Manteo

Kristi Craver took this great picture of another one of my wild stallions, Manteo, at the annual meeting of the Horse of the Americas Registry. His young rider, Leah, has become a solid horsewomen. She put a lot of effort into training her colt, Washikie, a Chincoteague/Appaloosa cross and he is becoming a fine young trail horse. If memory serves, Leah has only been riding a little over a year.
Manteo is my best built stallion, though smaller than Croatoan. At times he demonstrates a paso-like gait, but even when simply trotting he is smooth as glass. So far his foals seem more animated and curious than those from Croatoan. He struts. If one could breed a fighting rooster to a good mustang mare, one would get another Manteo.