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Post by DianneC on Oct 19, 2010 20:56:53 GMT -5
We were up at Steens last week and saw lots of Kigers. This one was my fav, a young stallion all by himself. Hope he gets to go back out next year when they do the roundup, he's a classic.   |
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Post by Jackie on Oct 19, 2010 22:42:15 GMT -5
He's gorgeous! He needs to be out there getting his own band!!
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Post by prizmbluekigers on Oct 20, 2010 13:12:20 GMT -5
This guy looks like one we called Lefty for the past two years - he had a sidekick - Pancho, and they were in the allotment right next to the one where you saw him. If you say that many horses you must have been near Wood Camp Res on the main road. The cliff shown in a few of the pics is a dead giveaway for location.
This year we could not find Pancho and Lefty together and we think we saw Lefty in with the main herd so this may be his partner. They visited with us in typical "curious Kiger" fashion, curious to see what we were doing. Did you see a horse that might not be a typical Kiger color? At a distance it would look blood bay or black or perhaps brown? A local rancher said he thought it was a quarter horse, not a Kiger. Just wondered.
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Post by DianneC on Oct 20, 2010 14:00:54 GMT -5
There was a really dark bay in with the 20, 2nd in command for the darker grulla. Looked Kiger though.
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Post by prizmbluekigers on Oct 21, 2010 7:52:13 GMT -5
That sounds like him, and I'm glad you saw him as we couldn't find him earlier in the year. He is the stallion who was by himself last year in an allotment. He looked Kiger to us,but we only saw him at a distance. I'll be watching for him in the corrals next year to see if they bring him in.
The big band seems to change lead stallions - when we were last there that band was run by a Dun and another about the color of Dino, but at least one Grulla stallion was there. Thanks.
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Post by DianneC on Oct 22, 2010 23:27:32 GMT -5
The band was lead by a darker grulla with a white sock on his left hind. Seemed older. We did see signs of a single horse inside the fenced off area up from the springs on the road to the viewing area. I think its private land. There had been rain so it was hard to tell at first if it was shod or not. But then we found fresh manure in a stud pile on the top of a ridge under a juniper. Tons to eat in there, and I am hoping that the spring runs year round because the man made reservoir on the upper road was almost dry.
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