The morning sun filtered through fine dust kicked up from the prairie as a coterie of 150 riders spread out in a ragged line beneath a dog-toothed cliff overlooking this valley. The men and women were riding to connect to a tragic history, for love of traveling in beautiful places and out of dedication to a unique, tough breed of horse — the Appaloosa. The 2013 Chief Joseph Trail Ride was trotting through this rugged terrain Wednesday as part of a five-day trip roughly between Cooke City and Clark, Wyo. The ride started Sunday. Each year since 1965, the Appaloosa Horse Club in Moscow, Idaho, has sponsored the ride that covers 13 sections of the Nez Perce Trail, riding a different section each year. This year, tourists traveled from as far as Norway, the United Kingdom and Germany to take part. The only qualification is that riders must have a registered Appaloosa...more
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