BRANDED BONANZA CATALOG
BRANDED BONANZA CATALOG
Are you looking to welcome a new partner into your life? The trainers competing in Branded Bonanza have some amazing wild horses and burros looking for their forever home.
The following horses and burros will be offered at Branded Bonanza via reassignment through the BLM with the addition of a training fee (paid to the trainer) beginning at the start of competition on June 28, 2024, and wrapping up at the completion of competition on June 29, 2024. If you are interested in adopting one of the available horses, please visit the BLM booth at the event and complete the application.
We highly encourage you to reach out to the trainers to ensure the horse or burro is the right fit for your home, ability, and goals. Our hope is that each of these wonderful animals land in the perfect, forever home.
Please review the BLM Wild Horse & Burro Adoption Requirements prior to completing the application. If you would like to print, complete and bring the application with you to the event, you may do so by using the link below.
Wyatt
Trainer: Brandyn Wilson
Division: Adult Under Saddle
Age/Gender: 4-year-old Gelding
HMA: Sheepshead
Approximate Height: 15.2hh
Description:
Wyatt is a very easy going, willing, curious, and in your pocket gelding! He loves to be loved on and wants to do the job at hand. This bay gelding would be a great addition to your herd if you are looking for a gentle and levelheaded mustang. Wyatt has been out in the Owyhee's trail riding, and he has been to multiple different arenas; dragging, roping, ground poles, loping through the barrel pattern, and carrying a flag. This mustang is a well-rounded individual looking for his forever person to take him to the next level!
Bernie Mack
Trainer: Kacey Widick
Division: Adult Under Saddle
Age/Gender: 6-year-old Gelding
HMA: Sheepshead
Approximate Height: 14.3hh
Description:
Mack is 6-year-old gelding from Sheepshead, OR HMA. From day one, Mack has been willing and quick on picking things up. Mack is easy to get along with and would make a fantastic kids horse as well able to be an all-around horse. Mack has moved cows and been roped off of, and also loves to spend time on the trail. There’s absolutely no spook, buck or bolt with this guy!
Judge
Trainer: Nikita Ward
Division: Adult In-Hand
Age/Gender: 6-year-old Gelding
HMA: Twin Peaks
Approximate Height: 14.2hh
Description:
| Judge is going to be phenomenal for whoever adopts him! He's extremely intelligent and willing and has a good disposition. He leads, loads, ties, baths and picks up all 4 feet. He lunges both directions, side passes both directions, backs and pivots both directions. He is super soft on cues. He also is an amazing jumper! He's a smooth mover and has amazing form.
He would be fantastic as a jumper or dressage horse. He is currently being started under-saddle. I'm sure I missed some amazing things about this boy, so if you have any questions, please contact me. |
Dolly
Trainer: Kayley Tanner
Division: Adult In-Hand
Age/Gender: 6-year-old Mare
HMA: Diamond
Approximate Height: 14hh
Description:
This sweet girl has come a long way from the scared horse she was to the friendly, trusting partner she is now! Dolly has always been curious, and that has led her to be willing to try new things and catch on quickly. She has learned to start thinking things through and look to her trainer for direction.
She can be caught in a pasture, haltered, brushed (body, mane, and tail), wears a fly mask, pick up front feet, lead at a walk and a trot, back, round pen at all 3 gaits, walk over obstacles, trailer, walk/trot/lope over ground poles and small jumps in the round pen, has been saddled and bridled.
Skills we're currently working on: fly spray, picking up back feet, backing around objects, pivoting, desensitization around tarps and in other situations.
At 14 hands, she is easy to handle and has so much potential to be a great horse for a kid or small adult, or even the perfect pack horse.
Wild Heart
Trainer: Cayla Haynes
Division: Youth In-Hand
Age/Gender: 2-year-old Gelding
HMA: Sand Springs
Approximate Height: 15hh (and growing)
Description:
Wild Heart has the sweetest personality. He loves to play and is very curious about his surroundings. He stood for the farrier without any issues, and is familiar with ground poles, walking over tires and through obstacles. He has been walked down the road, saddled, blanketed, fly masked and bathed. Wild Heart is not a fan of puddles, although he doesn't have any issues with ground tarps or walking through a kiddie pool full of plastic balls. So, with more time, he will most likely overcome his hesitation with water. He will load in slant and straight load trailers. He has been ponied on trail and sat on several times. Trainer is an 8-year-old girl, so he is not new to brushing and being pampered. With a more experienced owner, he will make a wonderful horse whatever direction they want to take him.
Fiona & Moose
Trainer: Kendra Mendes
Division: Youth In-Hand
Age/Gender: 2-year-old Mare + Foal
HMA: Hardtrigger
Approximate Height: 14.2hh
Description:
Fiona and baby are up for reassignment. She was recently gathered from the Hardtrigger, ID, herd and was pregnant. Fiona definitely has way more whoa then go and is a very calm mare at just 2-years-old. Baby Moose is 3 weeks old, has just started leading and doing well with that. We are asking $4,000 for both of them.
Cupid
Trainer: Justice Payne
Division: Youth In-Hand
Age/Gender: 2-year-old Gelding
HMA: Fox Hog
Approximate Height: 14hh
Description:
Cupid is a very gentle and kind, loving horse. He absolutely adores being loved on, picks up all four of his feet, stands tied, bathes, clips, and loads like a dream! This boy will make someone’s dream horse become a reality. He has 4 big, white stockings and a huge, white blaze. He is stocky and lengthy - likely to mature to 15-16 hands!
Cupid gets along with everyone. He goes through trail courses like a dream and will be ready to finish your way. He is very lovey dovey and just wants to be with you at all times. He doesn’t have a mean bone in his body.
Within 15 minutes of working with him right after pick up, I got his tag off. Within the next three days, he trailered up like a dream, side passed both ways, lunged on a line outside a round corral and inside a round pen. He even was able to go on the teeter-totter on day two! He will be a really awesome horse! Don’t miss out on him!
Moon
Trainer: Montana Lopez
Division: Youth In-Hand
Age/Gender: 1-year-old Filly
HMA: Black Mountain
Approximate Height: 11.3hh
Description:
| Someone is over the Moon to meet you! From the Black Mountain HMA, Moon was born August 2023. She has been with us since she was 9 months old. From the corrals she was curious about us and didn't mind us touching her. She loves head scratches and makes silly faces when you scratch just the right spot where her neck meets her shoulder. She spends her days in the pasture with other horses, goats, sheep and dogs and isn't bothered by any of them. Moon leads quietly, ties, picks up all 4 feet, can be brushed and sprayed with fly spray. She loads in and out of the trailer and hauls quietly. The last 2 photos are of Moon's mother right before she was born, and the other is of her at days old with her mother in the wild. Check out that mane on her mama! |
Legend's Fairytale
Trainer: Paisley Tanner
Division: Youth In-Hand
Age/Gender: 2-year-old Gelding
HMA: Sand Springs, OR
Approximate Height: 14hh
Description:
Legend's Fairytale (Legend) is a very sweet boy! He is around 14+ hands, can be haltered and lead, joins up and works well in a round pen (at all three gaits), picks up front feet (we are working on back feet), has been saddled a few times, and working on bridling.
Legend loves snuggles and follows me around the round pen like a puppy dog! He is a little timid of the trailer but once he sees the hay he will hop right in.
