Horses on the Prairie

by Judi Dressler

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Horses on the Prairie

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Judi Dressler

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Photograph - Photography

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Pinto horses out on the prairie in Northwest Colorado.

I stopped the car and got out to take some photos, and right away these beautiful horses started walking towards me. Not only these four, but at least twenty of them surrounded me and my car; it was amazing! I wished so badly that I had some carrots or something tasty to feed them!

A pinto horse refers to a horse that has a coat consisting of large patches of white and any other color. In America, the Pinto is regarded as a proper breed. In the American west, the Pinto has traditionally been regarded as a horse the American Indian favored as a war horse since its coloring provided a natural camouflage, however, the Pinto horse was actually introduced to North America by European explorers, chiefly those from Spain, bringing their Barb stock that had been crossed with native European stock years before. Over time, the pinto bred with the wild Mustang, resulting in the Western-bred horse we are familiar with today.

Photo taken on December 27, 2019, on the Pawnee Grasslands of Colorado

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