When our youngest daughter, Eliza, was seven years old, she was unexpectedly gifted a two year old Colonial Spanish colt named Adelantado, bred and raised at Baca Chica farm.

The arrival of Adelantado in Vermont started a partnership with the Baca family that has helped promote their unique strain of Colonial Spanish horse. Joty and Virginia Baca of La Costancia, New Mexico have been preserving these beautiful horses for well over 50 years. Baca Chica farm sits directly on a historic section of the original Camino Real, adjacent to one of the crossing points of the Rio Grand. Mr. Baca remembers the beautiful Spanish horses from his youth and had always felt a strong connection to these horses of his own rich heritage.

Throughout the year, I select young prospects from the Baca family to bring to Red Road farm, where I gently start the horses and offer them to sale to other preservation minded horse enthusiasts.

The Baca strain is known for its gentle, inquisitive nature and athletic capabilities. They have proven to be willing partners and bond quickly to their humans. They have excellent conformation and beautiful, graceful gaits which make them suitable for many disciplines.

The Baca family has dedicated their lives to ensure this strain of Colonial Spanish horse will exist for future generations to love and appreciate. I am proud to share their commitment to these wonderful horses.