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Leading up to the June 2007 Adoption at Horseman's
Park, I had been working with two mares and a jenny, trying not to get too
attached as I have always been a gelding kind of guy. This was my first Wild
Horse and Burro Adoption and I had been toying around with the idea of coming
home with a Mustang. I turned in my paperwork the morning of the adoption and
found myself approved, leaving the building with my bidding number in hand.
During the months prior, while I was at home on the computer, I would pull up
the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Web Site and look at all the animals who
would be coming to Las Vegas from the
National Wild Horse and Burro Center at Palomino Valley (PVC) for the
adoption. There was this one grey yearling from Saulsbury that caught my eye,
and I would continue to look at his picture every day. There was just something
about this horse.
Being that I would be boarding my
Mustang, I opted to bid on one of our National Wild Horse Association (NWHA)
Gentled Mustangs. At the close of the silent bid, we went to a competitive bid
for each animal, and it was then that I was outbid. This was my first adoption,
so I knew there would be more, and was basically glad I could have the
experience. More importantly, every animal was adopted. The next morning, I woke
up with a few voicemails on my phone from the BLM. The grey yearling, who I had
verbally expressed my affection for, was left behind and needed a home. The
winning bidders never claimed him. The odds of this happening just blew me out
of the water, so I made a few calls, and before too long we were headed out to
Sandy Valley to Augustus' new home at the Shiloh Horse Rescue and Sanctuary.
Since then, Augustus has turned
into an outstanding young chap. He has made some wonderful friends out at Shiloh
and loves to play chase with me. Also, after doing some research and contacting
the BLM out of Tonopah, it turns out that Augustus is a 'Stone Cabin Grey' from
the Stone Cabin Herd Management Area (HMA). He was part of the Stone Cabin
Complex Gather '07, which included the Stone Cabin, Saulsbury, and Reveille
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