Over 70 rescue horses roam Willie Nelson's hill country ranch

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Luck Ranch: Over 70 rescue horses roam Willie Nelson's hill country ranch
'They're the luckiest horses in the world,' Nelson says

By Paul Venema - Reporter, Misael Gomez - Photojournalist
Posted: 9:25 PM, March 24, 2019
Updated: 3:56 AM, March 25, 2019


BRIARCLIFF, Texas - A world away from the stage, and with the steering wheel of his old pickup truck instead of a guitar in hand, Willie Nelson loves few things more than to go on a drive around his 700-acre chunk of the Texas Hill Country near here.

He calls his ranch "Luck" and smiles as he explains, "When you’re here, you're in Luck, and when you're not, you're out of Luck."

Over 70 horses roam Nelson's ranch, most of which he rescued before they could be sent to slaughterhouses.

"They get hand-fed twice a day, and they were just ready to go to slaughter is probably the last thing they remembered, so they’re happy horses."

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[malaise]

1. Willie Nelson is one of the decent people who inhabit this planet

He's as authentic as they come

[spanone]

10. LOVE IT!!!!

[malaise]

13. You would

Willie is comfortable in his own skin - with good reason.

[spanone]

14. I first saw Willie at the Troubadour in Los Angeles in 1974....Halloween night!

[malaise]

15. Wow!!

That's only 45 years ago - when we were all young
Willie made me have a rethink about some Country music - his version of Always on my Mind has a special place in my life

[spanone]

16. Hard to believe it was that long ago...

[monmouth4]

2. What a great and impressive man and Democrat Willy is. God Bless him..n/t

[lpbk2713]

3. There's not too many like Willie.

And that's the world's loss.

[Soxfan58]

4. Willie is just fucking cool!

[GoCubsGo]

5. One more reason I have loved The Red-Headed Stanger for decades.

Thank you, Willie!

[PatrickforO]

6. Willie Nelson sure is a good guy.

I'm still chuckling about in luck and out of luck.

Very Willie-like.

And good for those horses.

[ZeroSomeBrains]

7. Willie Nelson is a wonderful man

I would love to shake his hand and thank him just for his stance on the war on drugs let alone his compassionate heart towards horses.

[Master_Monstruwacan]

8. If you don't love Willie,

You probably have no soul.

[Bayard]

9. My heroes have always been cowboys........

That song means a lot to me. I wrote that line on the card on the flowers for my brother's funeral..... He loved Western movies.

[Duppers]

11. That's so touching...

so sweet.

[Raine]

12. Terrific role model and a

true hero!

[UpInArms]

17. Willie is a national treasure

[Mosby]

18. K and R

[Mendocino]

19. It's good that he rescues

horses...not so good that he plays rodeos.