What Rancho Temescal, Llc does

Rancho Temescal, LLC is a privately held, single-property operating company that runs a 6,000-acre working ranch in the northeast portion of Ventura County, California, approximately 40 miles north of downtown Los Angeles and within an hour's drive of Santa Anita, Pasadena, and Santa Barbara. The company monetizes the ranch through three distinct service lines: (1) a full-service thoroughbred breeding and racing facility offering individual stalls, sales preparation, mare motel stalls, sand turnout, pasture, and grass paddock services; (2) film, television, and commercial location rental across the ranch's diverse terrain (orchards, treescapes, row crops, pastures, creeks, waterways, lake views, old barns, farm buildings, and roadways); and (3) event hosting for weddings, birthdays, networking events, holiday parties, and corporate retreats. Core physical assets include the Main Barn with Eurociser, Mare Motel, USDA Quarantine facilities, irrigated pastures drawing from Piru Creek, and over 600 acres in active agricultural production (avocados, lemons).

The revenue model is purely transactional and asset-based, with no software, subscription, or recurring-contract layer. Thoroughbred services are priced per day per stall or paddock (e.g., $49/day Main Barn individual stall, $65/day sales prep, $33-$49/day pasture and paddock options), with USDA Quarantine rates negotiated by length of stay and horse count. Film and event revenue is not publicly priced and is handled through direct relationship-based sales. The company has 1-10 disclosed employees and a single dedicated film industry liaison (Tim Cohen) who manages inbound production inquiries via direct phone, cell, and email. The operation is privately held, has no parent company, no disclosed subsidiaries, no funding history, and operates as a sub-$10M lifestyle/land-asset business in the Southern California market.

Go-to-market is entirely direct: three website properties (ranchotemescal.com for core and film, ranchotemescalevents.com for events) serve as the primary marketing surface, with bottom-of-funnel film bookings driven by the named liaison. The customer base is segmented horizontally across thoroughbred owners/breeders, production companies seeking locations within a 45-minute drive of Burbank/LA, and event hosts. There are no published customer logos, no third-party marketplace listings, and no disclosed repeat-customer data.

Name

Rancho Temescal, Llc

Legal name

Rancho Temescal, LLC

Website

https://ranchotemescal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1871

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Rancho Temescal, LLC operates a 6,000-acre working thoroughbred farm and ranch in Ventura County, California, offering per-day horse boarding and breeding services, film and commercial location rentals near Los Angeles, and event hosting for weddings and corporate retreats.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Equestrian and ranch services

NAICS

Horses and Other Equine Production (11292), Support Activities for Animal Production (115210)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Equine Working Ranch & Trail Operations (non-tourism) (AFAEAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Equestrian & Rodeo Facilities (MPAKAEAM)

Keywords

• Thoroughbred horse boarding
• Film location services
• Ranch event venues
• Equestrian facility services
• Agricultural property rental

Headquarters

HQ city

Piru

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rancho Temescal operates a 6,000-acre working ranch in Ventura County, California, providing three core services: (1) full-service thoroughbred breeding and racing facilities including individual stalls, sales preparation, mare motel, sand turnout, pasture boarding and grass paddocks, with USDA Quarantine capability; (2) film and commercial production location services supplying diverse natural terrain within 45 minutes of Los Angeles; and (3) event hosting for weddings, birthdays, networking events, holiday parties, and corporate retreats on the ranch property.

Product overview

Rancho Temescal is a privately-owned 6,000-acre working ranch in Ventura County, California, offering three distinct service lines: a thoroughbred breeding and racing facility, film/commercial location rental services, and event hosting. The thoroughbred farm provides comprehensive horse boarding and care services including individual stalls, sales preparation, mare motel facilities, sand turnout, and pasture grazing. The film location service offers diverse natural backdrops across the ranch's agricultural land, waterways, and rural structures for production companies. Event services utilize the ranch's rustic-elegant setting for weddings, corporate events, and private celebrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Thoroughbred Farm Services Full-service thoroughbred breeding and racing facility on a 6,000-acre Ventura County ranch, offering individual stall boarding ($49/day), sales preparation ($65/day), Mare Motel stalls ($38/day; foal +$3/day; under lights +$2/day), Sand Turnout large paddock 28'x40' ($38/day), pasture boarding (weanling $33/day; yearling $38/day; mares $38/day), grass paddock ($49/day), and USDA Quarantine accommodations with rates varying by length of stay and horse count.
• Film and Commercial Location Services Production location services providing access to 6,000 acres of diverse natural terrain 45 minutes north of Los Angeles, including treescapes, orchards, row crops, pastures, creeks and waterways, lake views, old barns, farm buildings, and roadways for film, television, commercial, and industrial video productions. All inquiries handled through dedicated film industry liaison Tim Cohen via phone, cell, and email.
• Event Hosting at Rancho Temescal Venue rental at a 6,000-acre Ventura County ranch marketed as 'rustic charm, elevated elegance' for weddings, birthdays, networking events, holiday parties, and corporate retreats. Inquiries are routed through a dedicated events website (ranchotemescalevents.com).

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Broad incumbents

• WinStar Farm: Major Kentucky thoroughbred operation offering stallion services, boarding, sales prep and racing partnerships; serves an overlapping breeding/racing clientele with Rancho Temescal, but at significantly larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Calumet Farm: Historic Kentucky Thoroughbred breeding, boarding and sales-prep operation; comparable to Rancho Temescal's thoroughbred farm service line in offering lay-ups, sales preparation and stallion services, but at materially larger scale and brand recognition in the U.S. bloodstock market.
• Universal Studios Backlot & Ranch Operations: Major studio with controlled on-lot backlot and off-lot ranch facilities used for in-house production; competes with Rancho Temescal for film-location work but as part of a much broader studio services portfolio rather than as a stand-alone film-ranch operator.
• Hearst Ranch / Hearst San Simeon: Very large historic California coastal ranch (and adjacent Hearst Castle operations) with cattle, agricultural, hospitality and event uses; comparable to Rancho Temescal as a multi-use legacy California ranch, though at vastly larger scale and different geographic focus.

Direct peers

• Big Sky Ranch: Historic Newhall-area ranch (now part of Disney Studios) famous for Western and family-film production, with similar rural Western terrain and heritage to Rancho Temescal; both serve the LA film-location market within roughly an hour's drive of the studios.
• Alisal Ranch: Santa Ynez Valley guest ranch and event resort combining equestrian programming, weddings, corporate retreats and rustic-luxury lodging; comparable to Rancho Temescal's events and equine-board service lines as a multi-revenue California ranch venue.
• Lane's End Farm: Kentucky-based full-service thoroughbred boarding, breeding and sales-prep farm; directly comparable to Rancho Temescal's core thoroughbred service line (stalls, sales prep, mare/pasture care), with overlapping customer base of racing and breeding clientele.
• Paramount Ranch: Former Paramount Pictures Western film ranch in Agoura Hills (now Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area); historically a direct competitor to Rancho Temescal for LA-area Western/ranch film shoots and illustrative of the scarce supply of such locations.
• Golden Oak Ranch (Disney): Disney-owned 700-acre ranch in Placerita Canyon (Santa Clarita) used as a film and television location; operates as a private production-services site comparable to Rancho Temescal's film-location business, with similar Southern California terrain and proximity to Hollywood.

Regional players

• Santa Anita Park: Major Southern California thoroughbred racetrack within ~1 hour of Rancho Temescal; not a direct farm competitor but is the regional hub that anchors demand for boarding, lay-ups and sales-prep services in the ranch's local market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rancho-temescal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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