How to train your dragon: A story of fire and ice
Tenaya Welsh gives a kiss to her horse, Dragon, at Freedom Ranch west of Kalispell Saturday. Welsh is training Dragon as part of the Extreme Mustang Makeover challenge. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Fifteen-year-old trainer Tenaya Welsh works with her horse, Dragon, Saturday at Freedom Ranch. Welsh is training Dragon as part of the Extreme Mustang Makeover competition. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Trainer Stacia Stevens looks on as Tenaya Welsh works with her horse, Dragon, at Freedom Ranch Saturday. Both trainers are working with horses as part of the Extreme Mustang Makeover challenge. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Horse trainer Stacia Stevens shows off her progress Saturday with Champagne on Ice, the horse she is working with for the Extreme Mustang Makeover challenge. Stevens had only been working with the wild horse for four days. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Fifteen-year-old trainer Tenaya Welsh works with her horse, Dragon, Saturday at Freedom Ranch. Welsh is training Dragon as part of the Extreme Mustang Makeover competition. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Horse trainers Tenaya Welsh (left) and Stacia Stevens show off the identification tags of the horses they are training for the Extreme Mustang Makeover. The horses have been named Dragon and Champagne on Ice. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Horse trainer Stacia Stevens shows off her progress Saturday with Champagne on Ice, the horse she is working with for the Extreme Mustang Makeover challenge. Stevens had only been working with the wild horse for four days. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Wild horses fill the BLM corral in Burns, Oregon. Stacia Stevens and Tenaya Welsh chose their horses for the Extreme Mustang Makeover from this group. (Cori Malloy photo)
Wild horses fill the BLM corral in Burns, Oregon. Stacia Stevens and Tenaya Welsh chose their horses for the Extreme Mustang Makeover from this group. (Cori Malloy photo)
Wild horses fill the BLM corral in Burns, Oregon. Stacia Stevens and Tenaya Welsh chose their horses for the Extreme Mustang Makeover from this group. (Cori Malloy photo)
They arrived at Kalispell’s Freedom Ranch last week as horses 5867 and 5852. Stepping off the trailer skittish, wild and nameless, the mustangs now known as Dragon and Champagne on Ice represent opportunities for trainers Stacia Stevens and Tenaya Welsh to showcase their skills as part of the Mustang Heritage Foundation’s Extreme Mustang Makeover...
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