First I saw Cowboy and Voodoo just trolling along. Seemed on their way to somewhere. These two bachelor stallions are often seen together.
Next I spot a horse hiding behind a little hill. On closer inspection I see it is the bay stallion, Viggo, and his band. This is the pinto mare in the group.
There is Stomper looking down at me. His dam plus the pinto mare are very pregnant. Any day now for both of them!
Here is Charm, the yearling filly in the family. She is a nice pinto like her mom.
I don't know what they were looking at, but something sure was interesting them. The black mare does not have a baby and does not look pregnant. She seems to be alpha mare.
Such a pretty band of wild horses. I wonder if the medicine hat mare will throw another pinto colored foal?
I love their roman noses! See how pregnant the pinto mare is? Wow.
Here is the magnificant, loyal band stallion, Viggo.
The medicine hat is soooo pregnant.
I like this picture of the adorable filly with her band stallion.
Well, that brings us to Rita and her new foal. Front and center. The handsome horse on the right is Rita's yearling colt.
The black stallion, Slick, has just recently acquired these mares. They used to be with a buckskin stallion who I have not seen him around the range. The mares have not fully accepted the new band stallion, especially the sorrel one, she did not seem happy with the new guy.
Here are the mares Rita and Hazel with their yearlings, both colts and the new foal. They seem unsure about the stallion.
Sister Hazel is a beauty and very pregnant. Her mane almost touches the groud!
This guy was born healthy and strong. Biggest, chunkiest foal I have seen! He is a colt!
Here is the black stallion. He has one white sock on his front. He seems pleased with his new family. There are many more stallions then mares out at Sand Wash. Slick was lucky to have found these mares. I'm sure he battled a bit to win them over.
Soooo cute, special and unique!
Slick
Off they go! I was lucky to observed them so close, specially with the new foal. Thanks horses!
I also saw Jet's band on this day. They are all accounted for. Kinstry is still the only 2010 foal. Sun Spot, the grey, looks pregnant.
As usual, Jet was very skittish and did not stick around long. This group really travels around the basin. You never know where you will see them.
On my way out I saw Benson, he was with Snow Man. Another great day spent out at Sand Wash Basin with the wild horses.
5 comments:
Beautiful, thank you for posting these.
Hi Nancy, Your blog is wonderful. When I read your comments and look at these beautiful photos these horses become friends. I look forward to each update.
Thanks,
Dona H.
Thank you for looking at my blog. I try my best to show you how wonderful and unique the Sand Wash horses are!
Hello Nancy, I came across you photos while looking to learn about new foals and yearlings. We inherited two horses, a mare and her foal. The foal is ten months old and the mare very pregnant, she came that way. She has been neglected and may or may not allow our attention. Her 10 month old is still nursing a bit and I have not weaned her. So I wondered how they do it in the wild, with two babies. Sherri F. in NC
Hi Nancy, I inherited a mare and her foal last July. The foal is now 9 months old. I have not weaned her. The mare came to us pregnant. She is now very pregnant. I wanted to know how the mare handles the foal and yearling in the wild. This mare has been neglected. She may allow attention and then she may not. Any input is greatly appreciated.
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