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Showing posts with label Sunka Wakan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sunka Wakan. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Femur's Band (Feat Wanda)

Lucky, lucky me... I get to see the new filly in Femur's band! She is a beautiful little dun that is all legs! We have named her Wanda after Wanda Walker, a local Brown's park legend who recently died.

The most likely sire of this little girl is Voodoo, but one can ever know for sure. Yellow Cat has not has a foal since the 2008 gather. She was with Femur the year after the gather, but soon left him. She spent over a year with Blazer and wintered with Voodoo and Streaker. She came back to Femur a couple of months ago.

It is unusual for a foal to be born so late on the Range, but not unheard of. Last year we had a colt (Kanoa) born in October, who is a healthy yearling this year.

There is Wanda with the other 2012 foal in her band, the grulla, Sunka Wakan. He was born about two months before Wanda. It is nice to see a band with more then one foal, that is somewhat unusual out at Sand Wash.

Sunka Wakan's dam, Kinstry, is only two years old! I remember when she was this small. Her dam is Zephyr and Jet is her sire. When Jet's band broke up spring of 2011 Kinstry, as  a yearling, ended up with Femur... without her dam.

The crabby (jealous?) grey is also a two year old out of Jet's band, Nimbus. Her dam is Sunspot who is now with Centauro. I am glad Yellow Band has joined Femur to help out these young fillies (Kinstry & Nimbus) who were orphaned at such a young age.
 

Look who is leading the way! It is nice to see the wild horses looking so great even though Northwest Colorado is in severe drought.  

Monday, September 3, 2012

Femur's Band (FEAT Sunka Wakan)

Finally I get to see Femur's band with the little primitive looking colt, Sunka Wakan. I also see the big dun mare, Yellow Cat, has joined this band. When I first started observing this herd in 2009 Yellow Cat was with Femur. Since the she has been with Blazer and Voodoo.

Sunka's dam is Kinstry. She is a 2 year old filly from Jet and Zephyr. She got separated from her family band spring 2011 and ended up with Femur.

Shy Guy

Isn't he something? I just love those stripes on the legs!

Maybe this is the year for Yellow Cat to have a foal? I am so glad she came back to Femur. I think her experience will be good for this band.


It sure is nice to Femur (right) looking so content with his small family. He had been a bachelor stallion on and off post 2008 round up, up to last spring when he got most of Jet's band. The two new Jet foals, Doc and Watson, are most likely sired by this handsome bay stallion. The little grey filly on the left is another Jet 2 year old, Nimbus.