There are a lot of horses on this ranch. Many of them will be sold and a lot will be bought. There are two horses on Vaquera Ranch that will never lose their place here. Those horses are… Macho Man and Keno! They are treasured here . There are plenty of reasons for that. Macho was Wanda’s first horse that she trained from a wild 3 year old stud. Of course he’s special here. He is now the top lesson horse for the natural...

The lake may be filthy, yellow, and full of algae and weeds, but we love it! Except for a couple people here, swimming in the lake is the way to get out of the heat. Sure there are snapping turtles that snap your toes if you step on them, the occasional snake, and yes there are tiny fish that bite you as soon as you stay still for 5 seconds, but what’s the fun without a little adventure? Sadly, like last year, the lake is drying up faster...

We really have the smartest horses! One likes his butt scratched, another one plays with the snapping dogs, and the smartest one chokes on grains! When we bought Thor wonderful things were told about him. His riding abilities, his beautiful bay coat, his size. What we didn’t know was that this huge horse can’t swallow grain pellets without killing himself. It was the normal feeding time. The grain scoop was rattled, and the feeder...

As mentioned in a previous blog, one of our horses is in training at Craig Johnson’s ranch, all the way in Gainesville. But not anymore. She’s coming home today. She is in fact on her way right now. Early in the morning, at about 5:30, everyone had to wake up and change to get ready for the long drive ahead of them. They eventually got ready to leave after a lot of stumbling and half closed eyes. While they were driving 5 hours to...