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  • BLM mustang auction at SHA
    Annalondra Porras, 6, of Sacramento, is enamored by a six-year-old black mustang that had been "gentled" and was for sale through the Bureau of Land Management's silent auction of mustangs and burros at the Sacramento Horseman's Association.
    Lezlie Sterling | lsterling@sacbee.com
  • BLM mustang auction at SHA
    Grant Lockie with the Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Corrals near Susanville sorts out a yearling to bring into the demonstration pen during a silent auction of mustangs and burros at the Sacramento Horseman's Association by the Bureau of Land Management holds.
    Lezlie Sterling | lsterling@sacbee.com
  • BLM mustang auction at SHA
    Galen Taylor, a horse wrangler with the Bureau of Land Management works with a wild mustang yearling as wild mustangs and burros were up for adoption at the Sacramento Horseman's Association.
    Lezlie Sterling | lsterling@sacbee.com
  • BLM mustang auction at SHA
    Wild mustangs were available for adoption by The Bureau of Land Management at a silent auction held Saturday at the Sacramento Horseman's Assoication.
    Lezlie Sterling | lsterling@sacbee.com
  • BLM mustang auction at SHA
    Michelle Bass, 11, left, looks at the wild burros with her parents, Eileen McKenzie and Mike Bass as The Bureau of Land Management holds a silent auction of mustangs and burros at the Sacramento Horseman's Association.
    Lezlie Sterling | lsterling@sacbee.com
  • BLM mustang auction at SHA
    Amber Palo, 4, of Lincoln pets a wild mustang yearling named "Houdini," that was up for adoption by the Bureau of Land Management at the Sacramento Horseman's Association. The colt had been "gentled" through the BLM's youth and yearling program.
    Lezlie Sterling | lsterling@sacbee.com
  • BLM mustang auction at SHA
    The Bureau of Land Management holds a silent auction of mustangs and burros at the Sacramento Horseman's.
    Lezlie Sterling | lsterling@sacbee.com
  • BLM mustang auction at SHA
    David Standish, 12, Jamie Fish, Lynelle Coyle and Adelina Standish, 13, try to get the attention of a wild mustang in a pen at the Sacramento Horseman's Association during a silent auction by the BLM. Coyle ended up adopting a yearling.
    Lezlie Sterling | lsterling@sacbee.com
  • BLM mustang auction at SHA
    A yearling is worked with by a BLM wrangler in a pen at the SHA. The colt was adopted by Lynelle Coyle of Loomis.
    Lezlie Sterling | lsterling@sacbee.com
  • BLM mustang auction at SHA
    Laura Williams of Newcastle, right, is all smiles as she goes over paperwork with Videll Retterath of The Bureau of Land Management. Williams bought "Houdini" a wild mustang yearling that had been "gentled" through the BLM's youth and yearling program.
    Lezlie Sterling | lsterling@sacbee.com

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