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Cloud's Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns
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In Cloud’s Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns, Cloud is now a band stallion with a mare and her children, a yearling and a foal. Meanwhile, Cloud’s own child, which has a telltale golden coat, lives with another herd and will never know him as his father.

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This program premiered November 23, 2003.

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ashley cooper -- June 21st, 2008 at 2:11 pm

oh my gosh!!!!
i have always been a HUGE fan of cloud and all his family. i always thought he was such a strong horse. its amazing how 1 horse is born and is the son of one of the strongest stalllions in the mountains and the horse (cloud) becomes sucha legend. i think it was kinda funny when he stool his borthers mare and she went back to him. now that there is a true love story. ever since i was little i have always wanted to go and see cloud for myself. He is the most FASINATINGhorse i have ever known. i would like to go to montana and do the same as ginger kathren

Heather -- June 23rd, 2008 at 8:50 pm

I have the book of the second episode and I wish I was there filming the Episode and being able to see wild horses up close and personal.

Rachel -- June 25th, 2008 at 8:35 pm

This two-part series was quite engaging, although I wish there was more explanation of the biology behind the behavior.

Amanda -- June 30th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

I love Cloud and the series! I watch it everytime it comes on my tv. I am kind of wondering what happened to the stallion, Looking Glass,though. What ever became of him? Well I do hope that you will come out with a 3rd part of this series. I would love to see more of Cloud and Sitka and the band…maybe even visit him myself in the Montana territory one day =)

Kiki -- July 3rd, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Cloud is the most beautiful horse i hav EVER seen! They shouldn’t kill his herd! I want to know what will happen to Cloud and Sitka soon! and the rest

Judy -- July 6th, 2008 at 10:38 pm

What a joy to see the wild process and their lives play out as they sould. What lessons we as people could learn just by watching their behavior. I hope to see more of this kind of work on PBS.

i love cloud girl -- July 7th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

i think this is the best horse doc. ever!

Bethany -- July 7th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

I love it!! i think it should be shown in schools. i think it is great.it is sad what will happened i bet.

dinahvoc -- July 7th, 2008 at 3:53 pm

It is really sad to see how some people don’t get it, Jehovah placed these and all animals here to acompany us and to share his creation. Soon, those who do good by God’s standards, will share a clean and peaceful earth with these gifts from Jehovah God! (Psalms 37:11)

Katherine Weaver -- July 7th, 2008 at 4:01 pm

i love cloud. i have 39 horses of my own and work at a riding stable, Uncle bucks! we have a wild mustang, sissy, who was from montana! she is great!

Judy Ryan -- July 7th, 2008 at 4:34 pm

A wonderful series. Ginger is a very brave and wonderful photographer. I have loved horses all of my 73 years.

haley -- July 8th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

thisreally shows the real wildlife and im a huge fan i saw it this morning and jhust fell in love with them cloud is beautiful i really wish there is more thats coming and i own five horses and i love them but to see wild stallion like that anad learn about there packs is just amazing i know so much more than i did befor i watched this when you think that you know it you get caught by this wonderful videos and the land i really want to know what happens to storm and why storms mom is like that but what i love is that when something gos wrong something beautiful and amazing and just wonderful happens right after that and for boulder i want him to follow in his fathers legacy i dont know why hes not with his father but i llove him and i love this document its the most amazing thing i have ever seen and i really want more

vicki -- July 9th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

Just finished watching the episodes of Cloud and his family of wild horses. It will be a shame if the government destroys these beautiful animals. It should never happen.

Amanda -- July 10th, 2008 at 1:20 am

I love Cloud and his band. I wonder what happens to them on the road that lies ahead.

