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Photo Challenge: 22 Brands
Hot brand or freeze brand, these horses are sporting some unique marks!
Branding is still a useful way to add an identifying feature to horses. Some breeds, including mustangs who have been adopted through the BLM or Standardbreds, still require the brand as a permanent form of identification; other breeds, including many warmbloods, include the brand as a verified indicator of a horse’s breeding. Whatever the case, here are # reader-submitted horses sporting a unique brand!
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My rancher friend gave me this AQH as a weanling. Had her freeze branded before giving her to me as her only mark is a small white star. She is 4.5 now. Picture by Sarah Heavilin
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Victoria Heacock Macpherson: BLM freeze brand on my mustang mare. Photo by my daughter, Rachel Rudometkin.
Keep an eye out for next week’s 24-hour photo challenge! We announce challenge subjects on Monday afternoon on both Instagram and Facebook.
Go riding!
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