Our first priority is to keep wild horses on the range.  Sometimes it is not possible and we bring these horses to one of our local ranches where they are cared for and prepared for adoption.  Our experts decide if and when it is appropriate to make a horse available for adoption.  

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

Name: Carletta
Age: 4 to 5 years old
Color: Chestnut with a star strip and hind socks.
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Part of the South Reno 24, removed by the NDA and rescued by Wild Horse Connection. Carletta is a beautiful chestnut mare with unique markings. She has a star strip on her face and socks on her hind legs.

Name: Carl
Age: 10 to 20 years old
Color: Chestnut with a blaze, right front half pastern, left hind sock, and right hind sock
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Part of the South Reno 24, removed by the NDA and rescued by Wild Horse Connection. Carl is a handsome chestnut gelding with striking white markings that make him truly unique. He has a bold blaze on his face and distinctive hind socks.

Name: Brit
Age: 7 to 15 years old
Color: Sorrel with a star strip, broken snip, left hind sock, and right hind pastern
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Part of the South Reno 24, removed by the NDA and rescued by Wild Horse Connection. Brit is a stunning sorrel mare with unique markings that make her stand out. She has a gentle star strip on her face, a broken snip, and distinctive white markings on her hind legs.

Name: Flannery
Age: 5 to 10 years old
Color: Bay with a star and left hind sock
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background:  Flannery is a handsome bay gelding with star and left hind sock. He is a resilient Mustang from the Virginia Range, and was part of the South Reno 24.

Name: Emil
Age: 5 to 10 years old
Color: Black with a large star
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Emil is a handsome black gelding with striking large star that make him truly unique. Emil is a resilient Mustang from the Virginia Range, and he was part of the South Reno 24.

Name: Dustin
Age: 5 to 10 years old
Color: Black with a Left and Right hind pasterns
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Dustin is a stunning black gelding with a great personality. He has a beautiful flowing mane. Dustin is a resilient Mustang from the Virginia Range, and he was part of the South Reno 24.

Name: Chief
Age: 10 to 20 years old
Color: Bay with a star
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Chief is a stunning bay with a great personality. He has a beautiful star and flowing mane. Chief is a resilient Mustang from the Virginia Range, and he was part of the South Reno 24.

Name: Bo
Age: 20+ years old
Color: Black, star with hind coronets
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Bo is a stunning stud with a star and hind coronets. He is a resilient Mustang from the Virginia Range, and was part of the South Reno 24.

ADOPTED

Name: Rizzi
Age: 4 years old
Color: Blue Roan
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Rizzi is a beautiful blue roan mare with a star and right hind sock. She is a resilient Mustang from the Virginia Range, and was part of the South Reno 24.

Name: Verlander
Age: 1 year old
Color: Bay
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Verlander is a beautiful bay year old gelding. He is a resilient Mustang from the Virginia Range, and was part of the South Reno 24.

Name: Torro
Age: 3 years old
Color: Chestnut
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Torro is a beautiful chestnut gelding with a blaze and hind socks. He is a resilient Mustang from the Virginia Range, and was part of the South Reno 24.

Name: Nutmeg
Age: 10+ years old
Color: Buckskin
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Nutmeg is a beautiful buckskin gelding. He is a resilient Mustang from the Virginia Range, and was part of the South Reno 24.

Name: Margo
Age: 10+ years old
Color: Bay
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Margo is a beautiful bay mare. She is a resilient Mustang from the Virginia Range, and was part of the South Reno 24.

Name: Java
Age: 7 years old
Color: Black with a right hind pastern
Breed: Mustang from the Virginia Range
Background: Java is a beautiful black mare with right hind pastern. She is a resilient Mustang from the Virginia Range, and was part of the South Reno 24.

Kendra

Adoptions and Rescues Kendra

Name: Kendra
Age: 3 year old mare


ADOPTION APPLICATION / AGREEMENT

Completed applications can be emailed back to info@wildhorseconnection.org 


ADOPTION BASICS

Horses are 1000+ pound social animals that live a long time and eat a lot hay.   

Rescue and adoption is not for the faint hearted but those who love and understand horses.

The adoption process is designed to show that the horse: 

  •   is going to a good home with hay, water and some fenced space to roam
  •   is going to good people who have some horse experience 
  •   can be picked up in Northern Nevada 
  •   will be safely transported 
  •   will have routine exams and necessary care by an equine veterinarian 
  •   preferably will have some horse/animal buddies   
  •   will be cared for and loved for a long time 

Past Adoptions

Here is a gallery of formerly wild horses that have gone on to new homes

RESCUES

OUR RESCUES BARON, BOOMER, SEVEN, PEANUT, KNIGHT, KINGCO,TEX

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