Mark Your Calendars For A Wyoming Wild Horse Adoption Event

Mark your calendars for May 9th, 2026, as the day you're going to adopt your first horse from the Wyoming Department of Corrections Honor Farm. The farm has been in business for 35+ years and gives the 283 adult male offenders who call the farm home while incarcerated the opportunity to work in the Honor Farm's Wild Horse Program. The program, which started in 1988, plays a significant role in the rehabilitation of inmates along with the burrows and wild horses removed from overpopulated herds.

When the horses are taken to the Honor Farm, the inmates work with them to prepare them for adoption. The event will offer saddle-started horses, halter-started yearlings, and gentled burros for adoption. The horses to be offered all originate from Wyoming public lands and are current on all vaccinations, deworming, and Coggins tests.

If you're interested, the BLM will offer information and applications during the two-day event just outside of Riverton, WY.

• On May 8, gates open at 12:30 p.m. Preview available horses and burros in-person starting at 1:30 p.m. All visitors must be offsite by 3:30 p.m.
• On May 9, gates open at 8 a.m. and the competitive-bid adoption begins at 10 a.m.

Both days’ events are free and open to anyone interested in wild horses, the Honor Farm gentling process and the BLM wild horse and burro adoption program.

There are a couple of rules you'll need to follow for your safety.

• No Pets
• No Firearms
• No Alcohol
• All cell phones, watches, cameras, video equipment, and tobacco must be left in your vehicle.
• Proper clothing must be worn. No shorts or form-fitting clothes are allowed.

The Bureau of Land Management manages and protects wild horses and burros on 25.5 million acres of public lands across 10 Western states as part of its mission to administer public lands for a variety of uses. The Wild Horse and Burro Program's goal is to manage healthy wild horses and burros on healthy public rangelands.