Ash's Band

Here is a little band of wild horses I do not get to see very often...Ash's band.

Here is the grey stallion, Ash.

Ash has one mare, Bonnie. Bonnie is a 2009 filly. I first saw her the spring of 2010 as a yearling with a group of bachelor stallions including Ash. She is one of our "teenage moms". She had a foal last year as a 2 year old and this year she threw this beautiful little colt we named Trooper.

He will be a grey like his sire. He is a strong and sturdy little mustang.

Bonnie...no white on those legs.

Here you can see she has a tiny star that is usually hidden by her forelock.

The new guy...Trooper.

Here is the curious yearling filly, Sioux. As I was taking photos of her new brother she snuck about behind me and seemed to say "hey, what about me?"

Ash is looking at Twister's band in the distance. He is submissive to Twister and moves out of his way.

Clean Up Days

This is a dream come true for me. People getting together and helping remove some of the old barbed wire from Sand Wash that killed Greasewood and I am sure many wild horses before him. This was a joint effort between The BLM and The SWB Wild Horse Club.

Bernie and Kathy are locals who believe the horses deserve to be preserved for generations to come.

Kathy McKinstry and Jerome Fox from The BLM worked hard to make this event a success. Katie, from the HSUS, also helped us out. This was a group effort.

Our first project site was a downed fence around a water hole  off of CR 48. It was amazing how fast we got this rolled up and on to the trailer. Dave and Kathy are local ranchers who were experts in wire removal.

The BLM supplied us with water and food and set up some shade for us.

Modern day mustangers. Job well done!

Jet's band

Sorry I have not been posting much lately. Northwest Colorado is in extreme draught and it is brutal conditions on The Range...the wild horses are no worse for wear. Here is Jet's band. They are watering at Lake Draw along with a lot of other mustangs. The mares with the new foals are Jet's 3 yr old fillies, the foals are most likely Femur's.

Jet...The Black. This stallion had the largest band when the mustangs were last rounded up in 2012. He lost his entire family last spring (no idea what happened). Only his grulla mare,  Zephyr, made her way back to them. Together they raised Zephyr's 2011 filly, Zeppelin last summer. Then in the fall of last year his pinto mares (Scenic and Razzle) were observed back with Jet along with his 3 yr old fillies (Makani, Dazzle and Gypsy). Zephyr and Zeppelin ended up with Benson.

Both of the new foals are colts. A friend of the mustangs named them Doc and Watson. This is Watson. His mom is Makani. Makani's mom is Sunspot, who is now with Centauro. The pinto shown is Dazzle.

Isn't he cute?

Bugs Band

Rita's 2010 colt, Butch

Bugs Band.

This is Bugs and the black behind him is Buddy. Buddy has been dogging Bugs for a couple of years now.

Bugs has had the same two, loyal mares since 2010 (at least). The red dun is Rita.

The pretty chestnut is Hazel. Hazel has thrown 3 palomino colts in a row.

Bugs acquired this little 2 yr old, Madeleine, when Prince's band broke up spring 2011. Her mom is Mystic and her likely sire is Lightning.

There is Hazel with the palomino boys...Butch, Sundance and Ttitanium.

These are hazel's colts...Sundance (middle) and Titanium. Her 3 yr old, Skip, also a palo, is running with bachelors.

Titanium is a 2011 colt.