Nancy Young and Carol Stone are and were salt of the earth types of people.  The type of people who welcome you into their home, feed you and talk passionately about Spanish Mustangs into the late hours of the night. You feel like you have known them your entire life and they are the type of people who at a moments notice would come get you if your car broke down or you needed help.  They are the type of people, like most mustangers, who you like to hang around with, become lifelong friends with, proud to introduce them to significant others and want your children to be around.  They greet you with a smile and a hug and leave you the same way.  The stay is always too short and you miss them as soon as you pull out of their driveway.  Something I have never forgotten is how open and friendly they were in sharing their love for these horses and how excited they were for me to begin my journey with these horses!  Each and every one of us has the same opportunity to share our excitement with others out there and hopefully welcome more people to our extended family! 

Looking back on my life, horses were always a part of who I was as a person.  My earliest drawing were of horses and on the occasion I was lucky enough to find a Western Horseman at Dick’s Supermarket in my hometown of Darlington, Wisconsin it soon became dog eared and wrinkled, much like I am now. 

Today at White Pines we generally have about 15 Spanish Mustangs, from Stallions to brood mares to riding stock to youngsters.  Currently we are trying to develop our Sulphur strain of Spanish Mustang.  Like the Mustangers who have come before and the one’s still hanging in there this isn’t a way to get rich or break even, but it is a way to be rich beyond your wildest dreams in friendships with good honest hard working people who treasure these horses and know they deserve to stick around for another round of kids to ride on.  As for me I can’t do much about curing the world’s various diseases or stopping world hunger with my drop in the bucket, but what I can do is help save this special animal for another generation and along the way hopefully turn out some good decent horses and maybe pass along this passion for this rare breed to others! We are fortunate to live 45 miles north of Green Bay, Wisconsin where the summers aren’t too hot for very long, the winters not too bone chilling cold for very long and the pastures are lush and hay plentiful.  

I started out college thinking maybe I wanted to be a vet or a history teacher and kind of have both with my interest in Spanish Mustangs but eventually my degree ended up to be in  Communications and I have been a videographer for 17+ years at the same company in Green Bay.  We are busy and the hours are long but usually never boring and it puts gas in the tank and hay in the barn so life is good! 

You can usually find me puttering away on the farm fixing fences and having a handful of curious horses observing my every move.  Other members in my corral are my girl Lisa, who keeps me on the straight and narrow even when I want to jump off the path, and the other is my daughter, Savannah, who is 10 going on 18 and is  a top hand in helping me out.  Our goals change and evolve but at the heart of everything we do is just educating people about our horses and the HOA and eventually getting our horses out in front of people more so they can see just what they can do and how special they are!   

I hope you all have a wonderful summer with your horses and I hope to see many of you at the meeting in Indiana in October.  Remember, your goals may seem huge and out of sight but if you just take one step at a time and be persistent eventually you will get there.  Til' then give your horses a scritch from me and if I can help you out in any way don’t hesitate to contact me. 

For the horses,

Duane

White Pines Spanish Mustangs

N4063 hwy 141

Pound, WI  54161

www.whitepinesspanishmustangs.com

Ponyman1964@hotmail.com

1.920.482.0406