Her name is Alice. No, not following the Star Wars theme, but we think you'll all understand.
One of the hardest parts of the auction pipeline is something most people never think about. We don’t know their names. The names they’ve heard their whole lives ... the ones that meant “you’re safe,” “come here,” “good girl.”
At the auction, all of that disappears. Her paperwork simply said "aged mare, handling unknown."
So when we do get a name—when someone recognizes a horse and takes the time to reach out—it means more than we can really put into words. Tonight that happened for Alice. Alice isn’t just a number in a loose pen.
She was a working horse in a feedlot—steady and reliable, the kind you could count on day after day. When the work became too much, she wasn’t pushed past her limits. She was given to a family for their 8-year-old instead.
That tells you everything about who she is.
Somewhere along the way, her story unraveled. We don't know how she ended up in a loose sale at auction without anyone knowing anything about her. Like so many horses, she ended up at auction—older, in rough condition, and without anyone there to say her name.
But she has a name. And because of someone who cared enough to speak up, she gets to keep it.
Welcome to Gentle Spirit, Alice. 