Copper MIA, WildWind, Vegas Has a Filly, Silverado's New Band

It was nice to finally see Silverado's band. A lot has changed here. He has gained Tashunka's 2 yr old roan filly Nahmana, but has lost his 2 yr old filly, Bird. Also missing is Aragon who was his satellite. He still has his one mare Celeste and her 2011 filly, Jolly.

I had heard Dolor was leading a big band around and today found out he has Copper's (The Dark Ones) band. I wonder what happened to Copper? 

I still can not figure out who this grey filly is with The Dark Ones.

The big old roan is Dolor. Here he is palling up with one of Copper's colts.,,,The 2 yr old..Flame.

The Black, Harlan, is dogging Dolor and his new band.

....and so is the magnificent pinto, Tag.

 Will these older stallions be able to handle this large harem?

It was nice to finally see WildWind (Big Red). His band has shrunk. Also the "thing" in his ear is almost gone. Last year the lump was so large it folded his ear over. He looks much better. I love this beautiful sorrel boy.

WildWind has kept his sorrel mare, WildThing. She looks very pregnant.

WildThing's 2 yr old colt, WildBoy.

WildThing's yearling filly, WildFlower. She is a cutie!

The other mare with WildWind is the muley 3 yr old out of Copper, Maggie.

I also saw Vegas for the first time this season.He has Casino, the white mare, back. Casino was with Vegas in 2010, but was with Mateo last year. She has a 2 yr old son , Jackpot and a 3 yr old filly, Cachina, who are not with her.

Vegas also has a beautiful new filly we call Little Bit. She is huge! Here she is with her half brother, PJ (Picasso Junior).

Little Bit

East Side Bachelor Stallions

Bachelor Stallions (Ex Band Stallions)

I see another group of stallions...this time there is no "babysitting" stallion. These are mature studs who have had mares (at least 4 of them) in the last couple of years. They are sluggish and seem to be waking up from a deep winter's sleep.

Look how different Renegade looks with his winter woolies! He sheds out to a beautiful grullo coloring with primitive striping. This was the best look at him I had ever got in all my times going out to the range. He is gorgeous! I am pretty sure the black is Cobalt .I really can't confirm. If it is I am wondering who is only mare ended up with? (Mahogany).

side note...After further review I am not sure the black is Cobalt...maybe Skerik.

The blacks look fantastic...wow, what an easy winter it has been! So different then the extreme one of 2011.

Tag almost looks like a draft horse here. He is an easy keeper.

Look at that hoof! Just perfect....The roan is either Sancho or Half Moon. He would be the youngest in this group.

Good ole Harlan.

Skerik from Silverado's band. 

This was a fun encounter. I had never seen this combination of stallions before. Interesting to see some of the more mature studs banding up and getting along so well. Awesome.

Mysteries

Here is an elusive little family. This is the first time I have seen this foal that is with the dun, Storm, and his mare, Blue Sky. Sky came from Lightnings band. She ran off with Storm last June. He keeps her well hidden. We need a name on the yearling. I don't know if it is a filly or colt.

Destiny is now with this black stallion who I believe to be Harlan. Destiny is Viggo's and Kira's yearling filly who ended up seperated from her family coming out of winter.

I am pretty confused about this band...I wonder if one is Tuscarora's 2 yr old filly, Dolly? Tuscarora was near by. I think the yearling is the one we called Slate? We need to do some research to ID this little band. I think the black stallion is Slick, who I need to get in an album.

This is a band I am slowly learning about. They have two crazy looking pinto mares, who look like they could be sisters. We named them Splash  and Luna. Splash has the 2 yr old sorrel colt, Roosevelt. He is easy to tell apart as he has a pinto marking on the side of his neck. The band stallion is one of the duns, I always forget which one. Both duns need ID's along with a yearling chestnut filly we have not recorded. I do not know who her mom is. I will add the duns along with the filly to our albums. I am going to do a whole post about this encounter. Please be patient!

Wow, this band was spooky with their new foal. I think the sorrel stallion is Solaris, who had a large band last year. The grey mare is Frosty, the roan yearling is her colt, Flare. The other horses are the bays Sedona and Mesa. Hope to see more of this band.

It was good to see Silverado, the white/grey, with his band. Nothing has changed here except for the mare's (Celeste's) new foal. I did not get a gender. The yearling filly is Bird. The black is a stallion we call Skerik. I don't know how he fits in. Satellite stallion? Aragon was dogging this band.

This is the white stallions, Warrior, band, minus Warrior. The mare and her 2 yr old colt (Shiva and Shane) are pintos. The new filly we call Diva. Bojangles is a satellite stallion for these guys. Cortez had this mare and her colt last year.

Cortez, the dun with the hour glass blaze, with his two mares, The white mare is Asha, she is nose to nose with her son, Aspen. The bay mare (Athena) was with Solaris last year. She does not seem to have foals.

I was lucky to find Vegas with PJ and Olga (from Picasso's band). This mare had joined them with her newborn.  I have better photos of this mare and will do some more research. I just want to make sure we don't count horses twice.  

I finally saw Tuscarora (another grey/white stallion) and his two mares, the yearling palo, Goldie, and the two new foals. This one belongs to Gaia, we named her Arctic. Talia's is younger and is also a filly . So nothing has changed too much here (phew) except his 2 yr old filly, Dolly is missing. These mustangs were not into being photographed on this day ....Talia (the grey mare) was very shy with the new filly.