Sanctuaries / Refuge / Rescues A-R

 We search for large and small landowners who are willing to house Wild Horses that have been removed from the Herd Management Areas, providing the horses with a long-term, safe landing sanctuary home. This includes any safe opportunity of accessible land, whether it's a private owner (leased or donated), sanctuary, or our own land purchases. If you do not have land, but always wanted to help a horse, we have a few to pick from that you can sponsor! If you have available land to donate, let us lease it from you! If you can do both-great!  Banditas has purchased/adopted 19 Sand Wash Basin Wild Horses. We are currently working on 1 more now and plan for a few mares once they are available to adopt or purchase. They have all been placed on properties located in Colorado. The land is either leased, donated, or homes of our board members. Finally, the horses have a new freedom! Banditas has collaborated with Steadfast Steeds, an organization operated and ran by Tracy Harmon, located in Glade Colorado. 3 older horses and 1 younger will have a forever home there!  Banditas purchased 4 Sale Authority mares from the March 2022 adoption event and 3 Sale Authority geldings from the October internet adoption event and they have all been placed at The Refuge, owned, and operated by Pat Craig of the Wild Animal Sanctuary.  Any horse adopted by Banditas has a forever home. While some may be trained, others will not. We offer a complete “re-wild” setting. If the horse chooses to engage, it is on their time frame-never forced. 

 Please contact us so we can help you through the process of adoption! 

You don't rescue the horse ~ the horse will rescue you!  

Where Hoofbeats are our Heartbeats

Helped find Forever Homes for Willie Nelson, Chip, Jazzy Spirit, Serpentine, Slate, Sundance, Kahlua, Odakota, Abigail, Gabriella, Juliette, Kootenai, Mariah, Ladore, Zeppelin, Spirit, Flash, Daible, Amigo, Pepe, River, Capitano and Ortencia, 

Forever home for Rocket.

Folly and Friends is home to Uno, daughter of Eclipse and Checker.

Home for Aroha, Stella Luna, Lark, Mistral, Wild Spirit, Schatzi, Aramis, Silver Storm,  Gale, Storm, Jake,  Cary, Watson, Blake, Whistler, Vinny and one unknown.

 Our Mission is to adopt, train, rehome and provide sanctuary to Wild Horses in order to get them out of holding and into their forever home, either with us or through rehoming. 

We Adopt, rehome, take in owner surrenders and provide long term sanctuary to Wild Horses. We will strive to educate people on how amazing and versatile the trained Mustang can be in the horse world. We will also educate people on the plight of the Wild Mustang in the West. 

Home  for Pete, Kennedy, Nigella and Salvaje,  from Sand Wash Basin.

Home to Triumph and Braveheart.

Home for Caesar and LaRoux.

Home for Brumbly,  Corsandra, Cream Puff, Coal, Legacy,  and Jewka.