Last night at 6 the auction started in Rock Springs Wyoming. Jake and his family including his mom, were there ready to go. Jake’s my Partner in Wyoming on horses and cows and other ranching ventures. The preview was the night before, so we knew which horses we were interested in. I was following along online, and we were texting and talking on the phone as the bidding started. We had limits we decided each horse was worth based on our research, their temperament and bloodlines. A couple we wanted early went for way more than we thought they were worth, so we stuck to our plan and let them go.
Finally up was Lot # 16 who was a nice 3 year old gelding Jake had seen and checked out before the show. We weren’t sure how much he’d go for but decided earlier we’d make a run at him. When the bidding was over we thought we’d won and then thought we were outbid by $500 and lost him. It was hard to hear on the phone and Jake’s text’s were confusing so after getting excited, we were bummed we lost him. A few minutes later when I got Jake back on the phone discussing other horses we might go after, Jake said, “you want two horses”? Not sure what he meant, I said “what, I thought we lost him” and then he said, “no sir, we got him”! So, disappointment changed to being thrilled as we have our first horse of our new venture. We watched a few more and were going to make a run at another one if we could steal one, but the ones we targeted, went for way more than we knew they were worth.
Jake went over to the insurance lady and signed us up and I paid for the horse and today, if they have room in the trailer, he’ll go to his new home at the 100,000 acre Brush Creek Ranch and Spa in Saratoga Wyoming. He’ll live there and work cows and be trained for a year at least before we put him in another sale and sell him. We’ll go up and see him in a few weeks. We’re super excited. Here’s a couple pictures.
You can also click on this link to see more about him. Might name him Chief after a horse we had growing up, we’ll see. It’s up to Lori, ha.
In other news, Jag is all done and crushed it, Ty is working hard and we are too. Make it a great Saturday, we have lunch with Jim and Julie, our friends who bought a few islands in Belize a couple of years ago and keep bugging us to come down. We always get together when they’re up this way.
Be well, stay safe and God Bless.