Another rainy summer day, another trip to the Cañon City BLM holding facility.
I’d been itching to gentle some of the New Mexico Mustang yearlings ever since I first saw them as tiny foals at the facility last summer, and then again as bright eyed weanlings with wild mohawk manes this spring.
The plan had been to get 4 to 6 buckskin colts and give them all military names, because those sassy little guys would have made the funniest Sergeant, Colonel, Lieutenant, Captain, etc. ever.
As plans go, sometimes things change and when I brought these 4 goobers home, 3 of them fillies, we knew we needed to adjust course.
Tay Martin and I brainstormed while watching the youngsters settle, and came up with new ideas.
Valkyrie and Remington were quickly decided and agreed upon. I really liked Maverick for the colt. Taylor insisted that if we had a Maverick we needed a Goose.
I don’t watch TV and I see maybe 3 movies a year (until I fall asleep that is), so I was clueless as to why those needed to go together. When I looked at Taylor with bewilderment, she told me “You’re just going to have to Google that.”
I Googled, we chose our Goose, which left Remington for the tall buckskin since Valkyrie had already been assigned to the bay (or dun?) filly.
There’s a lot of mystery coloring going on in this little group of Bordo Atravesado, NM Mustang kiddos, more on that in the video.
Valkyrie (string tests to 14.3hh mature height), Maverick (string tests to 14.2hh mature height) and Remington (Remi, string tests to 14.3hh mature height) are available for adoption through Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy in Guffey, CO.
We’re in the process of gentling them in preparation for their transition into wonderful homes.
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