Arizona
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My familiy's ranch near Safford, Arizona, 2008.
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My family's ranch near Safford, Arizona, 2008.
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My family's ranch near Safford, Arizona, 2008.
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Stock tack at one of the corrals on my family's
ranch near Safford, Arizona, 2008.
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| Senator's Wash, Yuma, Arizona, 2008. This small
reservoir is located near the Colorado River, and I have so many
stripers trolling with lures and cut bait. |
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The diversity of purposes in quarterhorses leads
to significant variation in conformation. Quarterhorses are bred for
saddle horses, racing, roping, cutting,
reining, halter/show, hunters, dressage, cow work, and jumping. Saddle
horses due to the lack of physical requirements shift to other
qualities such as color and disposition.
These colts were bred for
color because color sales best in the saddle
horse market. No one wants to own a simple bay, sorrel, or chestnut. A
weanling sells for $800-1000 and a yearling or 2 year old
sells for $1,500-2,000 (if you can get this). Price of course depends
on the market. However, $800 can feed a weanling's mother for a year
and time to produce another weanling. |
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My family's ranch near Safford, Arizona, 2008.
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My family's ranch near Safford, Arizona, 2008.
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View of Mt. Graham from the Safford cemetary,
Arizona,
2008. Though it is a mountain in the hot Arizona desert, the higher
peaks have snow on them all winter. Mt. Graham is the highest peak in
the mountain range at 10, 714 feet.
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| Senator's Wash, Yuma, Arizona, 2008. This small
reservoir is located near the Colorado River and is full of striped
bass. |
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