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, October 5, 2012
Vegas Band
L to R Miracle (3 yr old filly/mare), Morgan (Miracle's 2011 colt), Little Bit (Vegas and Olga's 2012 filly), Casino (mare) PJ , Olga's 2010 colt (Out of Picasso) , Olga (mature mare) and the band stallion, Vegas.
Vegas is big! One of the largest stallions on The Range! He has had mares come and go since the 2008 gather, but things seem to have settled for now and he has had the same horses for over a year now. They are a handsome bunch.
There is Little Bit... she has inherited her sires large bone. She was one of the first born this spring. A foal was born to the grey mare (Miracle) a couple of months later (Spirit), but she was one of the many foals that did not survive this year.
The little grey in the middle is Morgan, he is often overlooked next to his flashy "brother", PJ, but he is a nice colt. He loves to horse play with PJ. You can see how big Little Bit is standing next to him!
PJ (pinto) has turned into a stunning 2 year old colt and is shown with the mares Casino and Miracle. Casino joined Vegas last year. She did not bring along her daughter, Cachina, nor her 2010 colt, Jackpot, who has been seen running with the bachelors. Cachina (2009 filly) is MIA. She is a grey. It is easy to tell Casino apart from the other grey mares because of her "polka dots". She did not foal this year.
Miracle joined Vegas soon after she had Morgan, spring of 2011. I am almost sure she came from Cherokee's band, but can not confirm.
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