THE RESULTS OF THE FEBRUARY 11TH, PRISONER TRAINED MUSTANG ADOPTION!
I have the results printed under each photo below. However, I wanted you all to see the original post, in case you missed it. So, I’ve re-posted it here.
Again this time, many of the horses went for very low prices. Such a deal!! Really, you should consider adopting from here. The horses are healthy, smart, trained (8 hours a day, 5 days a week for 4 months) and the Coggins and Health Certs are included! Arrangements for travel are easy…
I am a huge proponent of these sales because I have attended 4 and own one of the Mustangs – Rojo. I love him.
(To be honest, if you read my first post about my first attendance to one of these events, you will see that I had huge trepidation about this program. But, I have since changed my mind – totally.)
THE NEXT ADOPTION IS MAY 19TH 2012. MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND GO! (If I can help you arrange something, let me know! )
Again, below is the original post for this particular adoption but I’ve added their final adoption price to each horse photo .
THE ORIGINAL POST FROM JANUARY 16TH, 2002.
(with final sale prices included under the photos of each horse)
OMG! Another great opportunity for you all! I swear, get a plane ticket to Carson City, Nevada now! These horses are well trained, smart, healthy and the last of an evaporating American breed – THE MUSTANG.
I adore Rojo, my accidental adoptee from the last auction. (If you’d like to read his stories, click here.) He is so calm, smart, well trained, obedient, happy and a THINKING HORSE. He doesn’t spook easily and is very sure of himself but still plays nicely and gets along with others. A true gentleman and scholar.
As a background, these horses were all wild until recently when they were rounded up and stuck in over-crowded BLM holding pens. Ugh. All of them are familiar with survival – both on the land and in the heartbreaking situation of the holding pens.
INEXPENSIVE – COGGINS, HEALTH CERTS, FREE!
I’m not advertising them as inexpensive they become discardable – because the is the farthest from my truth. They may be a real deal but they aren’t unworthy… I’m merely saying that the auctions are not well attended and some of these great horses aren’t even bid upon. Last time, 4 very fine horses had no bidders.
However, one cannot go up there with a stock trailer and expect to buy cheap horses for resale or slaughter. The wranglers and Brand Inspectors are a bit partial to these horses since they have worked with them for the last 4 months… You have to prove that you have the property to house a mustang (or a proper boarding facility) so BE PREPARED to show them what you have and back it up with photos of your facility.
INCREDIBLE.
I think Rojo is the second best horse I’ve EVER purchased. (The first best horse was Aladdin and since I have a small statue erected to him plus his photos all over the house, beating him to my heart would be a tall order. But, Rojo is a close second already!)
This was my Rojo's pic for the adoption brochure
TRANSPORTATION HOME
The BLM knows that folks come from out of state and don’t bring trailers to the auctions. So, they will keep any horse that you bid on temporarily while you arrange transport.
Another great thing is that they do have a Brand Inspector and Vet on the premises of the auction and therefore provide a Coggins and Health Certificate (HC is good for 10 days) immediately INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTION FEE (that alone is worth more than the initial starting bid of $150 which several horses sold for last time)!
So, there are no delays once you have transportation set up. (They also know local equine truckers who will haul for you out of state…)
- This is the new group. Look at them all standing in a huge group- calm.
HERE WE GO!
Dollar sold for $400, Easy Does it: $300
Debo sold for $300, T-Bird: $1000
Ambrossio sold for $500, Just Right: $150
Apple Jax sold for $1100, Little Guy: $800
Sleepy Hollow sold for $1400, Snickers: $700
Whirlwind Dreamer sold for $150, Little Leo: $150
Chester sold for $150, Kane: $900
Drifter had no bidders, Drako sold for $300
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I understand how you feel about Drifter but he is OK. I was told by a person who knows – that Drifter had a newbie trainer. So, they will put him back into the program for another 4 months with a new trainer. Also, the horses that aren’t adopted generally go to the Army or to the Border Patrol. I was told that there is a waiting list of government bodies who want these trained, hearty horses. So far, the adoption before last (the one where I adopted Rojo) is the only adoption where horses were not adopted. So, I think the Border Patrol and the Army will want these horses for a while.
Still, I do wish these adoptions were more heavily attended… These are such great horses.
Drifter, whom did not get bid on, what happens to him, and other ones that do not get a bid, or a home? I am glad most all did get new homes, but I feel horribly bad about Drifter……
I don’t know why but it totally made me cry (in a “good” way) to scroll down and look at all the photos and descriptions. It’s so wonderful that they do this with these horses. I think of those men and what it great thing it is for them to be able to do this … and, not a little bit, my heart goes out to them for when they have to say goodbye to “their” horse whom they’ve worked with so much. I feel for them as they hope for it to go to a good home, and wonder what becomes of it.
Interesting variety of sizes. Seems like I read somewhere that the US government introduced draft blood to the Nez Perce Appaloosas to make them less warhorse like, and I wonder if some of these horses have draft blood as well? Some, like Sleepy Hollow, have quite the Roman nose, drafty heads and size. How about some more Rojo updates?