We currently have over 900 animals to choose from, featuring an unusual selection of appaloosas, palominos, buckskins, grullas, pintos, roans, and more.
Mustangs and burros range in age from weanling to five years old, and there are usually mare/foal pairs available. We offer both trained and untrained mustangs and burros.
Adoptions in Canon City are by appointment only on scheduled adoption days.

Untrained animals: Untrained mustangs and burros adopted at the Canon City facility are offered at a fixed price of $125. For mare/foal or jenny/foal pairs, the fee is $250. Animals offered through competitive bidding via the internet or at satellite adoptions start at $125. Payment for adoption fees is made to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and can be made by cash, check, money order, or credit card.

Halter trained mustangs: Most of the halter trained mustangs are offered for a fixed price of $125 on a first come first served basis. Younger animals may have a higher minimum fee. Halter trained mustangs offered through competitive bidding via the internet or at satellite adoptions start at $125 or higher. Payment is the same as for untrained animals.

Saddle trained mustangs: The total price for saddle trained mustangs adopted from the Canon City facility is $1,025 for mares and geldings 4 yrs and older. This includes the adoption fee of $125 and a training fee of $900. For 2 & 3 yr. old mustangs, the adopter is responsible for any gelding fees but will receive a $50 gelding voucher as noted below.

Gelding Fees: All mustangs 4 years and older will be gelded free of charge by the BLM. For 2 & 3 year old stallions, adopters are eligible for $50 gelding voucher at the time of adoption.

Saddle trained mustangs are offered for adoption only when training is complete. The adopter will make two separate payments, one to BLM for the adoption fee and one to the Wild Horse Inmate Program (WHIP) for the training. Mustangs offered through competitive bidding via the internet or at satellite adoptions start at $1,025. Payment for the training fee can be made by cash, money order, or credit card.

Halter training services: The WHIP also offers halter training services to adopters for a fee. An adopter can choose from the hundreds of mustangs available and contract with the WHIP for halter training. Training and gelding, if desired, usually takes 4-6 weeks. The prices are as follows: training - $210/month, gelding - $100-$125, board - $4.00/day.

Adopters from out of state must obtain a current health certificate to transport a mustang or burro across state lines. This is available through a local veterinarian and, with some advance notice, can be arranged prior to your departure.

This page is currently being developed. If you have a success story you'd like to share, please send along a picture and your story and we'll post it here as space and time permit.

For further information, please go to Contact Us.

American mustangs are a common thread in many of this country's greatest legends. Mustangs played a vital role in the settling of our American West. These noble creatures carried cowboys up the Chisholm Trail, mountain men through the Tetons, trappers into Oregon, native Americans into buffalo hunts and settlers from the east coast to the west. Today these mustangs are helping troubled men make a new beginning with an old craft - horse training. Born and bred in the wild, mustangs have to be intelligent, hardy, sure-footed, and healthy to survive the rigors of living on the open range. It is these traits, combined with their loyalty, that make them such a versatile horse.

In 1986, Colorado Correctional Industries, in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), initiated a program in Canon City where mustangs are trained and offered for adoption to qualified applicants. This is our Wild Horse Inmate Program (WHIP). We operate within a state-of-the-art facility and employ a staff of professional horse trainers who provide horsemanship, animal husbandry and farrier skills. Since its inception, more than 5,000 mustangs have been trained through the WHIP.

We specialize in starting horses for the trail rider, but our trained mustangs have also found homes and lead productive lives with youth riding organizations, handicap and therapeutic riding organizations, riding stables, and government agencies.

Colorado Correctional Industries, in conjunction with the Bureau of Land Management, is proud to offer mustangs, the American original. Be a part of the western tradition and adopt a mustang of your very own.

Upcoming Adoptions are scheduled by area and can be viewed by clicking the links below.
Each event main page has further information and photo links to see what we may have available.

The photos at right provide a sample of untrained mustangs and burros currently residing at the Canon City facility. Availability of specific animals may change as loads are shipped and received.

Several horses will only be available at the Pagosa Springs adoption. We hope to see you there. Select the link below to view the Saddle and Halter trained horses we are proud to offer.

We have two adorable baby burros and their mothers to offer on a first come first serve basis. The pairs will be sold at $250.00 apiece.