Appaloosa News Monthly – April 2022

Lesli enlisted friend Mark Anderson’s cow horse Neemapoos Rising Sun (Khaleesi), and 11-year-old Tylyn Thiels’ 28 year old leopard gelding, Kenzies Casey (Casey).  Lesli added one of her own horses, Exquisitely Dun (Lexi) and Kenzie Monk’s reining/cow bred horse Naturally Fantastic(Deniro) and Lesli and Mark headed to the shoot.  Lesli has some experience in films doing stunt work, but this was Mark’s first experience on a production set. 

Mark and Lesli were at the shoot for two days.  When they drove up on a chilly Montana morning at 5:30 am, the location was a city of tents, wagons, and trailers.  They met the wranglers for the show, who took the horses to get them ready for their work.  Then Lesli and Mark basically sat around and waited.  Lesli was given permission to be near the shooting to watch and could take pictures with the proviso of “just don’t post them until the show airs”.  Because of their horse savvy, she and Mark ended up helping with the horses during the scenes, holding them and in Lesli’s case, hiding behind a tepee during shooting for a horse hand off.