№ 387 · Listed
Trade · Equestrian Training
Location · Cedar City
Status · Listed in 435 Alliance

Equestrian Training

Rising K Ranch

Cedar City · Listed in the 435 Alliance — a Southern Utah register of vetted, locally owned businesses.

Klay Klemic has been riding horses his entire life, working large cattle ranches across Nevada, Utah, Arizona, South Dakota, and New Mexico before establishing Rising K Ranch at 2937 W 3800th S, Cedar City. He learned formal horsemanship refinement from established trainers in the region — including Jim Montgomery in Veyo — and his training philosophy centers on three things: horse psychology, anatomical understanding, and timing. The goal is a willing partnership between horse and rider, not compliance produced by pressure.

The ranch operates on two tracks. The trail riding program offers four options — the 30-minute Juniper Loop ($40), the 1.5-hour Cedar Trail Ride ($95), the Sunset Horseback Ride ($110), and the 2.5 to 3-hour Half Day Horseback Ride ($165) — all private and guided, seven days a week except Sundays. The horse training program takes horses into full board at $1,200 per month with a three-month minimum — covered stalls, twice-daily feed, five to six days per week of work, with a cowhorse foundation method.

Klemic sells trained horses from his own stock, which provides an implicit quality signal: the horses available for rides and training are horses he's built himself.

**Verification notes** Website live; Klay Klemic confirmed as operator and trainer on the horse training page. Address confirmed. Phone confirmed. Trail ride prices and private-guided format confirmed. Yelp and TripAdvisor listings current. Founded 2017 per search results.

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What does Rising K Ranch do?

Klay Klemic has been riding horses his entire life, working large cattle ranches across Nevada, Utah, Arizona, South Dakota, and New Mexico before establishing Rising K Ranch at 2937 W 3800th S, Cedar City.

Where is Rising K Ranch located?

Rising K Ranch operates in Cedar City in the 435 region of Southern Utah.

How do I contact Rising K Ranch?

To reach Rising K Ranch, call (435) 590-8428 or visit risingkranchtrailrides.com.

Why is Rising K Ranch listed in the 435 Alliance?

Rising K Ranch is listed because it operates locally in Cedar City and meets the alliance's editorial standard — invited, not scraped, with a public source trail.