This stunningly beautiful little guy is doing amazing, really growing into himself in the wild. (He has completely recovered from his ambilicus trauma.)

• He was Born: April 20 2026
• Out of Mare: Venus (Athena x Sarge)
• By Sire: Orion (Three Socks x Moon)
• Extra protectors: his big Sister Iris, lieutenant stallion Thorne, and Grandma Athena.

First—thank you for your huge response. 🙏 We received so many incredible name suggestions for this first Salt River foal of the year! Every single one was read and appreciated!

We removed names already in use within the Salt River wild horses (like Eclipse, Orion, Aries, Butterscotch, Carmel, Zeus, Neptune etc.), and then picked our 3 final favorites, each chosen for a different reason:

• 1️⃣ ATLAS — strong lead stallion name, and he’ll carry the future of the Salt River wild horses on his shoulders. 🌎
• 2️⃣ CODY — it’s a tradition to name the first foal of the year after an honorary person, and representative Cody Reim truly cares about the future of this herd, taking action through his Salt River Horse Bill, SB1199. 🤎
• 3️⃣ JUPITER— a great fit with the planetary/themes of his bloodlines, like his great-grandfather Moon, father Orion and mother Venus. 🌙✨

Now it’s YOUR turn! 🗳️👇

• 👉 First please love this post ❤️
• 👉 Then from these three names, comment the name you love the most, and the number to make counting easier.
• 👉 One name per comment please, and NO new name suggestions, that time was last week.
• 👉 Feel free to share why you chose it—we love reading your thoughts.
• 👉Voting is open NOW and closes tomorrow, Saturday May 16th at 5 pm; no names will be counted after that.
• 👉Your vote will count double with any donation, see info below.
• 👉His official Name will be announced this Sunday, May 17th, 6 pm!
• 👉 Please share this post!

As many of you know, this little guy wouldn’t have survived without our field team springing into action, he almost didn’t make it when he got stepped on and lost his band! 💛 Good thing we are out there every day protecting and monitoring the Salt River wild horses!
If you’d like to support our important work with your vote, we’d appreciate it so much. Here are the ways:

• Zelle: 6023963978
• Venmo : [email protected]
• PayPal: [email protected]
• Or directly through our website: SRWHMG.ORG

Every donation for him, will go toward fuel for our trucks, which has become incredibly expensive, directly increasing our costs! 🚙⛽️
It can be small or big, every donation goes a loong way in keeping our team in the field — and as a thank you, it will double your vote in the final count!!!! 🙌🐴

We’ll tally everything by tomorrow, Saturday 5 pm, and we will announce his official name this Sunday! ! ✨ We are so excited!
READY, SET, VOTE!

Thank you! SRWHMG

📷This great picture of our beautiful boy is by Greg Ness.