The owners of Smarty Pants Ranch are hoping the potential buyers of their picturesque Ojai, CA, property are ready to make an intelligent investment.

The 3-acre horse ranch just galloped onto the market for $6.5 million. The property last changed hands in 2013 for $2.4 million.

Naturally, we were curious about how the place got its name.

Are the horses gifted in math? Does the water improve your IQ?

The real reason is pretty straightforward. Smarty Pants Ranch was christened with the nickname of owner Andrea Gaines, a former software sales and marketing expert. The mother, fitness instructor, and life coach—along with her equine partners, Red and Flash—helps clients seeking improved wellbeing.

So Gaines’ original version of equine therapy helps people be smarter about themselves and their lives. And the ranch is the site that facilitates that.

But this ranch also has a number of tangible assets that should attract buyers. The small city of Ojai is inland from Montecito, CA, on the Santa Barbara coast, which is adored by celebs such as Oprah, Ariana Grande, Prince Harry and Meghan Markel, and Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi, among many others.

The area offers a bucolic and unspoiled setting that’s close enough to Los Angeles to be convenient, yet far enough away to provide a healthy, private, coastal-country lifestyle.

Spanish-style home

In addition to being situated in a highly desirable location, Smarty Pants Ranch boasts a contemporary Spanish-style house. It was designed by acclaimed local architect Jane Carroll and built in 2005.

The 4,676-square-foot home features three spacious bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, and a bonus room/loft. There are beautiful, custom teak floors and soaring, wood-beamed ceilings throughout the house.

Almost every room—including the bathrooms and the sunny yellow kitchen with a custom-mosaic backsplash—offers spectacular views of the property’s verdant landscape and the mountains beyond.

Outdoor and guest amenities

Along with the main house, the property has a two-bedroom, 1.5-bathroom guesthouse. Set in a private space, it has its own private driveway, yard, and views.

Outdoor amenities include a pool, fire-pit conversation area, stables, a turnout and riding arena, and more than 300 trees with 26 different types of fruit.

And the property’s multiple picturesque trails are perfect places to enhance the mind, body, and soul.

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