The event starts on Sunday with a trail challenge to give potential buyers an idea about each horse and what they can do, but it will be different from years past because of the pandemic.
THE BOISE DISTRICTBUREAU OF LANDMANAGEMENT HELDAN AUCTION TODAY...TO FIND A NEW HOMEFOR WILD HORSES...THAT WERE TRAINEDBY LOCAL 4-H CLUBS.ON SATURDAY WEINTRODUCED YOU TOCAMRIN GEPFORD...WHO TRAINED FLICKA-- A ONE-YEAR-OLDMUSTANG.TURNS OUT THISHORSE WASADOPTED -- FOR 275DOLLARS.THIS PROGRAMHIGHLIGHTS THEPARTNERSHIPBETWEEN THE BLMAND 4-H CLUBS.THE B-L-M...MANAGES WILDHORSE HERDS...ALLOWING KIDS TOWORK WITH HORSESWHILE RAISINGMONEY FOR 4-HPROGRAMS -- ANDPROVIDING THEPUBLIC WITH ANOPPORTUNITY TOPURCHASE ATRAINED HORSE."IT'S GOOD FOR MEBECAUSE THIS ISWHAT I WANT TO DOWHEN I GROW UP ISTRAIN THESEHORSES FOR OTHERPEOPLE TO GETTHEM OUT OF THECORRALS AND MAKETHEM REALLY NICEHORSES."FIVE HORSES WEREADOPTED AND TWOARE STILL AVAILABLEIN TOTAL.THE 4-H CLUBS HAVEHELPED THREE-HUNDRED-THIRTY-FIVE WILD HORSESFIND NEW HOMES...AND IN THEPROCESS... THEYHAVE RAISED MORETHAN FIFTY-THOUSAND DOLLARSFOR LOCAL 4-HCLUBS.
On Sunday, seven of those yearlings will be auctioned off to new homes, it's part of a very important partnership between the..