we had to bring our a-game into the program. >> now that misner who has been training horses since he young boy has spent a few days of one on one time with the phillies, he's ready to introduce them to his team of inmate trainees. >> the inmates are going to be working with two-year-old phillies that have hall terz on them. lead ropes, learning how to interact. ultimately the goal today is to get these phillies responding to the guys on the ground. these guys will be learning how to breathe, relax, don't get scared, you're not going to get run over. get out of the way real quick, things like that are going to be going on. and we'll be able to make progress so that we can get them adopted to the general public. and you'll see when we start working with these two-year-olds, that these horses are really flighty and scared because they just don't understand. okay, guys, gather round. i'm drawing her to me. i'm trying to draw her attention over towards me here. see that right there? that's good. >> misner shows the inmates how to use a long piece of pvc pipe to build trust. >> it's an ext

today, joe misner who runs the program on a special project.ining a new group of horses on an accelerated timetable so they woil be ready for an upcoming adoption event. >> they're bringing four fillies here. they're going to drive it in with a trailer and back it up. 30 days is pretty fast, but a younger horse, they adapt fairly quickly. i and the bureau of land management thought it would be easy for them to gentle yearlings. they're smaller, a little easier to handle. >> yeah, i can grab another panel. >> i'm looking forward to it exciting, i think it's awesome. we take them and give them a second chance. kind of like us. we're getting a second chance they are, too. a lot of similarities, we got the wild side we're working on and we're working on that, with them the same thing. >> i'm excited because it really gives these guys an opportunity to be confident. you can imagine if they're going to take on a filly that's about 3 1/2 feet tall compared to a thousand pound, four-year-old wild horse that's never been touched. it's pretty intimidatin