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       WE NEED TO PRESERVE OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, AND AFTER SEEING  THE DAKOTA'S IN ALL IT'S BEAUTY, IT IS PART OF OUR HERITAGE WORTH EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS.

HERMANSON-KIST ALL BREED SALE

 

THIS AUCTION IS HELD EVERY OCTOBER FROM THE 5TH THROUGH THE 7TH. IF YOUR LOOKING FOR SOME GOOD WELL BRED HORSES THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO.

WE LEFT NEW YORK STATE OCTOBER 3RD FOR MANDAN NORTH DAKOTA, THE TEMPERATURES HERE WERE IN THE HIGH 60'S. I WAS ABLE TO GO ON THIS GREAT ADVENTURE THANKS TO MILT HART AND KATHY. FOLLOWING US OUT WITH ANOTHER TRAILER WERE JUDY AND LARRY.  WE LEFT AT ABOUT 1:00PM AND ARRIVED AT OUR FIRST OVERNIGHT STOP AFTER GOING THROUGH CHICAGO AND ARRIVING IN CLEVELAND. THIS WAS MILT AND KATHY'S 6TH TRIP SO THEY WERE VETERANS AT IT. AND TAUGHT ME A GREAT DEAL HOW THINGS WERE DONE SO I WAS WELL INFORMED WHEN WE ARRIVED.

THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE HIGH 70'S AT ABOUT 12:OO AM, JUDY AND LARRY DECIDED TO RENT A ROOM, MILT AND KATHY SPENT THE NIGHT IN THEIR TRAILER SLEEPING QUARTERS AND ME I OPT FOR THE CUB CAB SEAT, WASN'T SO BAD I GOT A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP. WE ROSE EARLY AND DROVE FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS BEFORE STOPPING FOR BREAKFAST. AND THEN CONTINUED ON OUR WAY. WE WOULD OFTEN DRIVE FOR 6-7HRS BEFORE STOPPING FOR A MEAL AS WE WANTED TO MAKE THE BEST TIME POSSIABLE AS WE WANTED TO STOP AND VISIT SOME FRIENDS OF MILT AND KATHY'S, HARLAN HOGNESS, DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF TOWN THEY WERE LOCATED IN BUT THEY LIVED WAY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, BUT IT WAS AWESOME.

WE GOT TO SEE THEIR BROODMARE BAND AND FOALS ALONG WITH THEIR STALLION, ALONG WITH THE HORSES THAT THEY WERE TAKING TO THE AUCTION. WE THEN LEFT THERE AND ARRIVED IN MANDAN ABOUT 5:00PM ON THURSDAY EVENING, CHECKING IN TO OUR ROOMS AND HEADED TO THE SALE TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE HORSES WE WERE INTERESTED IN.

AND TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING OUT ON THE PLAINS WAS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL THAT ONLY ONE WORD DESCRIBES IT THAT SENSE OF COMPLETE FREEDOM, AND ONE CAN ONLY GUESS WHAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN BACK ABOUT A 150 YEARS AGO. HOW I ENVY YOU THAT LIVE THERE YEAR ROUND SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FILLED WITH HISTORY.

ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GREAT TRIP AND BETWEEN THE THREE OF US THAT WENT WE BROUGHT BACK 15 HEAD OF QUALITY HORSES, FROM WEANLINGS, YEARLINGS, TO READY TO RIDE. IT IS A TRIP I WOULD BE READY TO TAKE AGAIN.

                                       

 

TOP PICTURE IS A COW HORSE THAT MILT TOOK AN INTEREST IN, SO GAVE THE GELDING A TRY, AS DID KATHY IN THE NEXT PHOTO, BOTTOM PHOTO IS OWNER ABOARD WITH POTENTIAL BUYERS LOOK THE GELDING OVER.

 

 

 

 THE TOP PHOTO IS SOME OF THE BROODMARES I LOOKED AT ALONG WITH THE NEXT PHOTO AS WELL. THE BOTTOM PHOTO IS SOME OF THE YEARLINGS THAT WERE AUCTIONED OFF. IF YOU COULDN'T FIND THE HORSE YOU WERE LOOKING FOR HERE THEN THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG. A GREAT SELECTION.

 

                                  THE GIRLS FIRST DAY OUT AND ARE HALTER BROKE

        IT TOOK ABOUT A WEEK AND HALF TO GET THE GIRLS TRUSTING OF ME, BUT THERE  ARE OUT AND SLOWLY TRUSTING ME AS THERE BENIFACTOR.

 

 

THE GIRLS HAVE GREAT BLOODLINES, SAN PEPPY, BLACKBURN, POCO BUENO, DOC BAR,GENUINE ONYX.  THEY HAVE IT ALL FOR THE MAKINGS OF GREAT PERFORMANCE HORSES, AND SWEET DISPOSITIONS TO GO WITH THEM. THERE BARN NAMES ARE AS FOLLOWS TOP TO BOTTOM JESSIE, DAKOTA AND CASSIE.

 

                                                   

 

 

                                                                                  VISITING A BAND OF BROODMARES AND STALLION. THE STALLION IS ON THE RIGHT AND THE MARES ON THE LEFT. IT WAS AMAZING HOW FRIENDLY THEY ALL WERE.  THEY ARE LEFT OUT HERE ON THE PLAINS TO AROUND THE LAST OF OCTOBER AND THEN THEY ARE BROUGHT IN TO RANCH AREA FOR THE WINTER. ALL THESE MARES HAD FOALS AND ARE BRED BACK FOR 2008 BABIES.