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Eight saddle-trained wild horses will be available for adoption, Thursday, Nov. 19, in a virtual competitive-bid event starting at 6 p.m. Pacific Time via Zoom. The animals are offered by the Bureau of Land Management in coordination with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.

The wild horses available for adoption were trained by inmates in the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center wild horse training program in Elk Grove. The training program, established in 2013, provides opportunities for participating inmates to gain valuable professional and life skills while training wild horses for placement into good, private homes. The wild horses were gathered from overpopulated herds on western ranges as part of BLM’s mission to manage healthy horses on healthy public lands.

“This is a great opportunity to bring home a saddle-trained wild horse with a solid training foundation, thanks to our important partnership with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department,” said Karen Mouritsen, state director for the BLM in California. “These horses are ready to continue their training and to become valued members of horse-loving families.”

Prospective adopters must complete a BLM adoption application and have a BLM-issued bidder number to participate. To receive a bidder number, prospective adopters should download an application from BLM’s website, complete it electronically, and send by email to BLM California Wild Horse and Burro Program Manager Amy Dumas at [email protected]. The deadline to apply for a bidder number is Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 4 p.m. Adopters must meet the BLM’s adopter qualifications and provide facilities that meet BLM requirements. Details can be found at BLM.gov/whb.

Anyone interested can view the horses and get more information about each animal and the training program at www.blm.gov/cawildhorseadoption. Adopted wild horses must be picked up from the R3C training facility in Elk Grove on Dec. 12.

For more information, contact Dumas at 916-978-4678…

THE HORSES

Now for what you came here to see, the horses! They are presented below in alphabetical order with photos and videos. Enjoy!

Breeze

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Breeze likes attention and loves to be petted. He will ask for it, too!  He is a willing horse and needs an intermediate rider.  He prefers the trail to the arena. He would excel at “out of arena” disciplines. He has been used to open gates, check mail, and general ranch work. If you are looking for a trail pal, he might be the one for you. Check out this handsome love bug!
Freezemark: 16187601
Color: Chestnut/sorrel
Height: 14.2
Age: 4
Gender: Gelding
Herd Management Area: Nevada Wild Horse Range, Nevada

Challenger

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Challenger has a great personality.  Challenger has wonderful ground manners and is a calm guy. He is a nice mover.  He rides well in the arena or on the trail.  In a herd, he is low in the hierarchy, which is why he has some scratch marks on him. He will do everything well for you, but do not ask him to back out of the trailer. He prefers to walk out forward.  He backs fine on the ground or under saddle. All the trainers have ridden him, even the new guys.  He could make a nice first horse for an advanced beginner or intermediate rider. Check out this sweet little horse! (Please watch this guy’s videos.  These photographs do not do him justice.  We are photographically challenged–which is not his fault!)

Freezemark: 13990019
Color: Chestnut
Height: 14
Age: 7
Gender: Gelding
Herd Management Area: Spring Mountain Wild Horse Territory (USFS), Nevada

Colorado

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Colorado is a wonderful guy and is a favorite around the ranch.  He has been used to teach beginner riders.  He is soft, supple, and aims to please. He is used for chores around the ranch. For example, they use him to check water tanks. He has also been in a 2-horse straight load trailer. He is easy to catch and is in the middle of the pack in the pasture.  However, while he is fine with other geldings, do not put him out with mares.  The guys are going to miss him. Their loss will be your gain!
Freezemark: 16187595
Color: Red Roan
Height: 14.1
Age: 4
Gender: Gelding
Herd Management Area: Nevada Wild Horse Range, Nevada

Denali

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Denali is a wonderful, kind, loving, willing horse.  He is quiet. He only has five months of ground and saddle training.  He had lots of handling prior to his training due to an abscess on his belly that needed treatment. He is fully recovered with no issues from it.  He has been good on the trail and in the arena. He is very smart and learns quickly.  He is very responsive to soft cues and kindness. He would be good for an advanced beginner or intermediate rider.  Check out this nice, sweet horse.
Freezemark: 15731290
Color: Bay
Height: 14.1
Age: 5
Gender: Gelding
Herd Management Area: Sulphur, Utah

Hunter

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Hunter is a calm, level-headed horse. He needs an intermediate rider. He has a lovely lope and smooth transitions.  They have not done much rope work (as in swinging a rope off him) with this horse and he has not yet sorted cows.  He is a nice all-around horse.  The trainers say he learns quickly and is a favorite on the ranch.  He is ready to go to the next level of training.  His lateral work under saddle is coming along nicely.  Check out this handsome horse!
Freezemark: 16187551
Color: Dark bay
Height: 14.3
Age: 4
Gender: Gelding
Herd Management Area: Nevada Wild Horse Range, Nevada

Legend

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Legend is a sensitive horse.  He will look at things and may shy a little bit under saddle especially in the arena but he gets over it quickly once he sees whatever it is. He much prefers to be out of the arena. He also enjoys sorting.  He is very supple and moves well off the leg.  He is smooth with nice lead departures. He has been riding in a shanked snaffle or a Billy Allen with a roller.  He is beginning to neck rein. He is an easy keeper.  Legend is JP’s go-to horse at the moment.  If you are an intermediate to experienced rider with a good seat, Legend will flourish with you.
Freezemark: 13187651
Color: Buckskin
Height: 14.3
Age: 7
Gender: Gelding
Herd Management Area: Nevada Wild Horse Range, Nevada

Lobo

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Lobo is the horse JP used to teach the guys to ride bareback and the new guys how to ride. He has a lovely lope. He is really calm.  He does not like being in large groups in the arena; he prefers to be in smaller groups or by himself when riding.  In the pasture, he is in the middle of herd hierarchy.  He might do well for an advanced beginner.  He is less supple than some of the others in his class so may not do well with a very-beginner rider or a child.
Freezemark: 12187586
Color: Bay
Height: 14.1
Age: 8
Gender: Gelding
Herd Management Area: Nevada Wild Horse Range, Nevada

Shasta

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Shasta has a great work ethic and a bit of energy. She is extremely willing and loves to please.  She has helped to start other horses in the round pen and has a calm temperament.  They use her to pony other horses. You can see she is an easy keeper but do not let that fool you! Walking for hours is not her preference; she would much prefer to trot.  She has lovely gaits. She enjoys sorting the cows. Because she has a bit of “get up and go,” she would be a wonderful horse for an intermediate rider.
Freezemark: 15187136
Color: Red roan
Height: 14.1
Age: 5
Gender: Mare
Herd Management Area: Reveille, Nevada

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