Deb -- July 10th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

I just found the story of cloud and his band in the last couple months on tv it was a beautifil documetary you did the best job! I think they deserve to be free! knowone should have the right to round them up and auction off any of the wild horses!people didnt touch them years ago thats the way it should be, probably many end up on some european dinner plates? its awful i think,i really cant believe the government wants to kill every wild horse left,or sterelize them, so there are no more! First the the native american indians now all the wild horses? they were here on this land first! leave them all alone! i will be signing the petition to save them

paul heffernan Heffernan -- July 10th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

I enjoyed the story of cloud and hid family. I have seventeen horses. They are sport horses. We stopped competing, we did not like the way other owners treated their horses. It is sad to see the fine animals treated badly,just to win a trophy. We had a fine five gaited horse crippled,by the barn owner
when he discovered we were going remove her from his barn in Kentucky,and return her to our ranch in California. She would have won the third leg of the triple crown,for five gaited horses,if he had not worked her on a concrete floor.
,and turned her canon bone. There was nothing the vet could do so we put her down.

Melissa L. -- July 13th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

This is an excellent documentry, and I look forward to the third part. I wonder if Cloud’s mare might have cancer/tumor, not from an accident as Ms. Katherine may suggest.

Good luck and best wishes.

Ali -- July 14th, 2008 at 12:37 am

I LOVE this series! Cloud is so beautiful, and so are his foals! Although, I thought cloud was white…so his first-born son is palimino? I heard about and saw Cloud and it inspired me to get a gelding mustang(he was a bachlor stallion I’m guessing since he was 2 years). Many people advised me against getting him, since he is my first horse and I was only 12. But, I got him anyways because I knew I had a bond with him the second I saw him at the BLM adoption. I left him alone in a round pen for a few days just giving him food and water. Then, I started to connect with him by using the “horse whisperer” technique everyday. Everyday a little bit longer, a little more acomplished, a little more trusting….soon he was letting me pet him, put a halter on him, take treats from my hand. Now, two years later, he is more classified as a “puppy dog” than a horse. ;) He clips, ties, and loads for me. I also ride him, often bareback with nothing but an old bridle. He is my love and my world, and I could never imagine not having him. It’s funny, at first I wanted a lesson horse to ride at my old swanky english riding school, but at soon as I brought him for my first lesson with my own horse, I knew it was not “our thing”. Everyone turned there noses up because he’s not a billion dollar purbred…but he’s goofy, fun, and I love him! Thanks so much Cloud for inspiring me to get my best friend!

Dav Tipton -- July 16th, 2008 at 3:53 pm

Great series! very engaging.

Jessica -- July 18th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

Wow! I looove Cloud. I can not wait for number 3! I would really like to now more about what happened to Storm and Bolder. I personaly think that the bump on Cloud’s mare is a tumor but i guess im no expert. I also look up to Ginger and hope to be as wonderful as her!!

Heidi Helene Christensen -- July 21st, 2008 at 11:22 pm

The BLM is determined to kill Cloud, his family and the other Pryor Mustangs as well as other wild horses in other states.

PLEASE go to thecloudfoundation.org and read up on it and write to the people who can help! PLEASE don’t let the BLM kill the wild horses!

Angel -- July 23rd, 2008 at 10:55 am

Cloud is a strong and sturdy horse he looks alot like my horse i call him Sparky. i love clouds baby STORM hes sooo cute!!!! Cloud will always roam free!!!!

Kacey -- August 1st, 2008 at 9:54 pm

I love horses! They are very calm.

emilee -- August 3rd, 2008 at 9:21 pm

horse love to roam free and do not kill horses PLEASE they are living to!!|:

David Robertson -- August 5th, 2008 at 5:52 pm

If in fact many of the previous postings state that the Government is to round up and sell off wild animals that should be a protected species or even kill them people should start to think more on the side of going to their elected officials and put it on the ballot to create a law against it. These are beautiful and we as people should value nature and protect it. Take action in this matter.

teresa -- September 14th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

what happened to the mother horse with the big bulge??

