Wyoming wild horse adoption April 29, 2011Kathi Wilson, of Cheyenne, laughs as she performs a trick with her horse, Snickers, on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Snickers, a wild-born horse, was adopted from the Steve Mantle Training Facility in 2003. Several people came to the ranch on Friday to view yearling mustangs that will be auctioned off by the Bureau of Land Management starting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Jeff Martin, wild horse supervisor at the Wyoming Honor Farm, puts spoon, a gray stud colt, through his paces as he demonstrates to an audience how to train a wild horse on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Spoon is one of several wild horses that are up for auction on Saturday at the ranch. Trish Chynoweth, of Wellington, Colo., talks with a wild horse on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Chynoweth was one of several visitors to look at wild horses that will be auctioned off on Saturday morning. Mary Ann Anderson, of Cheyenne, watches as Spoon, a gray stud colt, makes a few laps inside a fenced enclosure as a trainer shows training techniques for wild-born horses on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Jeff Martin, wild horse supervisor at the Wyoming Honor Farm, demonstrates some training techniques for wild-born horses on Spoon, a gray stud colt, on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. A saddle sits on a fence on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Kathi Wilson, of Cheyenne, laughs as she talks about her horse, Snickers, on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Snickers, a wild-born horse, was adopted from the Steve Mantle Training Facility in 2003. Several people came to the ranch on Friday to view yearling mustangs that will be auctioned off by the Bureau of Land Management starting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Jeff Martin, wild horse supervisor at the Wyoming Honor Farm, demonstrates some training techniques for wild-born horses on Spoon, a gray stud colt, on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Joe Crofts, a farm manager at the Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton, pats Della, a female wild-born horse, as he brushes pieces of straw and dirt off of her on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. A clipboard containing information on Della, a bay filly, hangs on an enclosure for visitors who are looking to buy a wild horse on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Della is one of several wild horses that will be auctioned off on Saturday morning. Della, a wild female horse, peers through the bars at visitors on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Della is one of several horses that will be auctioned off on Saturday morning at the ranch. Snickers, a wild-born horse, reaches over to smell it's owner, Kathi Wilson, of Cheyenne, as Wilson talks about her experience raising a wild horse on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Wilson showed Snickers to visitors as they visited with several horses that will be auctioned off by the Bureau of Land Management on Saturday. Spoon, a gray stud colt, makes a lap inside of a fenced enclosure as trainer Jeff Martin, not pictured, demonstrates for an audience how to train a wild horse on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Riata Ranch near Cheyenne. Spoon is one of several wild horses that are up for auction on Saturday at the ranch.
Tim Kupsick says
Nice work sir! Well done