"Sure, there's Pistol, which feels like something a self-respecting cowboy might name a horse, and Belle, which also taps into my Western fantasy. But my steed for the week is leggy grey Quarter Horse, Goblin. I'm surprised by his mischievous name, given his soft brown eyes and gentle soul, and I'm not the only one: "His last rider didn't think he looked like a Goblin," admits guest lead, Lauren."
"Goblin lives at Paintrock Canyon Ranch in Hyattville, Wyoming; a blink-and-you-miss-it speck on the map with a quiet clutch of homes, dirt roads and a population of 75, surrounded by nothing but rolling grazing grounds and big, empty sky. It's named for Paintrock Creek, which begins on the western slopes of Cloud Peak and carves its way through a deep limestone canyon, where the land opens into the Bighorn Basin at around 5,000 feet."
Paintrock Canyon Ranch sits in Hyattville, Wyoming, surrounded by rolling grazing grounds, dirt roads and wide open sky. The ranch occupies land carved by Paintrock Creek from Cloud Peak into a limestone canyon that opens to the Bighorn Basin at about 5,000 feet. Ranchlands, founded by Duke Phillips III in 1999, owns the property and emphasizes building a ranch designed to its standards. Guests stay for weeklong programs featuring horseback riding, camping and themed retreats including wine tasting, painting, horsemanship with cowboy Cam Schryver and fiction workshops led by Pam Houston. Horses at the ranch include Goblin, Pistol and Belle.
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