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Young
Bill Bossert at the Ranch 1930's |
- he Old Bossert Ranch has been the working
cattle and horse ranch for nearly a century. The ranch has been owned and
operated by the Bossert family since 1910 and is located at the southerly
end of California's historical motherlode country where gold was mined
between the little towns of Raymond and Coarsegold. Several old abandoned
gold mines still exits on the original Bossert homestead.
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- Back when grandpa Bossert was raising
horses, he bred for one characteristic--true western working ranch horses.
He didn't need pretty or fancy horses. He needed horses who would work
hard, work smart and work faithfully to help him tend his Black Angus cattle.
He also used his horses to take he and his family on backpacking trips
in the high Sierra Nevada's or the "high country" as the old
timers call it. Consequently, grandpa Bossert cross bred his horses for
willing and intelligent dispositions, athletic ability, and strong skeletal
muscular bodies that could endure unusually long distances with ease--characteristics
that made the American Morgan Horse famous.
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- With these same qualities in mind,
Bill and I studied various breeds and decided on breeding Morgans because
they possessed all the qualities that grandpa Bossert bred for but with
one added bonus -- Morgans are not just good using horses, they are truly
beautiful horses as well. Although grandpa often bred mustangs and thoroughbreds,
he like most ranchers of his day, always tried to cross in pure Morgan
lines whenever he could, to ensure he had tough reliable equine athletes
with sound minds.
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- In this family tradition, Bossert
Ranch began a equine breeding program exclusively dedicated the American
Morgan Horse in 1996. Although we're still growing and developing our herd,
we are really pleased with our results so far--hope you are too and hope
you enjoy your tour of Bossert Ranch in cyber space.
Thanks for stopping by!
Bill and Nina Bates |
