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NV200 Little OwyheeAML 298
| Darlene Stevenson's Lakota    Darlene writes, "I went with a friend to an auction - she was looking for a trailer. This man pulls in with a cattle trailer, so my daughter asked what he had his reply was "just a mustang". What do I do -----Nextel Sandra who happened to be at an adoption, run his brand (which happened to be extremely easy to read), the BLM said "not titled," you can submit an application for reassignment. So I told the guy we would take him. Well to make a long story short I now have his title. He was originally adopted as a yearling and is from the Little Owyhee HMA. Lakota was 13 at the time I got him from the auction. So he was "lost" in the system for 11 years. And not to brag or anything but he is AWESOME of course! I have to share him with my daughter, Ashley. But here are some photos of him on the web site." http://www.sfmustangs.com/junior-jump.htm- Darlene
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NV201 Snowstorm MountainsAML 140 | A few years back, a local rancher in the Snowstorm Mountains area imported a top Thoroughbred stallion from Europe. The stress of the trip took its toll, and the stallion's first breeding season resulted in no foals. The rancher had no use for a sterile stud horse, so he released him into the wild. Surprise! The stallion recuperated fully, his fertility was restored, and he has left a very strong mark on the wild horses of the Snowstorm Mountains area.  At left, Rocky, a Snowstorm Mountains mustang re-adopt, being trained by Mark & Skip Lang |
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NV202 Osgood (zeroed) | NV205 Slumbering Hills (zeroed) |
NV206 Krum Hills (zeroed) | NV203 Hot Springs (zeroed) |
NV204 Bloody Runs (zeroed) | NV207 Eugene Mtns (zeroed) |
NV 208 Jackson Mtns |   Internet Adoption horses from Jackson Mountains |
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 "Nevada" from Jackson Mtns |  "Nevada" from Jackson Mtns |
 #2686 from BLM Internet Adoption, before he became Koda |  #2686 Now Koda, Today! |
Hi. My name is Rachel Derby. I was looking on your web site and I believe that I now own one of the horses that you have pictured. He is in the Jackson Mnt #208 section. His brand number is 582686, “Koda”. I was just wondering if you could confirm this and if you have anymore pictures and information about him. I am just curious. I bought him about a month and a half ago in Indiana. He is adorable and I am crazy about him and I have found myself wanting to know every possible detail I can about him. If you have any info I would greatly appreciate knowing it. Thank you, Rachel | |
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NV 209 Black Rock EastAML 50 Horses roam freely between Black Rock East and West. | The Black Rock horses are large and sturdy. The US Cavalry Remount program has left a strong mark on them. Black Rock East youngster |
 Levi from Black Rock East |  |
Tally-Ho, adopted and trained by Julia King Tally has been winning ribbons and championships all over the place lately. She is also a calm and reliable trail horse. At well over 16 hands tall, she definitely has "presence!" |  Jean Turner & Julia King on their large Black Rock horses at the Western States Wild Horse & Burro Expo. Jean takes her horse all over the US on the Fox-Hunting circuit. |
 Stephanie Padgett's "Bella" from Black Rock East | |
NV 210 McGee CreekAML 41 burros |  Paco, adopted by Erica Williamson |
NV 211Antelope Range(zeroed) | NV212 Selenite |
NV213 Truckee Range | NV 214 Kamma Mtns |
NV 215 Lava BedsAML 119 horses | 
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| This wonderful mustang is Mellow. He is from the Lava Beds HMA in Nevada. Our other mustangs had all been bought privately prior to him, he is the first one we adopted ourselves. He was rounded up in December of 2005 and we adopted him June 9, 2006. We were petting and leading him the first night home and he has been like a puppy ever since. The most calm and curious horse we ever could have asked for! This picture was taken after only 8 days here. He is awesome! ~Michelle Rasmussen |  |
| NV 216 Seven Troughs AML 124 horses |  Seven Troughs Burros for adoption at Palomino Valley Spring 2006 |
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NV 217 Blue Wing MtnsAML 29 horses |
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 Blue Wing Burros at capture site |  Cookie from Blue Wings and Jed Turner |
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 Blue Wings HMA, showing 2003 capture site |  |
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NV218 ShawaveHMA 52
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 Koda from Shawave, captured on 1/18/95 purchased from a prior adopter in 2005 by Bernice Lawson |  |