NATURE Online -- September 15th, 2008 at 11:14 am

Teresa – The mother horse, Sitka, was pregnant, and it was thought that the large bulge was caused by her colt being positioned wrong in her womb. However, she gave birth to the baby, Storm, and she still has the bulge. Stay tuned for further updates in the third installment of the Cloud series, premiering next spring.

emily charest -- October 1st, 2008 at 1:18 pm

omg i love this i have
always been a huge fan of horses they are sooo cute i love them me and my friends chelsey and bri are in love with horeses!!!!!1<33333333

Alyssa Carman -- October 2nd, 2008 at 3:42 pm

I LOVE cloud and all his family! Then again, I love all horses! I can’t wait to get one!

savehorses1123 -- October 25th, 2008 at 7:23 pm

What is the BML phone number I know so many people that will call all day 24 7 so email me. I will not let cloud and his family die for some ranchers. I heard this now people pass the word tell everyone.

hottie with a body -- November 8th, 2008 at 12:48 am

I love cloud me and my fam went last year we got to see boulder!!!!!!! and even looking glass i loved boulder we thought we saw cloud about a mile away from us! we never saw him unless that was him.!

easy joe -- November 14th, 2008 at 12:42 am

NERDS!!! ALL OBSESSED!!! THE ONLY REASON IM EVEN ON THIS FREAKING WEBSITE IS CUZ MY DAMN COUSIN IS OBSESSED WITH FREAKIN HORSES!!!

Ellen -- November 22nd, 2008 at 12:31 pm

When Cloud is chassing the bachelors and the lightning strikes the hills, it makes him look like a god! I bet The Silver Brumby is eating his mane and tail! He’s so majestic!
P.S:easy joe can keep the rude comments to himself thanks!

horselover -- November 23rd, 2008 at 5:01 pm

what happened to sitka and storm

besli -- November 27th, 2008 at 12:22 am

this doc whery good
i think this is the best horse
i love soo mach horse …? tung

roberto -- December 3rd, 2008 at 4:39 pm

I might watch both episodes again. Everything was so close to perfect, story, photography, editing, landscape…and the curious nice lady how has a “golden” heart.

Horselover140 -- January 7th, 2009 at 10:37 am

more whole episodes please

Madison -- March 16th, 2009 at 6:27 pm

Cloud is the most beautiful stallion I have ever seen.I hope when I get my own horse in 2 years I will be able name it Cloud,or one of cloud’s sons names.If I ever get a mare I will name it Sitca and I will try to get them to breed and try to make a legacy of this Cloud.

Rachel -- March 24th, 2009 at 8:28 pm

WOW!WOW!WOW! what an amazing show I can’t wait for the 3 to come out!

Kooky and Crazy -- April 11th, 2009 at 9:14 pm

Cloud is the BEST movie ever!!!!!!!!!! We love it he is the most GOURGOUS white stallion ever!!!!
Better than the lippazaner stallions any day!!!!

dorothy -- April 16th, 2009 at 3:49 pm

I had the pleasure of seeing cloud and camped out in penns cabin mice running all night long but i managed and also forgot mantels for lantern what an experience i’m hoping to go again the summer of 2009 can’t wait until new movie comes out whatever did happen to looking glass and is sitka still alive

Crystal -- April 26th, 2009 at 4:18 pm

wow what a great lady very insperational

Olivia -- May 11th, 2009 at 3:54 pm

Wow!That is so brave of Ginger to take photos of wild horses!I wish i could do that!I have a little four year old stallion and he would love to meet Cloud!

jessica -- June 12th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

I THINK WILD HORSES ARE MEANT TO RUN FREE ICANT WAIT TILL NEXT SRING BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A NEW CLOULD SERIES BUT LOOKING GLASS IS A MEAN BAND STALLION CLOULD IS THE BEST STUD HORSE I’VE EVER HEARD OF

phia -- July 30th, 2009 at 1:47 am

flint and boulder look amazing! i wish theyd have this on tv.

