I would be ALL OVER 8479…he’s damn nice, that one
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oh nooooOOOo0000…another one! How did i miss that gorgeous mover! man o man…8479 is verry nice! He’s going on0the-list.
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I really love some of the older guys up for auction. If I had money and space - which I have neither - I would buy a couple, just to watch them live out their days.
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I have five here who were 14 or older when i purchased them four are geldings. I’m figuring i have another half their lives to enjoy and care for their gorgeous hides. I plan on purchasing older mares when they come up for auction next year. Though…i have a LARGE selection of SAs on this auction that are sooo good i don’t know if i can resist!
SAs
8487,8611,8515,8560,8459,8492,8496,8505
8487 https://wildhorsesonline.blm.gov/animals/11268487
8611 https://wildhorsesonline.blm.gov/animals/08268611
8515 https://wildhorsesonline.blm.gov/animals/06268515
8560 https://wildhorsesonline.blm.gov/animals/06268560
8459 https://wildhorsesonline.blm.gov/animals/03268459
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I like this 2 year old as well (in addition to the ones everyone has already discussed). He could use a slightly longer neck, but his trot looks nice and I like his hind end.
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Something I noticed in this auction that I haven’t seen in priors that much, and I’ve been meaning to ask you all who have more experience than me (I just window shop 
) - this group of mustangs seem to have shorter backs than the ones I’ve seen at other auctions. I like the length of their backs. I’m wondering if this is specific to which HMA they’re from and the breeding pool or if long backs in other HMA herds provide some sort of physical advantage? Also wondering what breed would contribute to those longer backs.
8560 is absolutely lovely 
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Did you notice that he has a huge crescent scar on the left side of his neck? about 2/3 down … THAT musta hurt!!
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How many more are they going to add? It seems I keep finding more that look really enticing.
Yeah, 8560 is really fancy. Like that 16-year-old bay that I love, 8560 looks like a decently bred ranch horse that jumped a corral fence or got lose in a thunderstorm a few years back. 
That scar is interesting. That horse is a survivor!
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a lot of HMAs have their own stamp. The Salt Wash Basin horses have a verrrry big wither. The top of their shoulder, the scapula is sort of…enlarged, wider, (maybe thicker too?) They have straight-ish shoulders, but the main oddity is that extra long wither/wide scapula. Came to be from a couple of their ‘famous’ stallions…such as Picasso… One of them in this auction is a son of that Picasso, name is Stripe, or Snip or something… Let me see if i can find him. You can see what i mean about those withers. Once you see it, you can’t miss it on the other ones. Someone here (NaturalSelection? blue heron?) says the LS gap/hip is off. I’m not really seeing that. Not in the normal way (…which is the ilium is too short. The point of it falls behind the LS gap.) If i see any disjoint, it might be the ilium is long and ends forward of the LS gap. So…sort of super-suspensory rather than lax suspensory…? Maybe i’ll look to see if i can find an example of it in an older thinish one and slow down / stop action the vid.
There ARE some long backs. Look at the more mature horses from some of the non-Sand Wash Basin ‘origin’.
Here’s that Picasso son, Snip: https://wildhorsesonline.blm.gov/animals/03268522
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i’m just not into ‘well-bred’ animals any more. USED to be…but i’ve had a come-to-gezus moment and now …meh!
I have one, Steve, who has a divet in his ribcage the size of a hoof! Someday, i’m going to have my vet take xrays and see what happened in there. Good news is it’s behind the girth groove! He travels fine…but this poor little guy of mine got crunched baaaaad
which 16yr old bay?
morgan horses tend to long backs. And there are all those old morgan calvary mount stallions seeded into the wild herds. Too bad they didn’t get the pretty Morgan heads! Some of their heads are well…unlovely. I think maybe that comes from the old spanish lines?
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Thank you for the detailed explanation!
I see what you mean about the scapulas.
- He’s also 16 hands (allegedly… is it usually accurate?)
Oh, and I suppose I used the wrong term in saying “decently bred”, but I wasn’t sure how to phrase it. I guess what I was reacting to was that some of these horses, more than others, resemble a working ranch horse type. Not meant to be a judgement of good vs. bad. Also, I fantasized a little bit and thought that maybe someone’s former roping/riding/pack horse found its way into a mustang herd and went feral. That can happen, right?
ME TOO!!!
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just the other day, i heard? read? …maybe even read on here? about a ranch horse that ran away with a wild herd…was gone-gone. 8 years later, he returned!
edit to add: OK…i’m prejudiced i admit…but I really do think that the american quarter horse breed could be improved with an infusion of mustang blood. I look at those QH and think how far they’ve strayed from the path. No longer are they fit for function. They need better feet, thicker legs, more angulation in rear…and speaking of rears…those bootays could use some trimming down.
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I’ll play if I was able to bid. My gut says the 2 yr old 8591. He moves uphill, good neck placement, is catty, like how he crosses his back and front legs when turning, pretty head. Doesn’t freeze but isn’t freaking out.
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OH, Waylon! i love that horse. I’m pretty sure i won’t bid high enough to win him. He’s pretty well documented/photographed/adored by suburban girls. Sire Willy, Dam Mesa. He’s actually only 8, born 2014. (they have the ages wrong on a lot of these guys). BTW…he’s another one of those wide scapula guys…take a good look at that shoulder of his!
Here’s a pic of him beside the height marks. Looks more like 15.2 to me…
Really? I’ve owned four Morgans, and none of them were long-backed.
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