MEEKER | Onea Jewel Miller has patience and tact when dealing with an idiot (namely this reporter). Despite his clear instructions for how to get to their house on a mile of winding road, I took the wrong turn, twice. My white pickup took a wrong turn into a field.[Read More…]
Tag: Horses
Have you ever dreamed of being a mustang horse trainer?
Meeker Mustang Makeover seeking trainers for 2022 event featuring Sand Wash Basin horses MEEKER I The fourth annual Meeker Mustang Makeover is on the hunt for horse trainers in Colorado. Last year, 20 trainers from across Colorado picked up their horses on a dusty afternoon, and 120 days later, performed[Read More…]
Third Meeker Mustang Makeover event nets $37K
RBC I Sporting a wide grin, Rangely horse trainer Wade Allred received a $3,000 check, along with a red, white and blue ribbon to put around mustang Windy Bob’s neck, a bridle made by saddlemaker Mike Brennan and a basket brimming with Curicyn horse care products as he accepted the[Read More…]
The Wild West Lives
MEEKER I Rylee Allred, 16, is super excited about her horse this year. She joins three other members of the Rangely-based Allred family who have participated for the last three years in the Meeker Mustang Makeover. Last year Rylee trained a yearling. This year she took on a 3-year-old mare[Read More…]
HOLD YOUR HORSES …
The centennial fair is in full swing. The ranch horse show went on despite the mud. Hattie Brennan takes a leap with her horse. Caswell Wood enjoyed the horse show in a one-of-a-kind seat. | KIM EKSTROM PHOTOS
100 years of the county fair
RBC I The RBC Centennial Gem Fair is this weekend. When was the last time you visited a good ole county fair? Come relive those times and help us celebrate our 100th anniversary of the Rio Blanco County Fair. Our 4-H kids have been working on their educational projects to[Read More…]
Moffat County draft horse show returns to Craig for 2021
CRAIG | Are you ready to hear the thunder of horses’ hooves? Did you miss seeing them at the stock show this year? Are you longing to see a horse event because you miss seeing the Great American Horse Drive go through Maybell? It is time again for the ninth[Read More…]
Youth outreach combines horses and ministry
MEEKER | “It’s a God story,” says Jan DiMaggio, who found a fresh start in Meeker four years ago. After spending 30 years in Elizabeth, Colorado, where she “had a home and a church,” she relocated to Meeker to help lead Head ‘Em Up Christian Ministries with Church at Meeker[Read More…]
New training for Mantle horses
MEEKER | Horses are always finding ways to make their trainers learn new ways of teaching. No two horses are alike, and the training from horse to horse always differs, former Meeker resident Steve Mantle has discovered in his numerous years of working with horses. Mantle’s time with horses starts[Read More…]
BLM to gather excess wild horses in Piceance East Douglas area
RBC | The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) White River Field Office signed a decision to gather and remove excess wild horses from the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area in northwestern Colorado. “The BLM is committed to sustaining an ecological balance in the Piceance-East Douglas HMA,” said White River Field[Read More…]
How to train a mustang in 100 days: Paige and Nitis
“Would you like to see his favorite trick?” asks Paige Burnham as she helps her sorrel mustang Nitis bow to a visitor. The visitor, being me, is dumbfounded and all I can do is stand there with my mouth open. Just three months ago, Nitis (Native American for “Red Boy”)[Read More…]
