Seven’s, Kreacher’s and Grey/Traveler’s bands were hanging out pretty close to each other on my last visit. That can be good in that you can hang out and just watch lots of horses from one vantage point, but it can be a little nervous with multiple families together – especially at this time of year. Unlike some, I don’t really enjoy seeing some of that seasonal chaos between stallions. It’s natural – sure – but it makes me nervous with worry! And with Seven’s being one of the most wary bands in the basin, I wasn’t sure they would be OK with the addition of me to the other bands.
As it turned out, they were fabulous!
I just sat with them for a while.
Roja is by far the most wary, and she stayed the farthest away, but she never appeared worried, and this and a couple of others are the only pix I have of her looking at me – mostly, she grazed!
And though this is what most folks would consider a “blah” photo … it’s a snapshot of triumph to me: Seven and Roja, quiet, calm, grazing, not worried about me.
Shane with them. Like most of the foals, she’s closely attached to her – in this case – stepdaddy.
I love this one of them!
Sigh. What a hunk! 🙂
Have you spotted the weirdness? What the heck happened to his mane and tail? His mane typically hangs on the left side of his neck; now he has just two dredlocks hanging, and the rest of his mane is in very short wisps! And did you spot how short his tail is? Is it all the result of rubbing? I would have said I’ve never see anything like it … but Kestrel lost most of her mane a year or so that is growing back nicely. It wasn’t maybe as obvious because she’s much younger and didn’t have a long mane to begin with. And Roach – was his roached mane and sparse tail the very first time I saw him natural?? I assumed it wasn’t, but maybe it was.
Just something more to make ya go “hmmmmm.” I think you’ll agree, there’s a lot more to make you go “ahhhhhhh”! 🙂
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
This shot almost looks like there is some Arabian in it or Quarter Horse. Doesn’t look like some of the other wild horses. Very nice build. Love your shots and stories.
Isn’t he gorgeous? I’m sure his sire is our fabulous stallion officially known as Traveler (I’ve always called him Grey, since way before I knew he had an official name … old habits are hard to break :)), who is stunning in his own right. Seven is more burly than his sire – both handsome!