The Horses

As there are 60 of them, we can't very well do a paragraph on each one, but here at Dragoon Mountains we think a lot of our horses, and so we thought to tell you a little about them.

They are mostly Quarter Horses, with a few Thoroughbreds and a couple of Arabs, Paints and Appaloosas thrown in for good measure. We get our horses for their disposition, looks and intelligence, not for the breed or color. They are happy horses. The wranglers are all good horse hands, love horses and are kind to them without being sentimental, and so the horses are relaxed and yet disciplined.

They work 15 hours or five days, whichever comes first, and get a day off, and then work three weeks and get a week off, to run free on hundreds of acres of range. Most of them are used for cattle work, as well as on trail rides, some in reining and cutting clinics, and we think they all enjoy their work. They are a lot of what makes Dragoon Mountains Ranch the place it is!