BLM Wild Horses; Mirage, America, Kefira, Dakota Bo, Silver, Aurora, Sierra & Midnight

KBR Horse Net
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Mirage

Foaled: 1991 / Mare
Herd: Nye County, NV
Present Owner: Tom and Gwilda Byrd
Present Location: Florida
Characteristics: A quick to gentle bay mare, but the lead horse in the herd. A nice mover.

America

Foaled: 1991 / Mare
Herd: Nye County, NV
Present Owner: Tom and Gwilda Byrd
Present Location: Florida
Characteristics: A little timid but quick to learn. Never aggressive toward humans.
The Byrds are considering teaching her to drive.

Kefira

Foaled: 1990 / Mare
Herd: Cedar Mountains, Utah
Present Owner: Lisa Rask
Present Location: Utah
Characteristics: A reliable trail horse. Lisa rides her in a sidepull, most of the time bareback. Was a bit timid at first, but now comes up to Lisa when she goes out to the pasture.

Dakota Bo

Foaled: 1998 / Colt
Herd: Foaled in Captivity (Utah)
Present Owner: Quinten and Wendy Jordan
Present Location: Nebraska
Characteristics: A fun and quick to gentle yearling

Silver Chico (AKA "Silver") 1964-1997

Foaled: 1964 / Gelding
Herd: Foaled in captivity; mother was out of Nevada
Last Owner: Lowell and Terry Boaz
Present Location: California
Characteristics: A very bright horse, perlino in color with blue eyes, studied by Professor Dale Van Vleck of Cornell University, nicknamed "Houdini Horse" after his escape from a burning barn, owned by the Boaz family for 26 years.

Aurora Australis (AKA "Aurora")

Foaled: 1993 / Mare
Herd: Goldfield; Nye County, NV
Owner: Laurie Lange
Present Location: North Dakota
Characteristics: Aurora started out a high headed high strung youngster, but has settled down now, loves children and won't take her eyes off them.
(Note: Aurora is beautifully dappled which doesn't show through on some browsers.)

Sierra

Foaled: 1993 / Mare
Herd: Nye County, NV
Owner: Suzanne Correira
Present Location: Texas
Characteristics: Very willing and clear headed young mare; has a wonderful "metronomic" trot;
enjoys trail and seems to love jumping

Midnight

Foaled: 1995 / Filly
Herd: Spring Mountain, Nevada
Owner: Paul and Debbie Vernon
Present Location: Texas
Characteristics: This beautiful black 2 year old is very intelligent,
patient with humans and really loves kids.


Agency Responsibility
The Wild Free-Roaming Horse & Burro Act states that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service are responsible for the management and protection of wild horses and burros on public lands.

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