Warm Springs Ranch, More Horses

A few days ago, I posted on little Hope, the baby Budweiser Clydesdale foal that was the hit of the 2013 Super Bowl commercial. Today’s post features some more photos I made at Warm Springs Ranch, the Clydesdale breeding facility in Missouri. The facility was quite impressive as we pulled up to the main gate […]

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Hope

I had a very interesting weekend, traveling to Boonville, Missouri to tour and photograph the famous Budweiser Clydesdale horses. Budweiser owns a large breeding ranch there, called Warm Springs Ranch, and boards/breeds/trains the Clydesdales for their “hitch team” that tours around the country. And the highlight was meeting “Hope”, which you may have seen in […]

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Fun Friday: Jumping For Joy

(This post originally published in 2011, following a photo trip to South Dakota to photograph 3 herds of rescued wild horses) Today’s “Fun Friday” post comes from close to my heart. Just a week ago, we were among 3 different herds of rescued wild horses, enjoying their company and photographing them in the beautiful rolling […]

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“Fun Friday: Well, Ain’t That a Kick in the Head!”

Another Friday, another “Fun Friday” post! This image was taken during my late spring trip to South Dakota to photograph the wild horse herds on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation. The expression on the horse being kicked says it all!         Online-Photography-Classes.com  

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“Let’s Play Doctor (Part 3)”

Today’s Post, “Part 3” is the final post of this recent experience. In “Part 1” we discovered the newborn Gila herd foal and it’s first life-experiences. In “Part 2” we saw the little guy struggling to stand and the mistreatment he received from another Gila herd member. In “Part 3”, it all comes together and […]

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“Let’s Play Doctor (Part 2)”

Continuing from yesterday’s post (“Let’s Play Doctor (Part 1)”), I concluded that post with a Gila wild stallion rushing towards the newborn foal:     Seeing the stallion approaching her newborn foal, momma rushed in and began to kick at the stallion:     With that reception, the Gila stallion galloped off to join the […]

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