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Ollie’s Band Beginning 2024

Hello everyone! As promised, here are a few photos of Ollie Jr and his band from the weekend. They had a pretty quiet winter. His 2020 Filly, Bess, out of mare Autumn, left the band and finally settled in with Flax. The younger boys, two-year-old Huck and yearling Auggie are getting bigger. Despite numerous attempts…
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Looking at Ollie Jr

Hello everyone! It was another beautiful day in the park today. What made it even better was finding and sitting with the handsome fourteen-year-old stallion Ollie Jr. and his band. Everyone appears to have done well this winter. I will share more of his band soon, but in the meantime, enjoy this look at Ollie…
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A Few of Flax’s Beauties

Hello everyone! Yesterday was a beautiful day in the park with the bonus of extra daylight. I was fortunate to spend part of the day with Flax and his band. They have done well this winter, and Flax even managed to pick up Mare Bess, the 4-year-old out of Autumn x Ollie Jr, not too…
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Aurora

Hello everyone! For this Monday post, we will look at another gorgeous mare in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park herd. This is the 2017 Mare, Aurora out of Mare Dawn by stallion Brutus. She is one of four generations running in Stallion Maverick’s band. She had her first foal in 2020 when she gave birth…
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The Ladies of Sidekick’s Band

Hello everyone! Since we started the week with some of Sidekick’s band, I thought we would take a look at more members of his family. Sidekick is 20 years old this year and continues to hold a band of eleven. His band includes eight mares and his two colts, Chance, who we saw earlier this…
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Momma Bella Saves the Day

Hello everyone! Today, we will look at a fun story about family in the park. One afternoon, I was sitting with Xander and Sidekick. The young stallion, Chance of Sidekick’s band, decided to walk over and start something with Xander. They will do this occasionally to practice fighting and learn how to become a band…
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