A Land Filled With Horses

"A Land Filled With Horses" is a captivating true-crime story that reveals the severe animal neglect that took place on a remote horse ranch. This book shares what happened when the partnership for a well-respected horse-breeding program ended. One partner took his share of the horses and reestablished his successful breeding business in a new location. The other partner turned out the remaining horses on the 800-acre Yanci Ranch in Northern California and let them free-breed. Top-quality Appaloosas, Percherons and sporthorses immediately began producing offspring in a Wild West setting, resulting in hundreds of horses of all different sizes and colors, running free in the Coast Range foothills. But the herd's rapid overpopulation overwhelmed the rangeland resources. The Yanci Ranch horses were semi-feral and struggled to survive the overcrowded conditions. When a drought struck the ranch and dried up the pasture grass, the desperately hungry animals broke through the fences to find food. At that point, the plight of the hidden herd became evident. Readers will get an inside look at a tragic situation and the animal-rescue operation that followed. This is a must-read for those who love animals.

Robyn Rominger is an author and agricultural journalist based in Northern California. The award-winning writer has spent more than three decades reporting on all aspects of agriculture for publications across the United States. Robyn has written extensively about livestock production issues in the American West as well as criminal cases. The expertise she gained, coupled with her passion for local history and horses, made the author a prominent local historian.