By pledging a monthly sponsorship of $50 for a mustang or burro, you significantly aid our efforts, enabling us to support our current rescues and continue saving more in need.
Sponsor a Mustang or Burro in Need
Sponsorship Benefits
When you sponsor a mustang or burro, you will receive a personalized Certificate of Sponsorship and a magnet featuring your chosen equine. After 12-months your sponsorship also includes a private, hour-long visit to Montgomery Creek Ranch, where you'll have the opportunity to meet your sponsored horse or burro, spend quality time with them, take photos, and ask questions to our knowledgeable staff.* Your contribution helps cover the care and well-being of one of our horses, enabling us to dedicate more resources to future rescues.
*To schedule a visit with your sponsored equine, we require a minimum sponsorship commitment of 12 months. If you wish to visit sooner, you can prepay for 12 months in advance ($600). Please note that the visit dates are predetermined by Montgomery Creek Ranch, several offered throughout the year.
Cappuccino (Cappy)
-
Name: Cappuccino AKA “Cappy”
Year born: 2011
Rescued from: Government holding
Favorite Ranch activity: Eating carrots
-
Cappuccino is a striking pinto gelding rescued from a slaughter auction in Nevada. He hails from the Fort McDermitt reservation lands and came to the Ranch in 2012 with 24 other stallions.
He is beautiful in every light and enjoys carrots and the company of mustangs, Panerai, and Redeemed. While you can sometimes scratch his neck, he is wild at heart and loyal to his best horse friends.
Cirrus
-
Name: Cirrus
Year born: 2010
Rescued from: Government holding
Favorite Ranch activity: Being with her herd mates
-
Cirrus is a pinto mare from the Warm Springs Herd Management (HMA) in Oregon, rounded up from public lands in 2020.
She was set to be a part of a dangerous sterilization research study until a lawsuit stopped the procedures. Cirrus has the most extraordinary marking on the right side of her neck, a horse's head -- whose mane merges with her own. When we released Cirrus out to be with our wild herd, the light came back into her eyes. She is named for the wispy cirrus clouds that signify a change in the weather.
Luna and Diva
-
Names: Luna and Diva
Years born: 1993 and 2001
Rescued from: Goverment holding
Meet them here: Traveling with their tight clique
Favorite Ranch activity: Eluding MCR staff!
-
These two grey mares are mother, Luna and daughter, Diva. Luna is the leader of the Deer Run herd at MCR.
Rio, pictured between/behind them, was their stallion in the wild and he is still always with them. These are iconic mares from Nevada who were able to stay together when they were gifted to MCR.
Luna is over 30 years old and Diva is over 20 years old. Diva's daughter is also at MCR, her name is Hope.
Biter
-
Name: Biter
Year born: 2008 (est.)
Rescued from: Slaughter auction
Meet him here: The Big Herd
Favorite Ranch activity: Spending time with his friends
-
Biter is a dun gelding from Nevada. He was born in the wild but was rounded up by helicopter in a 2010 federal government operation. Biter is very handsome and still very wild despite having lived at the sanctuary for more than a decade. True to his name, Biter attempts to bite staff when he and the herd are brought in twice a year for worming and hoof trimming.
Boone
-
Name: Boone
Year born: 2012
Rescued from: Slaughter auction
Meet him here: Napping under a grey pine
Favorite Ranch activity: Chasing butterflies
-
Boone is a striking dun black from the Pauite Reseveration in Nevada. He sent to auction as a 3-month-old orphan with over 500 other Pauite horses.
At auction, Boone squeezed through a steel panel fence to be with the mare and foals we had just rescued from Pilot Valley and we knew we had to keep him safe with us and bring him to the Ranch
Bravo
-
Name: Bravo “The Movie Star”
Year born: 2011
Rescued from: Government holding
Favorite Ranch activity: Being with mother-daughter duo Luna and Diva
-
Bravo is a majestic Bay gelding from Fox Hog Herd Management Area (HMA) in Nevada. Bravo was rounded up as a 3-year-old, adopted from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and featured in the wild horse documentary, American Mustang.
Bravo fulfilled his role in the film and we gave him what he always wanted -- his freedom. He is very attached to the Deer Run mares Luna and Diva and runs with their special herd at the Ranch.
Cinnamon
-
Name: Cinnamon
Year born: 2008
Rescued from: Government holding
Favorite Ranch activity: Being the boss
-
Cinnamon is a beautiful bay roan mare, who was born in the Red Desert of Wyoming. She languished in government holding pens for over 6 years until we adopted her.
Interestingly, she only has one 'corn' mark (on her left shoulder) when most roans have many.
Earl Grey
-
Name: Earl Grey
Year born: 2011
Rescued from: Government holding
Favorite Ranch activity: Staying as far away from humans as possible!
-
Earl Grey is a strong and powerful dapple grey gelding from the wilds of Nevada. He was rounded up as a young stallion from the Fort McDermitt reservation and rescued by MCR from an auction. He is wild to the core, and we respect his choice. Some people believe that grey horses symbolize wisdom, patience, and clarity.
Little Man
-
Name: Little Man
Year born: 2010
Rescued from: Slaughter auction
Meet him here: Anywhere Trigger is
Favorite Ranch activity: Anything Trigger is doing
-
Little Man is the best friend of Trigger—both were born on reservation lands in Nevada and sent to auction with 25 other stallions headed to slaughter. Little Man is a smaller horse and might have been a candidate for our training program but we didn't want to separate him from his absolute best friend for life, Trigger. They are always together in the big herd at MCR.