| OUR SHAWAVE LIVESTOCK GUARDIAN: My daughter saved money to buy a horse. We were at a livestock sale in WV when she found a horse she had to have , a little dark bay mare which had been abused. There were bad cuts on her legs and face and a lot of scars. She was very nervous but seemed to like Sara. I tried to talk her into buying something else but she bought Sally for $325. When we got her home I found the mustang brand under her mane. I decoded it and called the BLM. She is from the Shawave Mtn. herd in the Winnemucca district. She was captured in 1998 and went to Palomino Valley. From there she went to Jackson, MS. She was then adopted by a man in Virginia. He got her title in 2000. I don't know where all she was since but she was treated very badly. All of her cuts are healed now and she is getting more trusting but she is still afraid of men. We can pick up her feet and do her hooves and she saddles real easy but it will be a while before we can ride her. We have found one very unique thing about her: she has decided that it's her job to guard our livestock. She rounds up all the sheep and goats every evening and circles them. We have not lost anything to coyotes. Our neighbors lost 75 goats. As far as we're concerned, Sally is worth her weight in gold even if she never makes a riding horse! Her guard instinct is priceless. -Aggie Ross New Milton West Virginia | |
NV 219 Nightingale |  Nightingale Chipmunk, adopted by Georgia Moss |
NV 220 Buffalo Hills |  As of February 3, 2006, this Buffalo Hills mare is available for adoption over the Internet. Call Mike Meyers at Palomino Valley for information: 775-223-9046 |
NV 221 Granite Range |  |
 9-month-old Granite Range filly 
|  Appaloosas from the Granite Range are believed to be the descendants of circus horses who escaped a train break-down
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"Harley"  "My trainer friend had Harley in for some training and the girl who adopted him wanted to sell him so we got "hooked up"! Harley had laryngeal hemiplegia ( a paralyzed larynx) and had to go to UC Davis for surgery where he proceeded to win the hearts of all the vets and students at the facility. He has turned out to be an absolute wonderful horse that I will never part with. Anyway, I just wanted to share with you what happened to that horse that was so friendly at the Reno adoption. By the way, Bob was trimming his feet the first day he was home from Reno." - Cindy McMurry  |  Harley at Pt. Reyes
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 Here is Harley with friends at Palomino Valley in 2001, awaiting adoption  | 
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NV223 Sonoma Range (zeroed) | |
NV 222 Calico Mountains | According to Glenna Eckel, WHB Specialist, ranch horses were raised and periodically gathered in this area by the Jackson family until 1971. They introduced Thoroughbred studs and Pinto mares to "upgrade" the local wild horses. This HMA consists of 157,000 acres of steep volcanic mountainous terrain. Elevations range from 4000 feet, at the foot of the Black Rock Desert, to 8491 feet at Division Peak. Calico Mountains horses are highly desired by adopters for ranch work and performance riding. It is a very colorful herd with lots of creme (cremello, palomino, buckskin, perlino, and smokey black), Medicine Hat Toveros, and Frame, Sabino and Splashed White Overo pintos, as well as Tobiano pintos. |
(click for Calico Page) |  Sparky's other side |
 Gretchen from Calico Mountains - pure white mare adopted by Gwilda Byrd |  Roya Squire and her new Calico Mtns colt from the June 2005 Vallejo adoption |
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These are of my mare Kiowa. She will be 14 in May and is my pride and joy. I got her as a 10 year old and we are currently studying Parelli Natural Horsemanship together. She is one of the easiest horses I have ever worked with and the most fun. We have done the Western States Wild Horse and Burro Show the last 2 years as well as the Nevada State Fair. I always get compliments on her color and her temperament. I been asked everything from "Is she a warmblood/ thoroughbred/ quarter horse?" to "Can I breed my mare to your stud?"! The looks I get when people find out she is a mustang is priceless!! I wouldn't sell or trade her for anything. Kiowa has made me a believer in mustangs for life! Thanks so much for your site! Kathy Voorhis Reno, NV |  The first picture is of Kiowa and myself in the summer of 2005 and the second is from 2005 as well. This is one of her favorite places to be! Once she got comfortable with the horse trailer and loading, she started randomly jumping up on to my stepdad's car trailer. She does this with no encouragement-even in the middle of the night! Now it's almost impossible to get her off of there without food!
