Fun Fact Friday - The Mustang horse is not a breed. The word Mustang originates from the spanish word "Mesteño". It translates to wild or untamed. Depending on the context, it can be used as an adjective (wild, untamed) or a noun (mustang). America's wild horses have many different breeds in their collective dnas. Mustangs of the west typically have a lot of Barb and other spanish breeds in their bloodlines since being introduced to America in the 1500's by Spanish Explorers. Then the Europeans

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Wildie Wilds— Roaming the backcountry of Steens we came across herds of wilder unknown mustangs. I am often asked how close we can get to wild horses - Here are some examples of the wilder bands which may have little to no experience with two-leggeds. You can see in an early clip a band taking off a half-mile or more as soon as we were spotted. In the middle segment of the vid when the band was running our direction- they couldn’t readily see us walking in the sage bc we were between them and th