Featured Image for November 2024

"Blue"

This is Blue. He's the leader of a band of horses in the valley at Flag Ranch.

Blue came to Flag Ranch through a young woman who adopted him from a man who had rounded up mustangs on or near his property and was breeding them; Blue was born in captivity. She gave him up because he came to her with a previously undiagnosed injury to his hip that made it painful when he was being ridden. There's no sign of it now that he's not being ridden.

He had a different name when he arrived, and one of the team members suggested Blue; he's a blue roan. He got to know the group of horses over the fence when he was in a pasture up top, and they would come up and talk to him. He was taken down to one of the pastures in the valley to continue the conversations for a few days, and when he was released there, he ran around with such joy! Over time he took on shared leadership of the group with the lead mare, Cali, and he's a very good leader.

This image was taken at Flag Ranch in Paso Robles on October 20th, 2024 at 12:35 pm. 

This image has been added to the Fine Art Gallery.