Location:

To the South of the Bay Area in the rolling coastal foothills, North of Salinas and Monterey, the little Rancho Camino Real occupies a small portion of an historic 8,000-acre property and grass-fed cattle ranch.

Horses are kept in pasture year round and enjoy the variety that a working ranch provides. In addition to exposure to cattle, the horses are familiar with a variety of livestock, including cottontail and sharing pasture with the active local ground squirrel community.

Bloodlines and Horses:

Two distinct Colonial Spanish Horses are separately bred to preserve their rare bloodlines.

Choctaw: Young Choctaw stallion, Atocha was selected to perpetuate the dun color factor within the Choctaw breeding project, and consistently produces boldly marked zebra-dun foals, which are beautifully proportioned, balanced and highly social. The ranch managers have nicknamed Atocha, ‘the Gentleman’ for his gentle and polite demeanor. He leads the bachelors group and still remains ‘one of the guys’. The Choctaws are very intelligent, gentle and historically do very well in endurance and stock work, though they are all round horses that could excel in any endeavor including driving and jumping.

Wilbur-Cruce: Our Wilbur-Cruce stallion Diamond has excellent bone, strong, healthy feet and a sensible, gentle, and affectionate temperament. He produces confident and athletic foals with lots of heart, which would do well in any discipline. Our stallion’s line carries gait and his full sister is both laterally and horizontally gaited!