Animal Profiles: Journey
Journey Before Destination is our BLM Mustang, from the Three Fingers HMA in Oregon that was decimated by wildfires a few years ago. I bought her from a BLM auction on the internet, sight unseen. She was a “boring” bay color, so few were interested in her, but there was a note on her page that she was “calm and friendly”. In her video, she didn’t spook or gallop around the inside of the pen like most of the horses, but trotted around a bit, and then started nosing around for grass. Her color has become quite pretty as she has gotten older too, even if it is a common bay.
Despite being our tallest horse by a good bit, she is still a filly, not yet full grown. I was expecting a Mustang pony, and was surprised with a Mustang horse instead. It is clear that God worked that out on purpose, since her favorite person is my husband, who loves her right back. I wouldn’t generally recommend a wild Mustang as someone’s first horse, but it seems to work for them.
Journey is inquisitive and observant. While she has a long way to go to become comfortable with human handling and normal husbandry stuff, much less saddle training (hopefully starting this winter!), she is not the slightest bit worried about following people around the pasture. Journey also seems to have a special affinity for neurodivergent kids, something we’ve noticed on several occasions, as she will allow them to pet her face in ways that she stills shies away from with most others. She’s an incredibly cool horse, and we are so blessed to have her in our lives.
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