Coyote Canyon Mustang Stallions

Today we went to photograph the last remaining four stallions of the Coyote Canyon wild Mustang herd, now living in Warner Springs.

In 2003, the Anza Borrego Desert State Park (California) rounded up its herd of 29 wild mustangs, all considered to be descendants from the horses brought over by the Spanish in the 1500 and 1600s. These four beauties are the last remaining stallions from this Coyote Canyon herd. The have been in the care of Kathleen Hayden of the Coyote Canyon Caballos d'Anza, a nonprofit group whose goal is to return these horses to a free-roaming lifestyle in the BLM land near Beauty Mountain.

This group recently brought in 12 Sulphur Springs Mares from a BLM round-up in Utah. These Sulphur Springs Mare and Coyote Canyon Stallions will form the foundation herd of wild Spanish descendant Mustangs to be return to a natural habitat in Southern California!

The Fallbrook Film Factory is sponsoring a documentary that is being produced about these and other Mustangs of the United States, and we were there today to film these magnificent stallions! As you can see, they were not shy about strutting their stuff! Breathtakingly beautiful!