Wild horse and son

Throwback four years ago when Ace of Hearts was just a foal, with his dad Jack of Hearts at the waterhole on the mountain in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Headshot of wild horse

Portrait of wild stallion Valentino in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. People talk about the wild curly horses in Salt Wells Creek but most of the horses on this herd are not curly, but still magnificent, deserving of our protection. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Calypso’s band. She’s the pinto roan beauty on the left. They were standing and nearby was another colorful band, and their palomino stallion Ohiyesa was not at all pleased and moved his family off to get away - but the other band followed on a windy day in the Red Desert Complex. #wildhorses

Foal in flowers

Happy Spring everyone! This is “Filly in the Lupine,” an image I took just after dawn in the Pryor Mountains of Montana many years ago. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses #wildhorsepc #equinephotographersnetwork

Wild horse family

One of my very favorite images from Adobe Town, Wyoming - Wild Horse Family Leans. This beautiful wild family all together, touching, and the red roan mare foaled a few weeks later. This is family, this is the heart of wild horses. #carolwalker #wildhorses #wildhoofbeats

Three wild horses

Touch and family. So important to wild horses - family members are always touching. Family members need to stay together, where they belong, wild and free. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

My three muddy mustangs were super excited this morning before breakfast with the cold and the fog, something we very rarely get. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Curly horse

Wild curly stallion Jack of Hearts in his curly winter coat - as rugged as the sage brush and the vast landscape he calls home - Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Mare and foal

Beautiful wild blue roan mare and her lovely pinto foal in Poseidon’s band. I was lucky to spend time with this stunning family last month in the Red Desert Complex of Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Young and older horse

Wild curly cremello stallion Julian and grey colt Ash, together in the band with the grey mare and three other stallions in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Black mare

Stunning black curly lead mare in Gunnar’s band. Her name is Nova, and what a soft sweet eye she has. She’s also a wonderful aunt to new filly Cinder in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Wild curly stallion Julian and his family with a mare, her two offspring and 4 stallions head to the spring in Salt Wells Creek in August, followed by another family in the morning. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Wild horse close up

Handsome wild stallion Poseidon with his winter whiskers turning to look in the soft dawn light in the Red Desert Complex in Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Close up of curly horse

Wild curly cremello stallion Julian in his thick winter curly coat! I found he and his band napping, rears to the wind, three weeks ago in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. His unique band consists of 4 stallions, a grey mare and her two year old and yearling sons. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Newest member of Sid and Teton’s band, little wild filly Firefly in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Wild horse family napping

Throwback to 2024 with wild black curly stallion Bobby, his curly mare Mysterious and their new curly foal Tristan in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming in the spring. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Three sorrel mares

Three beautiful girls from Woodrow and Legacy’s family in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. Their reddish coats show up wonderfully against the winter foliage. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Beautiful buckskin roan mare

The beautiful wild buckskin roan lead mare in Poseidon’s band just after dawn in the Red Desert Complex of Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Curly bay stallion

In this closeup of wild curly stallion Socrates you can see the waves in his thick, curly winter coat. They haven’t really needed that thick coat this winter unfortunately one of the driest and warmest on record. #wildhoofbeats #carolwalker #wildhorses

Wild buckskin stallion Mystic and his family in Stewart Creek last summer. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Black curly horse

Wild curly stallion Legacy in his wooly winter coat in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

My Freedom for Wild Horses podcast episode that is out today focuses on my trip to visit the wild horses of Salt Wells Creek two weeks ago in the winter with the least snow that I can remember. www.wildhoofbeats.com/podcast/wint... or anywhere you get your podcasts. #wildhorses

Family of sorrel horses

Wild curly stallion Woodrow (on right) and his family minus lieutenant Legacy who was bringing up the rear, on their way to a spring in the Maggie Springs area of Salt Wells Creek, WY. It looks like fall but it’s actually the middle of a very dry winter. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Bay stallion

This fancy high stepping stallion with blue eyes is Reynaldo, who lives in Lost Creek, Wyoming. He had a beautiful family before the incredibly harsh winter of 2021-2022 but lost them and since then he has been a bachelor dogging different families. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Wild curly stallion

Here’s another wonderful wild curly stallion in his gorgeous winter coat - this is Socrates. I spent time with him in the summer and fall. He has a pale palomino mare and foal and now a new sorrel mare. #carolwalker #wildhorses #wildhoofbeats

Black stallion

Black stallion and family

Not all of the wild horses in Salt Wells Creek are curly - not even half! This is the wild black stallion Barbados and his family. He had not been seen in the area I spend most of my time in until 4 years ago. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Black horse

Young handsome black curly stallion Jett, son of Bobby already has some mares. It was great to see him in the winter with his thick curly coat in Salt Wells Creek, WY. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

Black horse

Wild curly stallion Zorro in Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming. Winter brings out the curls in Zorro, and he is easily distinguished from other black curlies by his bent ear. I don’t see Zorro often but enjoy his big solid presence. #carolwalker #wildhoofbeats #wildhorses

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