Thirty-two American Mustang yearlings arrived at Cedar Creek Cattle Company, Home of
new Beginnings Youth Ranch
in Clarkrange,
on Friday, March 11, 2011,
to be gentled and trained by youth ages eight to eighteen
for three months. At the end of the three months,
the Youth and Yearlings Mustang Challenge
will be held at East Fork Stables on June 11, 2011.
Mike Archambault, owner of Cedar Creek Cattle Company,
the home of New Beginnings Youth Ranch, and his staff will be
assisting the youth in training their mustangs in preparation for the Challenge.
A random drawing was held on Saturday, March 12, 2011, and each mustang
was assigned to a youth.
Assisting Mike in the drawing was Mike Branch, a wild mustang trainer who assists
the Bureau of Land Management’s mustang adoption program.
Mike Branch then conducted a clinic on working with a wild mustang.
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