Welcome to the
Prunty Ranch, where a century of tradition meets the demands of
21st century horsemen.
Horses raised
as nature intended.
As they have been for a hundred years, Prunty
Horses are raised on the open range, in the sagebrush country of
northeastern Nevada and southern Idaho. Our foals come of
age on the rugged
Diamond A Desert,
nurtured as much by the landscape as
by their dams, evoking millennia upon millennia of deeply-rooted
equine instinct as they mature.
Quality range-bred
horses are hard to come by. Our
foals move with the foraging herd, traveling up to 20 miles a day.
Not only does this work to develop physically superior horses, but
by raising foals in a herd, as nature intended, mentally healthy
horses are created. From birth, the foals learn to traverse
rocky, brushy country, cross streams, graze, and to respect the
herd dynamic. In other words, our foals learn to handle themselves
physically, deal with a variety of naturally occurring challenges,
and to submit to dominant herd members--all of this translates
directly to a foal’s future relationship with humans.
Our unique
program offers a blend of past, present,
and future. Prunty Horses are the living renaissance of the horses
that truly won the West, with the hardiness and natural intelligence
of yesteryear’s mounts tempered by the dispositions and conformations
of modern-day bloodlines.
Visit our History Page for an in-depth tour.
***Please note that the horses
are NOT mustangs.***
AQHA & APHA Bloodlines
The Prunty Ranch proudly offers a diverse array
of horses, including AQHA and APHA registered horses as well
as grade horses, to suit a variety of purposes and pocketbooks.
See our herd sires.
Shorty Prunty
once said that horses are not made of paper. Shorty believed
that actions speak louder than words; of his horses he asked, “Don’t
tell me what you can do, show me.” A horse with a star-studded
pedigree, but no heart or natural ability would not stay on the
ranch long. However, he also held to the adage that “the blood
runs to the brain,” and took advantage of the inherent trainability
of popular Quarter Horse bloodlines.
Starting in the late 1960s, Shorty began crossing
the ranch mares with registered stallions to improve and refine
the herd, thus creating one of the Great Basin’s most well-known
lines of ‘good using-horses.’
The Prunty family continues the practice today,
continually integrating proven AQHA and APHA bloodlines into the
grade horse breeding program, while at the same time working to
offer a selection of quality registered horses.
The Prunty Ranch was one of the ranches featured
in renowned photographer Dave Stoecklein's recent book,
The American Quarter Horse, written by Becky Prunty.
Reasonably
priced - Prunty horses are competitively
priced for today’s horse market. We proudly offer horses to
meet your needs for work, pleasure, and performance.
