Greetings and best wishes! We'd like to share our lifestyle and philosophy with you - and our horses. Please join us for a tour of Rancho Vilasa. You'll want to see our HORSES FOR SALE. At this time, we have a lovely mare for sale. Xocalatl BSN is the only female offspring of Capoeira BSN in the United States. She could be part of your life! Her father, our wonderful stallion, CAPOEIRA BSN, has been sold to Australia, where he's in stallion heaven. Cappy is an old-style Peruvian Paso, with remarkable bone and substance. (Cappy's babies have their own BABY ALBUM.)

Walk with us and see OUR FACILITIES. The Santa Ynez Valley is one of the most beautiful places we've ever seen. Join us as we HIT THE TRAILS and hang out around the ranch. Then, come back to the house & relax. We'll fill you in on THE NEWS from horseshows and elsewhere.

Are you interested in the humane horse training? Check out THE TRAINING SERIES, a five part series of articles showing the basics of training and the first saddle of several of our mares. Mostly calm and poetic, but not without thrills. We have a whole magazine about horses on this site: EQUINES AND HEARTSTRINGS. One click, and you can be reading heartwarming and inspiring tales of people and horses.

SANDY NATHAN: Captivated by Horses, shares Sandy's fifty year history with horses. It's a testimonial to the value of a life filled with horses––all illustrated with great photos. Into dogs? Oh, just go to Sandy's Official Web Site and click on the For the Love of Dogs tab.

While you're here, enjoy our on-line magazine and art gallery. SPURS MAGAZINE is dedicated to "having things turn out right". It provides that motivating, uplifting factor that we need in this trying world. SPURS contains short stories, essays, photographs, paintings, and poetry. Some are horse related; others are not. Be prepared to laugh––and cry.

VILASA PRESS is our latest endeavor. At Vilasa Press, we produce books to amaze and delight, provoke throught and ethical action. Our first publication, STEPPING OFF THE EDGE: Learning & Living Spiritual Practice , is garnering great reviews and is available on-line and in bookstores now. NUMENON, the first book in the Bloodsong Series, will be coming this summer. NUMENON is a knock-your-socks-off thriller. about what happens when the richest man in the world, a Silicon Valley billionaire, meets a great Native American shaman. Click to find out more.