LONGMONT — Move over Hollywood A-listers, the next big stars galloping onto the silver screen hail from Boulder County.
If some of the horses in summer blockbuster “Cowboys & Aliens” looked familiar, it’s because they’re from Sombrero Ranch, whose business office is on Longmont.
The ranch, founded in 1958, has stable locations all over Colorado. It rents out horses for summer camps, hunting trips and productions. Its horses have participated in several commercials for brands such as Ford and Marlboro, and also several film shoots.
Sombrero Ranch gets about four calls a year for advertising and one every few years for movies. Rex Walker, who co-founded the ranch, said he’d love to do more movies, but Westerns aren’t popular today. Loveland Reporter-Herald
