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what an awesome sight that must have been. Thanks for the wonderful description. I'm sure the visuals I got weren't even close to the real event!

 

chris

Jim & Drin Becker <rainbow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I just returned from the Mtn Region Wyoming Wild Horse Ride held this year 
> for the first time on the McCullough Peaks Wild Horse Range . This was an 
> outstanding ride , the trails were excellent with hardly a rock on them , 
> great vets, great awards and a home cooked barbecue dinner each night after 
> the ride . But the most spectacular part of this ride was that we got to 
> ride through the range where the local wild horses travel daily . I did not 
> talk to one person at the ride who did not see wild horses . I rode the 50's 
> both days and must of seen between 40 to 50 horses while riding . .On day 
> two on the 50 mile ride there were 7 of us frontrunners at the second vet 
> check at about 40 miles and we were treated to a once in a lifetime event 
> that I have to tell you about . There were 4 of us riders in the check when 
> one of the ride helpers walked
>  over a hill right behind the vet check where 
> there was a water reservoir , she walked onto about 25 to 30 wild horses 
> getting a drink of water and spooked them , the horses then ran out from 
> behind the hill where we could see them which was only a couple hundred 
> yards away from where the VC was . It was absolutely breathtaking and 
> amazing to watch , the horses started running and milling around as there 
> were about 6 foals with the herd and one of them a little buckskin foal had 
> been born the night before so was not able to keep up , the herd ran away 
> from the mare and new foal and then the stallion brought the herd back to 
> the mare and new foal and gathered them up just as 3 more riders came into 
> the check . We all just stood there in amazement and I believe every one of 
> us forgot about the ride for at least 30 minutes as we watched these horses 
> , the colors were beautiful , bays , grays , pintos , buckskins , blacks , 
> chestnuts ,
>  it was beautiful and just as we thought it just couldn't get any 
> better than this , over the hill comes a dark gray bachelor stallion and 
> try's to steal some mares from the two herd stallions one which was a young 
> buckskin stud and the other an older bay stud . There were some mock charges 
> and then finally the gray gave up and the herd moved off and we were back 
> into ride mode . At awards on Sunday evening a BLM horse was raffled off and 
> a lucky rider won a very nice broke mustang ready to take home and start 
> conditioning on a $25.00 ticket . I will definitely be back next year and I 
> highly recommend this ride to anyone else looking for a great ride and maybe 
> even a " wild horse experience " if they are as lucky as we were .
>
> Drin Becker
>
> Mtn Region 
>
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