mustang
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The term mesteño, meaning stray or wild, became, in cowboy-speak, mustang — that legendary, free-roaming denizen of the high plains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
"A wild mustang stallion kicks up a dust storm in north-western Colorado."
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2022
In the United States, park authorities spend more than $50 million annually to manage booming mustang populations, which are protected from culling by federal law.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2020
Even Raymond the mule, who lived with the wild horses until he retired last year to the farm, has Spanish mustang ancestry from his mother, said Meg Puckett, manager of the Corolla wild horse herd.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2020
As Smith watched him in racing combat, images from his mustang days assembled in his head.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
But other sources suggest they descended from mustangs lost in the High Sierra in 1871 during a wrangler’s trek from Stockton to Texas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Government lawyers said in court filings Monday the horse advocates are trying to inflame emotions with photos and videos of injured mustangs trying to flee helicopters and wranglers on horseback.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
A longtime observer and defender of the mustangs caught the animal’s struggle on video.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
Eight years ago, Shane Adams jolted from the tent he was camping in — underwear-clad and scurrying to get dressed — when he heard a herd of wild mustangs zoom past.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2022
He came from the prairies, where he had tamed countless mustangs for the British cavalry’s effort in the Boer War.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
