Talk:Remuda

I'm not a historian, but this story sounds like BS... This would be a long, drawn-out process compared to each rider just grabbing their own horse. The way I've always heard the term used is just referring to a ranch's herd of horses used for everyday work. I deleted the part that looks like a straight-up fictional story. If anyone actually thinks it's true, they can restore it themselves. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.7.241 (talk) 20:30, 5 June 2010 (UTC)


 * "Remuda" has a classic meaning that has been broadened in modern times. In the northern Rockies where I live, the term "remuda" is sort of used tongue in cheek to refer to a working herd, or, for example, a person with two horses in the back yard might jokingly call them "my remuda." I won't offer any opinion on how seriously it still is used in the Great Basin, where the historic buckaroo tradition is the strongest; one does see the term in writing a fair amount when discussing the remaining traditional ranches of the west, not sure its actual vernacular level of use. Thus my take is that the story is not entirely BS, but more is a romanticized version written by a non-horseman. Actually, it IS efficient when the horses do not want to be caught!  It is accurate that in the old cattle drive era, a lot of remuda horses were only about half-broke and thus had to be roped, that is actually still true in some areas, though less common.  It makes no sense for a bunch of people to be in a or pen corral all at once, especially throwing ropes, so the one horse at a time thing is accurate.  And someone good at it will stir up the rest of the herd less, so there is logic to having one person be responsible, though it can also work if there are relatively few hands.  .  Montanabw (talk) 03:48, 6 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep:Remuda is an important word in the West. This seems worthy of keeping with needed revision. I did not submit the article.Billy Hathorn (talk) 16:46, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

The term "remuda" is used in the movie Red River (1948) for describing a herd of working horses driven along with a herd of cows being moved a thousand miles from Texas to Missouri. "It's a good thing we got a big remuda. He's been wearing out three ,four horses a day." Noah Berry Jr. talking to a fellow hand about John Wayne wearing out horses after a change in mount. (jeffsallen) 06:21, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Fantasy
I deleted a chunk that had no sources and made no sense. 2600:8804:181:A300:8033:3DA2:39F0:F09B (talk) 08:50, 13 August 2022 (UTC)