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| Derived from the Spanish word for “relay
of horses.” This was the term adopted to refer to the large herd of
extra horses gathered for roundups or trail drives. Each cowboy had a string
of six or more cowponies for his use. The remuda was a combination of all
the cowboys’ horses. When they were not on the move with the herd
of cows, the horses were penned in a rope corral. The horse wrangler watched
the remuda and would have fresh mounts ready for the cowboys in the morning,
at noon, and in the evening for night herding.
Click here to view more remuda images |
 Erwin E. Smith (1886–1947) Emory Sager Catching up the Mounts from Remuda Held by a Rope Corral, Shoe Bar Ranch, Texas, 1912 Nitrate negative Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas LC.S59.351 |
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