Tim and Pam,

Here in the Albuquerque area, it is very common for people to keep a horse or horses on as little as half and acre. In general, with the exception of the very limited amount of irrigated valley land, there is little land available for "grazing" anyway. It's not like nice, green New Hampshire!  Horse owners generally assume the cost of hay and grain for feeding, and also assume they will have to exercise their animals regularly. This property does have a fenced arena of about 1/3 acre for riding or turnout, and each stall has a pipe-fenced, individual turnout. The Bosque Farms Arena, with it's show and practice arena, is about 1/4 mile away, and is open for members use, as well.

Even big commercial barns in Albuquerque are usually on very limited acreage, as land costs are very high here. The large hunter/jumper barn where my daughter used to train kept 30+ horses boarded on a three acre property, on which were also located a huge home and a jumping arena. Horses just got worked!