These mustangs live on 160,000 acres of public land in NW Colorado. The world is closing in on them. All photos and words by Nancy Roberts.
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Centauro's, Jet's and Cherokee's Bands
I briefly saw Centauro's large band. I confirmed they are all still there...all 11 of them. This is the only band that I know of that has four 2011 foals. The bay mare, Reyna, was very flighty and, as usual, led them off. All membes looked sound and healthy.
Wow was I ever happy to see the black, Jet, streak by with his one mare, Zephyr, and her new foal who we named Zepplin on face book. We have not confirmed the gender. Jet had the largest band when he was rounded up in Oct 2008. He seemed to get his mares back and had quite a large band (9) until this spring when something totally disbanded them. Jet ended up alone. Femur got 2 of his mares and all of his 2009 and 2010 fillies and colt. The white mare (Sunspot...lost foal) is with Centauro and this grulla found her way back to Jet. Look for him to get more mares. He is extremely athletic. Go Jet! I love this stallion, I have seen him race across the desert at turbo speed. I will never forget the power of Jet.
Cherokees Band.... I have only got a close up view of them a few times. Earlier this spring I recorded the grey/white pinto lead mare (Bonita) gave birth to a pinto colt, also a grey. There he (Marty) is running second behind his mom (she looks just white here). The horse behind that 2011 colt is Zander (grey), Bonita's yearling colt. The next horse in line is the only mustang that needs a name in my project "Photo Documentation of the Sand Wash Basin Wild Horses". The HSUS worker told me he is a colt. He is marked very much like the stallion, Cherokee, who is not shown in this photo. The brown mare is Mandalay. I don't know much about her and even less about the horse behind her (also brown). I know it is a filly we named Mirage. I am pretty sure Miracle, who is now with Vegas, is the 2 yr old filly from this mystery sorrel mare..
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I'm always amazed by your knowledge. your dedication is second to none.
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