‘Bout the Best

Chuck Baley of Southwestern Colorado

Chuck Baley of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, is a big, quiet man steeped in the best of the old western traditions. His skill with horses is the stuff of legends with stories coming to us from the northern plains on down into the four corners. I’m proud to call him a friend, just close enough to him to have taught a little workshop together and be privy to his personal photo albums. I snuck off with these recent photos of him, all showing his year round work training four 2 year old Suffolks to do everything willingly and quietly. Chuck teaches lucky people, as well. There may be some horse handlers as good but I’ll wager there are none better. Even go so far to say Chuck is ’bout the best. LRM