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I popped in a while back when we first got Mickey (The Mickster).

My sister has a 96 acre thoughroughbred farm in KY and after I took the wife back there one spring and the sis had her on her horse well... That was ALL she wrote :-)

Now it's to the "lets get 10 acres" point (though for what we can get it for in the Agricultural area around here (Contra Costa Co, CA) I could get a section in NV and it would have cool rocks with sparkly shiny stuff).

I'm interested in getting one of the BLM horses some time, where we board, they have the folks in with them once a year to adopt them out ($125 + a year wait for title so losers won't run them off to France or the dog food factory). There's some right nice looking ones. Critters seem to take well to me, people couldn't believe it when some of those horses would come over and smell me\let me rub their noses while they shied away from everyone else.

I've seen them out there in the wild on some wandering trips, it's quite a sight. The breed mixture is interesting too, you can tell that some were descended from draft stock while others are from the riding breeds.

The breed mixture is interesting too, you can tell that some were descended from draft stock while others are from the riding breeds.

Yeah, I know what you mean. There is one bloodline of mustangs, I can't remember where they are, that were fairly isolated and were from the Spanish bloodlines. They are really gorgeous!

My first horse, Chico, was a formerly wild mustang who was found on a Nevada friend's property, shot in the neck and very weak. They nursed him, tamed him and sent him up to me. He was very draft-like... big roman nose and huge feet, very unlike the lean narrow type that our mustang arab cross is.

Chico was gangly and rough looking in the presence of all the TBs and warm bloods at jumping shows, but he sure could jump with them! I eventually sold him when I wanted to show more, but sure wish I had kept track of where he went.

Next time you're in Nevada let me know. I love showing off my horses and we still have a few wild horses left around us. BLM and state are trying mightily to get them all but the ones left are pretty wise.

Contra Costa, huh? Don't you all know it's going to fall into the ocean one of these days. I grew up in Santa Clara County.