[churumbeque]

Craigslist would be where I would post it. Is it not catchable?

 

[ChitChatChet]

I wonder why it has 2 lead ropes on it?

Makes me think it ran away.

 

[JCnGrace]

It will be a dead horse of it gets a lead rope wrapped around some of that brush and can't graze or get to water.

 

[NorthernMama]

I wonder why it has 2 lead ropes on it?

Makes me think it ran away.

Or someone was using two lead ropes as reins. The horse spooked; rider fell off; horse ran...

 

[Rain Shadow]

I messaged Karen Chaton on Facebook. She's a well-known endurance rider out of Nevada, but I know she knows quite a few people in Arizona and has a large following. Hoping she can share it and get some more attention.

 

[KigerQueen]

well if the horse is a mare it may have already been covered by the band stallion. im also thinking it a mare because the stallion has not chased it off.

(dark horse is the stallion)

 

[Rain Shadow]

Just saw that she's a wild mare that someone was trying to capture and the goal is to get the halter and leads off, and leave her be. She's not domesticated.

 

[KigerQueen]

wow! umm why try to get a wild horse when there are PLENTY of domestic/blm horses needing homes? poor girl. ill pass that on.

 

[ChitChatChet]

Just saw that she's a wild mare that someone was trying to capture and the goal is to get the halter and leads off, and leave her be. She's not domesticated.

Thus the 2 lead ropes.

 

[KigerQueen]

yep. apparently last year there was a mare with a rope around its neck. no one has any info on it after that so the mare may have died. I hope someone can get the halter off of her. it may take a few people to rope her and put her through some sort of shoot to get it off.

 

[churumbeque]

If that the case Im sutre they can shoot her with a tranq and remove halter

 

[JCnGrace]

I hope someone steps up and is willing to do what it takes to get the halter and leads off.

 

[trailhorserider]

I know nothing of this particular horse, however, the predicament doesn't surprise me at all. I am not all that far from Heber and we ride in wild horse country a lot. We frequently see domestic horses with various lameness's that have been turned loose, wild horses that have been haltered only to get away, etc.

My friend tried to get a halter off a young horse last year and failed. They get close enough for you to touch/feed, but when they realize you are trying to do something with them they bolt away. So you can't even get the halter off them. Hopefully someone got the halter off the mare. :evil:

 

[trailhorserider]

This is a horse we tried to get a halter off of last year without success.

They get close enough to come up to you for food, but won't let you really touch them. So if you ever DO get a halter on, you really can't get it back off. This guy had a broken halter, so I suspect someone tried to tie him. :-(

They are only semi-feral. Some are obviously domestic horses that have been turned loose. Some are wild as march hares. Most are in-between.

 

[trailhorserider]

They are actually really attractive, well-built horses for the most part. I can see why someone would want one. They have nice bones and feet, come in beautiful colors, are just all-around nice looking horses. Their only short coming is they aren't super tall. But they aren't super short either. Their bone and hoof quality is better than most domestic horses, imo.

This is a really healthy looking herd I photographed last year. The gorgeous buckskin is the stallion.

 

[DraftyAiresMum]

The gorgeous buckskin is the stallion.

That buckskin. :shock: Absolutely gorgeous!!!

 

[trailhorserider]

That buckskin. :shock: Absolutely gorgeous!!!

I know.....hubba hubba!

 

[DraftyAiresMum]

I know.....hubba hubba!

I just keep staring...and wiping drool off my desk... :lol:

 

[trailhorserider]

I just keep staring...and wiping drool off my desk... :lol:

More photos for you.