Max Schuetz was planning on coming to the fair, but not like this.

He spent the last few months training a wild mustang, brought from a roundup on public lands in Nevada. He worked with the mare every day, getting a little bit closer, trying not to spook her too much and finally reaching the point where he could put on a halter and lead her around on a rope.

He named her Fable, and they’d made so much progress that he was going to walk her down the middle of the street during the Fourth of July ...