Direct Adoption

Kite is a 2020, 13.3-14hh gelding from the North Hills HMA in Utah. This remote region of southwestern Utah produces hardy, independent ponies capable of surviving harsh, hot conditions. North Hills mustangs are smart and kind, but can be sensitive and high-energy, and they may need a delicate, experienced touch to bring them to their full potential. Like most Utah mustangs, the North Hills ponies’ ancestry is Spanish Colonial, with additions of ranch horses, mining ponies, and other working horses to the gene pool.

Kite is the first mustang to benefit from a pilot partnership between RAMS and the USFS. To give this special little guy a better chance at finding the right adopter, he will be offered with basic gentling (catching, leading, grooming, picking up all four feet, and loading into a trailer) for $125.

Kite is a bright, athletic pony with a very high ceiling for a patient and dedicated adopter. He is sensitive and emotional, which can lead to setbacks, but he is also extremely kind and engaged. We have been working on reducing his anxiety about touch using positive reinforcement techniques, and he has been very receptive–he now marches up to total strangers, looking for treats!

While at RAMS, Kite has only lived with geldings and has been somewhere in the middle of the social hierarchy. He will require at least five-foot solid fencing to adopt. He is very green, but has a solid start in his basic ground manners and is up to date on vaccines.

At the adopter’s expense, Kite can receive a Coggins, health certificate, and dental appointment before his departure.

💚 Tag off
💚 Leading
💚 Grooming
❌ Picking up 4 feet (2/4)
❌ Trailer loading
💚 UTD vaccines\

*Current as of December 2025

Amélie is a 2017, 14.1hh mare from the High Rock HMA on the Nevada-California border. High Rock mustangs are elegant and athletic, with heavy influence from ranch and cavalry horses. They come in a wide variety of colors, from basic chestnut, bay, and black to creams and pintos. These horses are in high demand with adopters because their brains match their looks; High Rocks are, in general, friendly and forgiving horses that make excellent first-timer mustangs. High Rock mustangs range from pony sized to over 16 hands and are suitable for a wide range of disciplines.

Amélie is a smart, athletic mare who is really coming out of her shell after spending the summer and fall turned out on a two-acre field. We plan to send her to a partner trainer for saddle starting and to offer her as a well-started sport pony prospect. She will have a good foundation in dressage when she is available to adopt.

Amélie is reactive to insect bites and needs a full coverage fly sheet during the warmer months. She has lived with a mixed herd in three-strand electric fencing and is lower in the social hierarchy, but cozies up to the lead mare.

💚 Tag off
💚 Leading
💚 Grooming
💚 Picking up 4 feet
💚 Trimming feet
❌ Trailer loading
💚 UTD vaccines
❌ UTD dental
❌ Ground driving
❌ Wearing a saddle
❌ Bitted up
❌ Backed
❌ Sent off to riding school!

*Current as of December 2025

Amélie is likely to excel in:

• Dressage
• Eventing
• Foxhunting
• Endurance/CTR

Winter is a 2016, 14hh mare from the Warm Springs HMA in Oregon. This area is known for producing tall, athletic horses in any color you could want, including pinto, cream, and Appaloosa! Horses from Warm Springs excel in high-energy sports like eventing and endurance. However, they are kind and intelligent enough to make good family horses as well. Warm Springs horses typically range from 14.2hh and up, with some individuals clearing 16 hands.

Winter has lots of energy and a strong personality. She is highly sensitive to touch, is missing an upper right molar, and will need an advanced adopter working with a trainer. She is currently in basic training and will be available once her medical concerns have been addressed.

To sponsor Winter’s journey, please contact us.

Winter’s progress as of December 2025:

Winter is on a rehab cycle of coming in for training and dental care and being turned out with Rooster to move freely and let her brain and body relax. We are hopeful that we will one day be able to offer her for adoption, but she has work ahead of her.

💚 Tag off
💚 Leading
💚 Grooming
❌ Picking up 4 feet (2/4)
❌ Feet trimmed
💚 UTD vaccines

Rooster is a 2010, 15.1hh gelding from the Devil’s Garden HMA in California. This area is in high demand for its sturdy, quiet horses with lots of draft ancestry. The classic DG color is bay, but the region also produces cream dilutes, roans, and the occasional blue eye. Most horses from Devil’s Garden are relatively low energy and forgiving, making them excellent first-timer mustangs. However, individuals with more cavalry and ranch horse ancestry can be extremely athletic. DG horses range from pony-sized (with some under 14 hands) to 16 hands, with a few even taller.

Rooster is a shy, sensitive horse who took a long time to come around to domestic life. He will do best with an adopter who has experience with anxious horses. He is currently in basic training and will be made available if/when he settles enough for consistent handling.

To sponsor Rooster’s journey, please contact us.

Rooster’s progress as of December 2025:

Rooster continues to make slow, steady progress and has benefited enormously from a maintenance dose of Prozac to help him relax and think before reacting. While he still has a very high flight drive, he’s a sweetheart and a tryer. He is currently turned out in our sanctuary field with Winter, where we will happily have him live out his days.

💚 Tag off
💚 Leading
💚 Grooming
❌ Picking up 4 feet
❌ Feet trimmed
💚 UTD vaccines