Wild foal
Wild foal nursing
I was delighted to meet the newest member of Sid and Teton’s family last week - wild filly Firefly. She’s one of four foals I saw in Salt Wells Creek. No, there is no “foaling season” that only goes March 1- July 1. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
It’s finally snowing here on the Front Range of CO! My adopted mustangs got all fired up this morning before breakfast especially Helios, the youngest, who is 6 next month. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Curly stallion
Jack of Hearts, wild curly stallion, looked even more magnificent than usual in his dense winter curly coat. This is the first time I have seen him in winter, and here he is all puffed up because band stallion Barbados is getting too close to his mares. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Black curly stallion
Last week when I posted a photo of wild curly stallion Legacy that I took in the fall, coincidentally later that morning I was so happy to find him with his band. Here you can see his gorgeous winter curly coat that is so luxurious and textured. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Wild curly stallion Socrates and his family in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. I love the way the coats of the curly horses get so dense and thick and show their patterns in the winter. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Two wild stallions
Handsome wild stallions Trilos (in front) and Starsky having a discussion last summer in Stewart Creek, Wyoming. Trilos is a pintaloosa, the only one I know of in this herd. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses #wildhorsepc #equinephotographersnetwork
Curly wild horse and mares
Wild curly stallion Legacy and his mares last summer in Salt Wells Creek. Legacy’s coat is amazing with all the whorls and ripples, texture like crushed velvet even in the summer. Salt Wells Creek has the largest population of wild curly horses. #wildhorses
Looking for Wild horses in Salt Wells Creek, WY.
In our virtually snowless winter (so far), a family of wild horses run across the road together as the wind whips a storm up in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. #wildhorses #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats
Wild brown stallion
Wild curly stallion Sawyer last summer fending off bachelors from his family at the waterhole in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Wild stallion looks
Jack of Hearts, wild curly stallion of Salt Wells Creek looking toward his family at the waterhole. Jack had a rough year last year, losing most of his family, but he still has a family band. It is the life of a wild horse - change, and growth and loss but also sweet freedom. #wildhorses
Black horse
Wild family of horses
Beautiful sunrise with a wild curly stallion and his family in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming last fall. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Spring two years ago in Salt Wells Creek with three foals in wild curly stallion Bobby’s band and snow still visible on the mountain. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Two wild mares
Two beautiful wild mares in Salt Wells Creek looking out over the vast and beautiful landscape that is their home last spring. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Wild horse close up
The Year of the Fire Horse. The challenges facing wild horses and what needs to happen to preserve them - all in this new episode. Listen here: www.wildhoofbeats.com/podcast/year... or wherever you get your podcasts. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
A little peaceful sunrise play for wild foals in Salt Wells Creek, Wy. Sunrise is my favorite time of the day with the soft colors of the sky and hushed quality of sounds. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Two wild horses close together
Happy Valentines Day from one of my favorite wild horse couples. Love comes in many forms. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
The wild horse Thor as a foal in 2011 with mother Taboo and father Booker Rose. Thor was the most beautiful foal I had ever seen, and it was a great joy following h through his life in the McCullough Peaks Herd in Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Wild horses on the move
Wild curly stallion Paladin leads his mares on the incredible windy day in May last year when so many horses were on the move together in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Copper, Dollar’s curly colt born last year with his stunning blue eyes captivated me one morning when I spent time with the band in Salt Wells Creek. Yes with such a rare genetic heritage, it would make much more sense to study the herd than to zero it out. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Grey horse
Dollar, wild curly stallion of Salt Wells Creek has a large family of almost entirely sorrels. He’s one of only two grey curly stallions on the HMA. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Wild curly horse
Jack of Hearts is one of my favorite wild stallions. This was taken 3 years ago on a gloomy morning in Salt Wells Creek as Jack looks over his shoulder toward his family. His lush curly mane, blue eyes are distinctive as his protectiveness toward his family. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Black horse
This is the wild curly stallion Zorro, looking out over his range in Salt Wells Creek in the spring when there is still snow on the mountains. Zorro is one of several black curly stallions but he is easy to identify with his distinctive bent ear. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Pinto horse
All the colors of Thor against a brilliant blue sky, the last time I saw him in 2024 in McCullough Peaks, Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
In August, wild curly stallion Dollar waskeeping his family together at the spring with cows mooing in the background in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
A group of pinto horses
Tahlequah and his family with lieutenant stallion Thor on the left at the waterhole in 2023 in McCullough Peaks, Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Two horses
In the early spring there is still snow on Mellor Mountain in Salt Wells Creek. The horses have not shed out completely, and a snow storm is not out of the question. The roads can be horrible when wet. The foals are beginning to be born and the grass is coming in. #carolwalker #wildhorses
Black wild horse
Throwback to several years ago in McCullough Peaks - a young stallion I named Tall Socks, aka Las Vegas, shortly after he was born to his mother Legacy. He went on to have his own family then was rounded up and removed in 2024 by the BLM. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
My adopted mustangs Mica and Helios feeling frisky on this cold morning as they run in for their hay. Mica is in the lead and Cremosso, older and wiser, was already eating at one of the piles of hay. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
Wild horses at holding facility
New Freedom for Wild Horses podcast episode today on why the BLM’s new sale policy is a danger to our wild horses and burros. Listen here: www.wildhoofbeats.com/podcast/blm-... or wherever you get your podcasts. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses
