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The most magical thing happened today. I went to the Wild Horses of
\nAbaco preserve with Mimi tho my back was screaming not to……I rode
\nup on their ancient tractor so we could get back to where Hadar might
\nbe. Hadar is the one and only remaining stallion anyone has seen in the
\npast 5 years. He is well into his 20’s and may or may not be
\ninterested in breeding. The workers see him a few times a month but I
\nnever expected to see him. Been hearing about him. All hope lies with
\nhim right now……………………….. Needle in a haystack to say
\nthe least. The tractor ride was amazingly comfortable and we went on
\nout an old logging road all the way to the very very back of what used
\nto be a huge citrus grove…..45 minutes into the ride I saw him. He
\nwas upwind of us and the wind was very loud so he did not see or hear
\nus. We turned the tractor off and hoofed it thru what would have been
\nimpossible b4 the fire but is slick now….in patches big enough to
\nwalk flat footed. I went towards his head and Mimi went towards his
\nrear quite a ways away and I was taking pictures all the way…..will
\npost them later. But there he was. When he finally did see me I did as
\nI have been taught by Bruce Anderson with Nature’s View and turned my
\nback to him. I walked away at an angle so he did not feel
\nthreatened……and then stopped and turned back slightly. He was still
\nstaring at me stock still. It was not until Mimi showed up behind him
\nthat he quietly turned and walked away. He is in decent flesh, looked
\nsound at a walk and as we walked back to the tractor in the same
\ndirection he was walking he simply melted into the tall grass or woods
\nmaybe.<\/p>\n

If we can recreate this, Mimi could get a shot with the tranq gun and
\nwe could walk him in with a crew or put him in the ‘trailer’ which is
\nnot really a trailer but would work, and see if we have a breeding
\nstallion or not. Keeping fingers crossed and in the meantime I feel
\nvery fortunate indeed to have seen what up till now has been a mythical
\ncreature….may as well have been a Chestnut Unicorn.<\/p>\n

Sami Bolton<\/p>\n

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