Tay Martin and I went to prison yesterday.
That’s a full sentence around here.
The local BLM holding facility is on Department of Corrections grounds. We get our vehicle searched and phone taken away along with everything else that’s on the lengthy contraband list because we very literally go to prison to pick up wild horses.
It’s always an adventure and it’s fun once it stops being intimidating.
We wandered and discussed, petted soft noses, made notes, laughed and negotiated. The end result of a 90+ degree morning behind bars is what you see here:
4 new incredible, adoptable wildies and the slowest, quietest unloading we’ve ever seen.
All 4 were born on the range. They were calm and curious while keeping their distance in holding (I really prefer gentling the ones that don’t come up for scratches in the pens). They appear to have great minds.
We weren’t planning on naming them ourselves. When we finally sat down in the shade and watched them explore their new pens and check us out, names came to our heat-exhausted minds, so we went with them.
In order of unloading, please meet:
Doc, 5yo palomino pinto gelding from Stewart Creek, WY.
Hondo, 2yo pangare bay gelding from Twin Peaks, CA.
Chief, 4yo sorrel pinto gelding from Arapaho Creek, WY.
Tillie, 2yo bay filly from Twin Peaks, CA.
All 4 are Sale Authority and can travel. Located in Guffey, CO.
We don’t yet have current heights, they were all measured as babies and I’m not about to put them in the chute just to measure them. We will post their photos and heights on
w i l d h o r s e o u t r e a c h . o r g as soon as possible.
Since they are already named, no naming fundraiser this time. We just wrote a check for 6-8 weeks worth of hay for the Mustangs we are gentling and adopting out (not counting the Ambassadors): $3078.
If you are interested in helping Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy , a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, help wild horses successfully transition from holding pens to loving homes, please consider donating towards feed, our largest expense. Every little bit helps. Donation info in comments.
If you’re not able to give at this time, please share, like and comment on our adoptable Mustangs posts to help them get seen and find the wonderful homes they deserve.
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