Truth vs. Rumor in Wild Horse Ranch

Welcome to the Fact Checker for Wild Horse Ranch, Our Community. Here you can find out what is true and what is not. In a small town, rumors spread like wildfire. Let's separate fact from fiction and keep our community informed.

Untangling the truth

Not everything you hear is true! Wild Horse Ranch, Our Community strives to provide accurate information for our local residents. Our goal is to bring clarity and dispel misinformation.

Voices of experience

With over 25 years of experience living in Wild Horse Ranch Community, and having been involved in Catron County services, starting the Wild Horse Ranch Volunteer Fire Department, helping create the infrastructure here in Wild Horse Ranch, serving on the Board of Directors for many years, we aim to bring clarity to the rumors. Together, we can ensure Wild Horse Ranch remains an informed and connected community.

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If you've heard something circulating in Wild Horse Ranch and aren't sure if it's true, let us investigate! Submit the rumor, along with any details you have, and we'll do our best to verify the facts and share our findings with the community. See Contact Page for email address.

Fact Checker 

  • All 52 subdivision roads are graded twice a year, once in April after the winter snow melt and again in October, after the monsoon rains.  

False:  since the year 2022, the roads have NOT been graded twice a year.  The grading of subdivision roads twice a year was a protocol set by Wild Horse Ranch Subdivision Association Boards for many years, as far back as 2000.  Association Boards from 2022 forward have not used this protocol.

In 2022, the roads were graded once at a cost of $10,389.99.  In 2023, the roads were graded once at a cost of $14,330.01.  In 2024, the roads were not graded at all.  In 2025, the roads were graded one time at a cost of $31,995.00.  It should also be noted that in 2025 not all 52 roads were graded, 4 roads were left out.

 

In December of 2021, the Association voted unanimously to have an Exclusive Road Contractor Agreement with a local licensed and insured contractor at a cost of $16,800 twice a year for two gradings, beginning on April 1, 2022 until April 1, 2026.  However, this Contract was never utilized and was cancelled by the Contractor in late 2022.

  • The Wild Horse Ranch Subdivision Landowners' Association is operating at a loss, after expenses, in 2025.

True:  Their reported Income Statement for the period of Jan 2025 - Dec 2025 reports a $-23,432.17 "deficit" after expenses.  This is compared to Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 $20,027.68 "excess" after expenses.  See their report under menu topic: Association News - Financial Transparency.  

  • The Wild Horse Ranch Subdivision Landowners' Association has never been sued, until 2024.

True:  The Association was never sued from the beginning of the Association in 1999 until the year 2024.

 

It is worthy to mention that the Association Treasurer and two landowners contacted a law firm on January 31, 2022 to try and discredit the Boards of 2019, 2020, 2021 and the appointment of one Board member in 2021, saying that the Association's governing documents were not followed.  Proof that governing documents were followed, using Minutes and Documents filed with Catron County were presented showing the Boards in question were valid, as was the appointment of the one Board member.  We are not sure if the bill for this, around $4,000, was paid by the Wild Horse Ranch Landowners' Association.  The only way to know for sure is from an Audit of the Association books or by a Public Records Request.  The files associated with the year 2022 or no longer accessible on the Associations web page.

 

  • Wild Horse Ranch had an official "Neighborhood Watch Program" sponsored by the Catron County Sheriff's Office.

True:  This program was coordinated with the Wild Horse Ranch Volunteer Fire Department, the Wild Horse Ranch Landowners' Association and the Catron County Sherrif's Office after a number of break-ins occurred within our community.  The perpetrator was caught, tried, and convicted.  A big Thank You to the Sherrif's Office and the NM State Police for their community training programs and their support.