Running Wild Mustangs - Mom and Baby
by Judi Dressler
Title
Running Wild Mustangs - Mom and Baby
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
We were photographing Wild Mustangs at Sand Wash Basin, and had stopped to admire them. The horses travel in small groups, or bands, or sometimes referred to as tribes. Suddenly this mom and baby foal started running -- I don't know what started it, and they stopped just a little distance from where they had started. Maybe some dispute with another horse. They are so beautiful, and being wild, they are so strong and proud!
Wild Mustangs are free-roaming horses of the American west that were originally brought to the Americas by the Spanish. We think of Mustangs as wild horses, but because they are descended from once-domesticated horses, they are actually feral horses. This free-roaming horse population is managed and protected by the BLM, the Bureau of Land Management. There is some controversy surrounding the sharing of land and resources by the free-ranging mustangs with the livestock of the ranching industry. There is also dispute about the methods with which the federal government manages the wild horse numbers.
Photo taken on May 11, 2019, Sand Wash Basin, NW Colorado
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Tied for 1st Place in FAA's Mare and Foal Contest on 8/4/2022
This photo tied for 2nd Place in the FAA contest, "Horses", on 8/3/19
Won 3rd Place in FAA's "Wild Horses" contest, on 11/3/2023
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Comments (87)
Annettes Whimsies
CoNgRaTs, it is my pleasure to FEATURE your wonderful Equine art on the homepage of “Equine Artistry” 💕 Add your artwork to the ‘Homepage Feature Archive’ under group discussion tab.
Hanne Lore Koehler
Congratulations, Judi, on your WILD HORSES FINE ART contest win with this magnificent running horse capture! L/F
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Judi, on your Win in the Wild Horses Contest for this wonderful photograph! Voted. L/F
Laurie Search
Wow, this is fabulous!! I want to photograph wild horses so badly!! One of these days!!! :)))f
Morris Finkelstein
Stunning action photograph, Judi! Congratulations on your First Place in the Mare And Foal - Horse contest! F/L