We had over 100 photos submitted for the August cover contest! We cannot post them all, but here are the rest of the honorable mentions.
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Beverly DalPorto
Beau, 6-year-old AQHA, Cee My Jack
Lake Oroville
SRA, Loafer Creek Horse Camp
Cathy Cumberworth
Coper's Comet, 17, MFT
Crater Lake, Colorado
Gale & Jackie Johnson
General Lee & Rose
Sawtooth Lake, Pioneer Mountains
Polaris, Montana
Robin Penrod
Dude, 23, QH
Lyell Fork, John Muir Trail, Tuolumne Meadow, Yosemite, California
"Bucket List Ride"
Alicia Draper & Jana Roy
Cash, 17, TWH & Shiloh, 13, TWH
Flagler Beach, Florida
Natalie Law's daughter
Piece of Perfection "Flash," 14, Hackney Pony
Quail Creek Reservoir, Utah
"This is a picture of my daughter and her pony, who have an incredible bond."
Brie Orlando
Smokin Guns N Whiskey, QH
Chadds Ford, PA
Photo: Lisa Perry
"This trail runs across the Brandywine River twice past the Granogue (DuPont Estate) property to a tiny chapel in the woods (Frolich Chapel)."
John Clark
Mules: Rascal, Molly, John, and Goose
Pine River Trail, Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado
Photo: Kristin Cannon
Mandy Weltz
Virgil, 7, QH
Keystone, South Dakota
Elk Haven Horse Camp
Iron creek that runs into Lakota Lake
Photo: Kendra
John Neumann
Roany, 4, Red Roan Gelding
Personal pasture
Photo: Tabatha Swartz
"My beloved late husband. A photo I took of him going across our pasture."
Elaine Sherer
Chuck Downing, 12, TWH
Lake Elizabeth in Glacier National Park, Montana
"Making Waves"
Gabrielle Hamler
Bo, 17, Spotted Saddle Horse
Randolph State Park, Tuttle Creek Lake, Olsburg, Kansas
Jessica Pilgrim
Tattoo, 20, Thoroughbred
Pismo Beach, California
Toni Dickens
Puddin, 11, Mustang
Crystal Beach, Texas
"First time seeing the ocean! Bucket list to gallop on the beach."
Jane Rheaume
Rufio, 12, Quarter Horse
Panther Creek State Park, Tennessee
"Beautiful ride year round!"
Cathy Cumberworth
Copper, 17, Missouri Fox Trotter
Animas River Park
Farmington, New Mexico
Mark Necessary
Riddles Mocha, 6, Rocky Mountain
Rocky Gap at Earls Ford- access through Whetstone Horse Camp
Mountain Rest, South Carolina
Nate Pickett
Dre, 14, Quarter Horse
Jackson Lake, Jackson, Wyoming
"This was taken on Hermitage Point Trail on Jackson Lake. Taken August 2021."