Fading Hoofbeats
Where Wild Hearts and Open Trails Meet
Fading Hoofbeats is a journey into the untamed spirit of the American mustang — a place where every story, every photo, and every hoofprint echoes with the power of trust, freedom, and connection. From training updates and pasture reflections to the long miles of the border-to-border ride, we honor the resilience of these remarkable horses and the people who walk beside them.
Updates From the Trail
The road is long, the miles are real, and the mustangs are leading the way. Stay tuned for trail updates, field notes, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of the ride as it unfolds.
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Wild Horse HMA Guides: Start Here
This Start Here page explains how to use our wild horse HMA guides so you can get the most out of each HMA and WHT post. First, a little background: Fading Hoofbeats is our 2027 long ride with two wild-born mustangs: Floki from McGavin Peak and Lagertha from Devil’s Garden. We travel slow, listen hard,…
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Wild Horse & Burro Guide: Utah
By Keeper of the Quiet Miles • December 17, 2025Salt flats, red rock, and two-tracks that turn to gumbo. Utah wild horse and burro country is a study in contrasts—salt desert and sage basins near the Wasatch, wind-scoured mountain ranges in the West Desert, and red-rock canyonlands where burros travel between water and rock ledges like they own the place. This guide is a… -
Why People Love Mustangs: The Wild Kind of Trust
By Keeper of the Quiet Miles • December 13, 2025Floki didn’t have to choose me. But he did—and that changed everything. Why people love mustangs: because when a wild horse chooses you—really chooses you—it feels like belonging. There’s a kind of closeness you can earn with most horses—through time, consistency, good hands, and the steady comfort of being a familiar part of their world…. -
The Heart Horse I Almost Sent Back – Fading Hoofbeats
By Keeper of the Quiet Miles • December 4, 2025If you’re new here, Fading Hoofbeats is the long ride I’m planning with my two wild-born mustangs—Devil’s Garden Lagertha and McGavin Peak Floki. We’re still in the early “figuring each other out” chapter, and this is one of my favorite heart horse stories from that beginning. I didn’t pick my heart horse. In fact, the… -
Colorado’s Wild Horses: Sand Wash Basin, Piceance & More
By Keeper of the Quiet Miles • December 1, 2025Colorado’s wild horses live out on the far western slope, in country that’s more sagebrush than ski resort. Out there, bands move along ridgelines, disappear into piñon–juniper draws, and sometimes graze close enough to the road that you can hear them cropping grass. This Colorado Wild Horse & Burro Guide pulls together the four Colorado… -
Trail Break: Meet the Mustang HMAs
By Keeper of the Quiet Miles • November 30, 2025I’m building a state-by-state series of wild horse and burro guides, and this wild horse logic puzzle is a fun little Trail Break along the way. Four adopters, four mustangs, four different HMAs—see if you can match each horse to its home on the range, then explore the real-life HMA guides linked below.. As those… -
Wyoming Wild Horses — Red Desert, Adobe Town and the Great Divide
By Keeper of the Quiet Miles • November 30, 2025Wyoming is big country even before you start looking for Wyoming wild horses. Once you leave the interstates and oilfield traffic and roll into sage and buttes, the land opens up, and so does your sense of how far a mustang can travel between water and winter grass. This is checkerboard country, shared among BLM,…
From the Arena to the Open Trail
Upcoming Events
Join us for upcoming rides, clinics, and shows celebrating the spirit of the mustang. Whether you’re in the saddle, on the rail, or following from afar, every event connects us through the sound of fading hoofbeats.
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Our Friends and Associates
We’re proud to share the trail with a growing circle of friends, small businesses, and organizations whose values reflect the same heart and spirit that guide Fading Hoofbeats.
