How to tell if the horses you see on rural roads are wild

Cecilia Wilson of Blackhawk is fascinated by the horses she sees driving in more rural parts of Colorado. She’s been wondering for years: What’s the deal with these horses? Are any of them wild?

“When you get off (Interstate) 70 and go more on the back roads, there are a lot of horses there. And I’m sure some of them are wild, or feral,” said Wilson, who has lived in Colorado since moving here from Iowa in 1977. “I actually asked AI, ‘how can I tell the difference between a wild horse and a domesticated one?’ And AI did not have an answer.”