A Working Guest Ranch · A Short Drive from the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex · Quinlan, Texas · Adjacent to Lake Tawakoni
Out here, luxury is a simpler way of life.
Just east of Dallas, the pavement runs out and the day slows to a horse's pace. Chisholm Trail Rides is a family-run working ranch in Quinlan, Texas, adjacent to Lake Tawakoni, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex and surrounding areas — our 200-acre ranch opens onto 1,000+ acres of sandy-loam trails, worked since 2011. Real gates, morning feed, horses with jobs.
Guests used to tell us they were torn — fishing or skeet, saddle time or a picnic by the pond. Out here, there's no need to choose. If it's the country you crave, the day holds all of it: ride as long as the trail calls you, then let the rest unfold at a pace that feels right, shaped from the ranch side around your group.
Your horse, your ride, your thoughts, your ideas — discover your desire.
For the Saddle
Rides on true pleasure horses
Small-group and private rides on true pleasure horses, trained to listen and bond with their riders. You'll meet your horse before you ride — matched to you, never assigned — then follow sandy-loam trails through shaded woods and open pasture at whatever pace suits you: a walk, a little jog, a canter if it's in you that day. Your guide rides with you the whole way.
For the Whole Ranch
Private Ranch Retreat Days
A ranch day shaped from the ranch side around your group — riding, horsemanship, a country picnic, fishing by the pond, and more, blended however the day calls you. These aren't tours with a clock ticking; they're time on a working ranch, contoured to what you're drawn to. The longer the day, the deeper the ranch opens up.
For Those Who Stay Awhile
Private weekends & Couture weeks
For guests who come to stay, the ranch becomes yours from morning feed to evening trail — private weekends and Couture ranch weeks with daily horsemanship, riding, and the run of the land. Shaped by conversation, one party at a time.
From the Ranch
Presence over pixels
We love keeping ranch days as analog-free as possible too — more presence over pixels, with thoughtful candid moments captured for you throughout the day and quietly gathered by day's end, yours complimentary to take home and enjoy long after the day is over.
What guests notice
Patience with first-time riders. Horses kept in real riding shape, with dispositions chosen as carefully as the trails. Guides who teach as much as they lead. Water and shade handled before you think to ask, and photographs already waiting when you're back at the barn. Guests come from across the Metroplex and from around the world — and most of them come back.