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Save Utah's Native Sulphur Horse |
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What is a Sulphur Horse? Years of defending for themselves in Utah's Needle Range Mountains has created this Sulphur Horse with rock solid legs, sound mind and feet of steel. The ancient Iberian-Sulphur Horse is preserved from man's past! The most common dun factor marking for the Primitive Sulphur Horse is the dorsal stripe. The dorsal stripe usually runs from the base of the mane to the base of the tail along the spine. Dark leg stripes up to the knee, ears are pointed with a dark rim, neck and shoulder stripes (barring), facial cob webbing, chest bars, fishbone marks along the dorsal, dark "eye liner" encircles the eyes, the hooves are thick-walled and extremely tough, no need for shoes, unless you are going across lava fields. Primitive Striped Sulphur Horses have markings that are known as DUN FACTORS. The base color of the mane of the horse must be darker for the horse to be considered a true dun. These markings are darker than the body color and most often the same color as the mane/tail. These horses are different than a Dun Colored horse, such as a Buckskin. |
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The horses above are good examples of a Sulphur Dun Horse |
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| In 1519 Spanish Conquistadors reintroduced HORSES, to the New World. In 1606 plains Indian tribes of the Comanche, Pawnee, Dakota and the Rocky Mountain Indians tribes of the Navajo, Paiute, Shoshoni, Crow, Blood and Blackfeet all had horses. In 1630, more horses were brought into Utah by the Early Spanish explorers. When Brigham Young arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1846, the Iberian-Sulphur Mustang had been in Utah 240 years! Utah celebrates the Pioneers, Utah should celebrate the Iberian-Sulphur Horse. | |
| Ron Roubidoux was one of the first people who noticed these unique Striped Zebra Sulphur Dun Horses. It was in 1996 and because of Ron Roubidoux's hard work to introduce Sulphur's Chance to the public that the Sulphur Horses have world recognition. Mustang Horses of the Southwest are in crisis. In 1971, when the US Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act authorized the BLM to protect these Wild Horses as a "National and Native Species", to live on "public lands" for all to enjoy. Some might say, that Ron should have left the Sulphurs alone, but if that were so, the Sulphurs would have no protection at all. At least now, the Sulphurs have supporters from across the USA and "The World", (Germany, Croatia, Ireland, UK and others), who know about and appreciate the uniqueness of these beautiful, striped, Zebra Dun Horses. | |
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| Red states: have Horses as their State Horse. Yellow States: Horses on a ballot. Grey States: aren't doing anything YET! | |
| Utah's Native Sulphur Horses a Treasured and Endangered Herds, these unique Wild herd of Sulphurs were a self sustainable herd for 240 years before the first settler came to Utah. The Sulphur Horse's ancestors rode with the Cowboys and Indians of the Old West, they fought along side the Conquistadors and Spanish Colonists and the Army, use thousands of these valiant Mustangs were used in the wars and went into battle, many losing their lives. | |
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The PURPOSE of this Group is to encourage the Utah Senate and Congress to proclaim, the Sulphur Mustang as Utah's Native Sulphur Horse, keeping the herd intact and in Utah, forever! "United We Stand, Divided We Fail" and if we fail, the Iberian-Sulphur Horse are the real losers. They will lose their home, their families and some will lose their lives! |
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| The Last American Icon | |
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1885 Zebra Dun Song Endangered Species Mustangs verses the BLM Be a Sulphur Supporter Sulphur's Supporters Form Spanish Sulphurs Spanish Mustangs The Expansion How the Mustang can support itself Equus Caballus |
Utah's First People Southern Ute History Columbus Maps of New Spain aka North America Ute-Paiute Time Line Comanche Time Line Sulphur Mustangs Time Line Spanish Trail Utah Timeline |
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When Sulphurs are wild, they are Mustangs ~ When they are loved and become your helper they are Sulphur Horses. |
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