A Florida Cattle Ranch Dedicated to the Care and Preservation of America's Wild Mustangs and Burros

In 2004 congress stripped the protection from the wild horse herds that they have enjoyed since 1971. In one swift move an amendment was slipped into the appropriations bill for 2005, with no public hearing and many congressmen not even knowing it was there, and was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The bill was signed into law by President Bush in December. The new law said that the Bureau of Land Management, which is suppose to protect the wild horse herds under the Law of 1971, was to sell at auction all Mustangs over 10 years old and all Mustangs that had been through their adoption process three times without being adopted. (All this can be studied from our Learn More Page).

Barbara and I have had Mustangs on our ranch since 1987. We have watched them work cattle, win state championships in barrel racing, cutting, reining, win endurance races, trail ride and do just about any job needed. We have also spent time out west watching the herds and watching them work cows on ranches. Since 2004 we have also learned how endangered they are. Due to greed, political maneuvering and a growing population the horses are being rounded up at an alarming rate. Oil companies, big ranchers, miners and others want the land that is our public lands and they want the horses to go. Many horse groups as well as individuals have tried to get the law changed since 2004 but to no avail.

In February 2005 we placed a bid for 30 Mustangs to go with the stallion and three mares we had. They arrived in April. Seeing what fine horses they were we bought 20 more in July. One Stallion and 19 mares arrived in July of 2005. Since that time we have been breeding 30 of the mares with our two stallions. The results can be seen on our gallery page.

Barbara and I have been married for 50 years and plan to spend the rest of our working life trying to make sure that the Mustang will always be around and people like us, that love them and want them, will be able to get them. We feel that in the future the Mustangs will be so few that they will be hard to get. Surely our grandchildren will see that day.

We hope that you will take the time to look at our site as well as the sites of our links on our “Learn More” page and judge for yourself the future of our great Mustang horses. They are a part of our Nation's history and deserve to be treated in a manner befitting the horse that helped us to build the Nation.