I love the color and build of this stud – but more than that he and his black mare had a foal that was very sick (she is lying in the grass out of site). I noticed the sick filly the day I found them – she just looked weak and frail. I found them for six consecutive days – each day watching the filly get sicker. It was very hard to watch and not be able to help. On the sixth day, right before I was due to head home I went to look for them one more time. I found them in the same spot as the day before. As I approached the filly was lying flat out on the ground – she looked dead. The stud and mare let me go to the filly. I gently stroked her little body – she was still alive but just barely. The mare and stud whinnied to me but seemed to know that I met no harm and just wanted to say goodbye. I must admit I cried most of the way home. The amazing part of this story is that the parents never left this little ones side – they stayed with her until she passed. It is common in wild horse bands that if a foal is sick and cannot keep up the band will abandon the foal. This pair of wild horses is special in my eyes because they never left their foal alone – they stayed until the end. I haven’t seen this pair again but I hope to in the future.