Wiley is a tall 2yo buckskin White Mountain WY Mustang gelding. How tall you ask? Very. That’s all I’ve got for now. He’s not to a point where we can measure him yet, let alone string test. We were asked by capable wild horse people we respect to take him on after he’d proven promising …
Category: Stefanie’s Notebook
Sep 01 2025
Bareback into the clouds
Our most recent pack trip was a rainy one and required navigating around afternoon rains to maximize ride time. Here we’d made it a point to get out early(ish) and get back before the storm hit. We had enough time to untack our saddle horses, let them graze and have an early dinner before the …
Aug 29 2025
New wildies!
Another rainy summer day, another trip to the Cañon City BLM holding facility. I’d been itching to gentle some of the New Mexico Mustang yearlings ever since I first saw them as tiny foals at the facility last summer, and then again as bright eyed weanlings with wild mohawk manes this spring. The plan had …
Jul 28 2025
The second pack trip of the year is in the books.
I went solo on the first one, Tay Martin joined me on the second. Rock packed camp in and out and got in some more saddle time. Or saddle-less riding time as it may be. It’s been work, ride, pack, hike, learn, spend time with people I care about, eat, sleep, repeat these past few …
Jul 28 2025
The second pack trip of the year is in the books.
I went solo on the first one, Tay Martin joined me on the second. Rock packed camp in and out and got in some more saddle time. Or saddle-less riding time as it may be. It’s been work, ride, pack, hike, learn, spend time with people I care about, eat, sleep, repeat these past few …
Jul 25 2025
In for summer school: Buddy
Who remembers Buddy, the tiny, fuzzy yearling Mustang gelding we gentled early in 2024 for his adopter who had won him in the internet auction? He’s back, now a tall, striking 2yo. His adopter has done a great job maintaining what he learned in kindergarten last year. Life gets busy and sometimes all the adult …
Jul 04 2025
The other night I went out searching
The other night I went out searching Searching for Columbines, my favorite wildflowers. Searching for peace of mind. Searching for joy. Searching for learning opportunities for the horses. For a chance to let them stretch their legs. For color in the sky and cooler air. I found all of the above. Wild Horse Outreach & …
Jul 01 2025
Zin – a client horse
Zin, short for Zinnia, a 7 or 8yo NV Mustang mare, came to us several months ago for an assessment. She hadn’t taken to gentling and when her title eligibility form came in her adopter wanted to be sure that if she kept and titled the mare she’d at least be able to provide basic …
Jun 29 2025
You don’t have to fit in to belong
For the longest time Spur (4yo bay roan Mustang gelding, facility born to a Stewart Creek WY Mustang mare) was accepted, albeit not fully included. He’s been the oddball of the herd, the one who stands nearby or wanders off when the others are engaged in mutual grooming. He’d follow Lacy who never really cared …
Jun 28 2025
Magic
Once in a while we get to work what feels like magic for our clients and adopters. Here Annie Oakley’s adopter was able to touch her Mustang for the very first time. AO as we call her is a 6yo tri colored pinto mare from Cedar Mountain, UT. Her adopter sent her to Wild Horse …