Max Cooper, 5, riding a Shetland pony named Truffles, meets a Shire horse named Jake, to promote Only Paws and Horses, a horse and dog show at The Hop Farm near Paddock Wood, Kent, on 26 and 27 May. Picture: The Hop Farm
In Focus: The Last Horse Drive
Reuters photographer Jim Urquhart recently captured these scenes from a fading culture, as he followed Montana ranchers on their final horse drive, moving more than 300 horses down from their winter range. Every spring the Mantle family, along with with a group of wranglers, drives the herd north over 35 miles and three days, through the small town of Three Forks to their ranch. After decades of supplying and tending to horses, the Mantles, citing financial challenges, now plan to sell off their herd and shift to raising beef cattle. Take a moment to travel with the Mantle family through big sky country, on a journey once so familiar and iconic, now fading into memory with the rest of cowboy culture.
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Nneka - Shining Star (Joe Goddard Remix)
Truman Capote Historical Marker, Monroeville, AL