Centauro's Band (Feat Isadora)

Centauro's band...this is one of the largest bands out at Sand Wash Basin.

Here is the youngest member of his band....Isadora. Something has happened. it looks like she got stuck in mud and another horse pulled her out? She looks a bit thin and a little tired, but is keeping up.

Look out Isadora! There's  Centauro, the Spanish Grey, getting fresh with Isadora's mom, Isabelle.

Things settle down and the little foal has a drink.

Centauro has another 2012 foal, this colt...Shadow. Shadow was an early foal. He was born back in March. He will be a grey like his sire. You can tell by the grey goggles around his eyes. I love this little guy!

Shadow and Isadora.

Shadow with his half brother, Kona. Kona is the full brother to Isadora.

Centauro with his grey/white mare, Sun Spot. Sun Spot joined this band last spring. She came from Jet's band.

Sun Spot has some good wind knots in her mane going!

Centauro's mare, Reyna. It doesn't look like she will have a foal this year.

Last year she threw this beautiful filly, Tierra.

Sun Spot and Irma. Irma is the mother of Isabelle...grandmother to Isadora.

The band stallion. This band had the most foals last year...four.

Centauro challenging Cimmaron, who has a small band of his own.

I leave the little filly in peace. I hear later soon after this she got separated from her band, but has since rejoined them. The mustangs never cease to amaze me.

Centauro's Band

Centauro's band! I was very excited to see this band of wild horses come streaking across the desert. I just hoped they stopped so I could get a good look at them.

The beautiful dappled grey stallion.

He stops and gives me a big snort. He sees me as no threat and gives me a quick look at his very special family. Centauro has the most 2011 foals on the range....four. They are all beauties.

This is the youngest of the four foals....he is a colt we call Kona.

This little filly, Isis, was born just a week before her brother. She will be a stunning palomino like her mom.

This mare, Sunspot, joined Centauro this spring. She came from Jet's band when they "dismantled". Sunspot loves Centauro. It shows. She was pregnant, but somehow lost her foal.

Here is Sunspot from her "mane" side. She had a foal last year....a colt, Nimbus. He is  with Femur and that gang. I have no idea why she left hm behind, but he is doing OK. He is a beautiful grey like her.

Reyna is a cool mare. She is part of the PZP study, but keeps having foals anyway. This is the first time I have seen her without her 2 yr old filly, Ramona...I wonder if she is alive and who has her? Reyna had the most gorgeous filly early this spring....Her 2 yr old colt, Hawk, is a strong bachelor stallion.

...Tierra. I just love the looks of this filly! I wonder if she will be a rare grulla pinto? Maybe just a grey? She and her brother, Terora, were the first wild foals I saw this spring. They were born a good 3 months before Kona and Isis.

Sofia, the other bay mare, but youn can easily tell her a part from Reyna. She is the most wily and will usually lead the band away.

Centauro's foals.

All four of them together.

The two fillies...Isis and Tierra.

Love her!

Sofia having a roll.

The two palominos are mother/daughter.

This stallion really shows his Spanish ancestory.