Bailee -- July 30th, 2009 at 6:04 pm

I love Flint, he and Cloud are my favorite. I had a dream that I had a dark bay horse and I named him Flint I’m going to be a writer when I’m older and in my story there is a girl and her horse Flint. I’m writing about their adventures and hope someday the world will read about them. Thank you Ginger you have helped my realize what I want to be and what I want to do. Cloud is amazing and someday I want to see him in person and thank him for the memories that he has given me I use to watch him all the time and I still do. Cloud your wonderful and I hope you live the rest of your life happy and free!

Rae -- August 12th, 2009 at 2:32 pm

Wow!!!! Ive always loved wild horses,but when i saw about cloud and his small band i don’t wanna stop!!I feel so bad about Flint. He is so adorable!

natasha -- August 29th, 2009 at 8:22 am

OMG! i hate this none of the vids will show!

Robin -- September 8th, 2009 at 1:16 pm

Please read
http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/
Call President Obama and VP Biden at 1-202-456-9000 or 1111 and ask them to intervene for the sake of the Pryor Mountain horses

Meg -- September 9th, 2009 at 7:01 pm

This is plain stupid. These are feral domestic animals called horses. They are not “wild”. Zebras are wild. Feral horses have worms, split hooves, and are inbred. Would you say the same for feral dogs and feral cats? Nice fairy tale, I will admit.

Roxy -- September 14th, 2009 at 9:20 pm

Uh, yes, unlike you, I see no purpose in cruelty to any animal, whether they be dogs, cats or wild horses. Nor have I ever found any evidence, even on the BLM site, about worms or split hooves – in fact this a first! A truly desparate attempt to discredit these horses. In fact, BLM holds regular adoptions of these wild horses.

Wild horses will only become inbred if the herds are reduced to below viable numbers – which benefits nothing about our public lands, and everything about greedy cattle, energy, timber and mining interests.

The Humane Society of the United States classifies the American Wild Horese as wild – good enough for me – THEY ARE HERE NOW. THEY ARE WHERE THEY NEED TO STAY NOW, RUNNNING FREE WITH THEIR FAMILIES ON OUR PUBLIC LANDS.

roxy -- September 19th, 2009 at 6:30 pm

1. Actually feral cats in my community help control the rodent problem in the orange groves, and if not controlled the rats come and chew on peoples roofs.

2. The Humane Society of the United States calls wild horses wildlife – good enough for me.

3. Wolves and buffalo, once extinct in Yellowstone, now re-introduced are not “wild”? People keep wolves (unfortunately) as pets and as “trained show” animals for movies and TV, some buffalo are kept by ranchers as livestock. Tigers and bears and others are kept in zoos adn trained for “show animals”, etc, etc., are they not wild when in the wild?

Sarah -- September 20th, 2009 at 9:59 pm

Boalder looks EXACTLY like my horse Cloud hes a Palomino Mustang from the Montana area horse land thingy maybe hes a Cloud foal????

Kari -- September 28th, 2009 at 2:17 am

wonderful documentary on such beautiful creatures.
If you don’t believe the horses are wild, go to a local round up and adopt one and see how long it takes YOU to tame one of these “Feral” horses then you will know wild… Thanks Ginger and Raven is beautiful too..

Christina L -- October 26th, 2009 at 1:32 am

To Ali (you posted on July 14th, 2008). Cloud is a Palomino. He is not white. The palomino color can range from almost white (like Cloud) to an almost buckskin color (but with a white mane and tail of course). The average palomino is in the middle, a beautiful golden color. Cloud is a palomino with very light pigmentation. He has the genetic makeup to produce all different shades of palomino, and i believe even buckskin depending on the mare. For example, my horse is a solid black paint. He is considered a paint, even though he is solid, because he has the genetic make up to produce a paint foal. Also, I loved your story about your adopted Mustang. It was a very sweet story!

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