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  • Wyoming inmates train mustangs, learn life lessons

    Elise Schmelzer, Casper Star-Tribune|Sep 29, 2017

    RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) - Men in boots and cowboy hats draped themselves over the white piping of the round pen and watched two of their peers throw a saddle over the mustang's back. The horse kicked up dust as it skittered slightly under the load. "Whenever you're good," Eric Farrar said, holding the wild horse by its halter. "I'm ready," Scott West replied, shoving a scuffed boot in the saddle's stirrup. His voice remained steady, though the 53-year-old inmate was well aware of the risks of...