Team Black Star

Pictured from left to right: Ellen Guidry, Randi Domingue, Kris Suard, Owner of Black Star Ranch and Nica Orgeron

Welcome to The Black Star Ranch. Construction began in the summer of 2005 from an empty cow pasture and has become a beautiful facility which is ever growing...still.

Located in the heart of Cajun country in Houma, Louisiana, Black Star Ranch boasts all the amenities and services of a first-class riding academy specializing in basic western riding and barrel racing. Our local community is filled with charming southern hospitality and great Cajun cuisine, with plenty of culture, hunting and fishing.  Approximately one hour from our ranch is the famous New Orleans French Quarter.

Our ranch is capable of hosting an array of equine events.  Situated on 300 acres, our barns are capable of housing 70 horses.  Black Star Ranch has the biggest privately owned covered area in our region.  Our covered arena, which is 140 x 230, connects to our open arena, which is 125 x 220, making equine events unique.

Main Barn

Many people ask "Who is Team Black Star?"  Team Black Star was created by the owner and founder, Kris Suard, to help support her as a beginning barrel racer.  She realized early on that the process of  learning to ride a horse for the first time at 37 yrs old was a great challenge, but when she set her sights on barrel racing, she needed some “young guns” as moral support.   Ms. Kris carefully chose several local amateur and intermediate barrel racers to join in her quest to become a great barrel racer.    These young women all work in some capacity for Ms. Kris in her companies and get the wonderful perks of riding and competing utilizing her barrel horse herd.  Randi is Ms. Kris’ Barn & Barrel Herd Manager, Nica is Ms. Kris’ Business Manager, as well as, her Executive Assistant.  Ellen is one of our ranch administrators and is Mr. Suard's Executive Assistant.  Each of the three bring different levels, style and wonderful charm to our team and never ending support for Ms. Kris.

Bayou Fuel

Introducing “Bayou Fuel”, own son of the famous stallion “Oklahoma Fuel".  What is a barrel horse ranch without a stallion? In December of 2007, Ms. Kris received an offer to buy “Curly” from his previous owner, not quite ready for that endeavor but not wanting to miss this opportunity, she jumped in head first. We are expecting our first crop of his babies at Black Star in the Spring of 2009.   Ms. Kris learned early on, through a tragic accident, to buy “mare power” as her competition horses.  Her first barrel mare was kicked by a boarder's horse and broke her elbow.  If this would have been a gelding, he would have had to be euthanized. A 9" plate and 9 screws later, she is one of our top broodmares out of an old faithful Doc Bar.  Over the last few years Ms. Kris has purchased her mare power having some of the top bloodlines at our ranch.  We have  mares by  Packin Sixes, Streakin Six, Flit Bar, Alive n Firing, Dash for Perks, Bonito Ike, Dallas Fuel, On the Money Red, Shining Spark, Peppy San Bager and Dash for Cash.  Our yearling group has some of the big favorites of Dash Ta Fame, Perks Alive, Marthas Moon and Frenchmans Guy. Within the next 3 years, it is our goal to produce some of the top barrel horses from our region. Perhaps a few of our babies will make it to the futurity world.

While we work on growing our babies, Team Black Star will continue to work with top trainers and attend competitions in an effort to reach their goald of becoming 1D riders.

We hope you enjoy our website. 
Welcome to our world at Black Star Ranch.

Team Black Star Barrel Horses

Donatella	Cowgirl
Chanel	Velvet
Cash	Maxum
Montana	Outlaw
Princess	Scoot

Black Star Ranch Mission Statement

*Be a training facility for horse enthusiasts to excel at their chosen discipline of riding

*Increase knowledge and support and enhance our local equine industry through clinics, riding  lessons, horse training and professional horse sales

*To provide a positive, honest and professional atmosphere for those in the equine industry. We  will not participate in the negativity that many times surrounds this profession.