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 Here is a picture of Alabaster with trainer, Scott Kandel. I adopted Alabaster from the Palomino Valley Center in July, 2005. He is a gentle, smart, magnificent animal. Debra Brus | |
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_small_small.jpg) _small.jpg) 3-year-old "Sparky Twin" at 2003 Western States Wild Horse & Burro Expo 2003   Calico Mountains Mares from 2000 gather |  Carlie and her adopter, Cathy Barcomb, trail riding in the Sierras |
 Calico Rose - Mare |  Jazzy from Calico Mtns - originally adopted by Lesley Neuman and now owned and trained by Julie Hahn |
 Calico Mountains horse at adoption |  Calico Mountains horse at adoption |
STAR Star, adopted by Roya Squire as a yearling |  Star as a 2-year-old |
CALICO MTNS FLY Adopted by Karen Floyd & Family |  Adopter Karen Floyd's daughter, Alex, with Fly a short time after adoption |
 ADOPTED!!! (This might be the Floyd Family's "Fly" |  ...And a year later, Alex is riding Fly! |
 Grullo yearling adopted by Efren R of Napa |  |
 As of February 3, 2006, this Calico Mtns mare is available for adoption over the Internet. Call Mike Meyers at Palomino Valley for information: 775-223-9046 |  |
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 Calico Mtns mare |  As of February 3, 2006, this 3-yr-old dark buckskin Calico Mtns mare was adopted by Janet Hickman through the new NIASN program at Palomino Valley - Congratulations, Janet Hickman! |
 Calico Rose |  "Dream" adopted by Janet Hickman, a few months after adoption |
Calico Mountains Calico Mountains |  Calico Mtns mare |
Calico Mountains |  Sparky from Calico Mountains (Nancy Kerson, adopter) |
| GUS from Calico Mtns Hi there! My name is Sharon and I see my mustang "Gus" is on your website. I bought him from Sherry Timms in 2002 and traveled 22 hrs out and 22 hrs back from New York to get him. I have five horses and he is by far the favorite. He has been invited to the BLM adoption being held at Ithaca, NY this year on July 22 and 23. I have since adopted a wonderful blood red bay who is currently 3 and I have started to lightly ride. What a thinker! He also hails from Nevada, but not the Calico Mtns. I have a registered paint in my barn that is by far the "show horse" however, Gus is my boy and the one I choose to ride. We trail, and show. He took my daughter who was 5 last Sept. to high point youth at the Mid-Atlantic Mustang Show. His first year of showing at that. He has a long way to go, and actually I just started showing also but we are having fun. I have had many trainers approach me about him since he is such a big boy and holds himself "in natural balance". It's fun to see their faces when they learn he is an adopted mustang. I get a lot of people suddenly interested in adoptions because of him and I do get a few of the "high and mighty" that have actually walked away after loving all over him when they found out he was not of "high breeding". I love it. He competes with the best of them and has a big heart for try. I dont know, but I have been told by several people he has great potential to make it to Grand Prix level dressage. Whatever he does, he will never leave my barn!!!!!! I sent some updated pictures of him. - Sharon, NY 06/22/2006 |  Gus' original adopter, Sherry Timm, riding Gus in 2002  Gus at a horse show in 2005  Gus performing Dressage |
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NV 225 East Range(zeroed November 2001) | |
NV 226 Warm Springs CanyonAML 175 horses | |
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 Sugar Dollar from the Warm Springs Canyon HMA - adopted by Celeste Foster of Georgia |  |
 Warm Springs filly adopted in 2005 by "Californiadreamin" |  |
 This Warm Springs Canyon mare was adopted over the Internet as part of the NIASN Pilot Program. |   |
NV 227 Black Rock WestAML 186
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 Karen R's awesome Black Rock mare, Hanna |  Hanna flying a kite |
NV228 Fox-LakeAML 204 Part of the Fox & Lake range was zeroed out a few years back because it was impossible to protect the horses from folks in the area who were illegally capturing them and selling them at auction. | 
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NV230 South Slumbering Hills(zeroed December 1985) | |
NV229 North StillwaterAML 126 |  This is a picture of my first mustang, Whisky. We found him at a horse auction in early 2005. He is from the North Stillwater HMA NV229. He was foaled in 2002. I have since bought several other mustangs and have started taking others in and finding them new homes to keep them out of auctions. Mustangs are wonderful horses and I'm glad to be able to help them out! - Michelle Rasmussen |
NV 231 Tobin RangeAML 17 | |
NV232 Trinity Range(officially zeroed August 1982, last gathered 2005) The herd area is located South of Seven Troughs HMA, on "checkerboard" land that is a mix of private and public land. It was zeroed out of the BLM Wild Horse & Burro system, due to the fact that the land is so checkered with privately-held areas that it was too difficult to protect the horses. |  The large, elegant Pinto on the right is Piper, from the Trinity Range. Piper is owned by Sandi Anderson and they perform in an all-Mustang drill team |
NV233 Lower Paradise Valley(zeroed) | |
NV311 Augusta Mountains
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 Spring Mountain Spirit, adopted by Rosemarie Cruze "She thinks life is great. It is for her." | |
 Augusta Mountain Onyx | |
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