.  Several years ago, we decided to split off from our partners and focus on our dreams of building a legacy for our family and pursuing the expansion of our horse program. Dave is currently working on various business projects and consulting. This year he is taken on the project to start some of our colts with the help of Noel Skinner. Loke in the mean time spends her days shuttling back and forth from the ranch trying to keep our family and ranch organized and on schedule. Sarah and Mary are both attending Park City High School. They are an intricate part of ranch operations and decisions. The girls are passionate with their parents about showing, reining and reined cow horses. Once again this year they both were in the Top Ten Youth of the Northwest region in the NRCHA and both qualified and showed at the NRCHA World Championship show.

Katie Boyd, our breeding manager, grew up riding, training and breeding horses. She grew up in Texas.on the Pitchfork Ranch. Then later moved and worked at the Four Sixes. Katie has her AS in Equine Science from Laramie County Community College ("LCCC"), Cheyenne, WY and her AAS in Equine Training and Management from LCCC. In 2005, Katie did an equine internship for Ken and Ramona Wold focusing on breeding and colt starting. She has completed her BS in Animal Science from Oklahoma State. Katie has married Matt Walker who is from Lyman, Wyoming and continues to be a great addition to Aspen Meadows Ranch.

Scott Gilmore, our Ranch manager, is a life long cattleman and horseman. He has worked with us about 13 years and helped create our dream of running a quality horse program. Scott continues to run his own cattle operation with his wife, Connie and 3 children. They live in East Sulfur Creek south of Evanston, Wyoming.