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I’m pretty sure he was captured by the Calvary soon before Spirit was born. That’s what I know. My theory is that after he was captured he was sold to another ranch or Calvary in another area. Or after he was captured he got loose, and just couldn’t find his way back to Esparanza and Spirit. Edit: Thanks for the likes!

“He left to get the milk” 😭💀⚰️

I recently sat and read all 4 Spirit books so the info is quite fresh with me, and I thought I'd share a bit! Esperanza's mother is a buckskin mare named Alma, and Strider's parents are Cedar, a Grulla stallion and an unnamed jet black mare. Then Rain's side of the family is a bit longer. The first book has Bonita (Rain's grandmother) as a gray mare, whose mother was a palomino pinto and her father was a thoroughbred racehorse. Her mate is a palomino stallion named Rafael. Their foal is Sierra, a chestnut mare and Rain's mother. Rain's father is a black and white pinto stallion. His parents are unknown. Regarding Strider's whereabouts, it's implied in the movie and in the book that Esperanza has been leading the herd since Spirit was born. So we're led to believe that he may have passed away some time before Spirit's birth. My personal headcanon (because my universe's Strider and Esperanza have another foal after Spirit) is that he got sick sometime before Spirit grew up and left the herd to prevent the disease from spreading to them. I mainly think so because the herd in the movie seemed quite happy and restful, and would not have been without the protection of a stallion. I highly recommend reading the books by Katherine Duey! They're fun, quick reads as each book is not more than 150 pages, and really expand on the lore of the Spirit universe.

The colors you were wondering about with Reveng is that he was a dark chestnut with a single cream dilution which made him lighten into a nice golden color. The cream color showed for dilution is not the color the coat will be, just that it will be lighter. (There is a light and darker version of both the gray and the cream dilute, the difference between the golden colors and the light palominos) Edit: the golden color you keep getting is actually just a dark palomino! (Because it is a chestnut with one cream dilute)

Hawk was honestly my fav one - so unique!

If you think "like a horse", Strider was most likely cast out of the herd as Spirit took over. As in nature there is only one lead stallion in the herd and for that being Spirit there would be no room for his dad~ (also thinking that those 2 foals in his herd are his, cause there is no other stallion around) My theorie.

In horse herds it's typically the Lead Mare who takes the lead while the Lead Male trails behind driving the herd forward and picking up any stragglers. He guards their back while trusting his lead mare to guide the rest of the herd

I’m in the middle of reading the books. I’m in the final one now, I will tell what happens to Strider when I get there. Also. Esperanza’s mother was a buckskin with “a pretty face” named Alma, Strider’s father was a grullo with no markings, and his mother was a black horse with some markings. The book isn’t exactly specific as to what kinds of markings. Esperanza’s dad is entirely unknown, but they’re all mustangs so far as I can tell.

I always kinda thought at first that Strider was beaten by Spirit and left the herd as they do in the wild. However later on I figured that it's more likely that he died at some point as it wasn't common for man to show up often given how Spirit never saw Man in his life until they began to settle close to his Homeland. (Then again given how Spirit's mom reacted to him being caught, it could be possible that Man did show up at some point and captured before he was born) Also fun fact: In the deleted scenes Spirit was meant to fight another "Mystery" Stallion to protect his leadership over the herd instead of the Mountain Lion scene as a way to show how life was like for a Lead Stallion.

Hawk is so pretty!! 🥺 “Ok let’s see..” silence “WOAH..WOAH!!” Edit: did anyone see strider almost float out of the screen view at 17:14

I think he either passed or got captured. I'm leaning towards he died because in the movie, Spirit says "Like my father before me".

The horses not having a dad is more relatable than anything has ever been in a horse game

I think strider was one of the male horses pulling the train when spirit broke free out of the train and started letting them free. He was one of the ones looking at spirit I think. Just my theory!

The Pedigree seems to be the new norm from everyone I have seen play Rival Stars and my own games all custom creations have parents now when they are bred but the father always seems to disappear on the family tree.

Ok is it just me but at 17:15 you can see the dad float away to the top of the screen near the name cloud

We know Esperanza's mom. It was buckskin mare named Alma. She was a bit darker than Spirit, I think. And that means her dad, Spirit's grandfather, must been chestnut. Sorry for bad English, I'm from Poland xD

I think strider was captured by people before spirit was born and that's why we don't see him in the movie

In the movie, when spirit first gets brought to the army camp, one of the marching horses stops and stares at him, messing up the march, I personally believe this is his father, who was most likely captured when spirit was young since spirit doesn’t recognize said horse in the movie

Yes, he left to get the milk and never returned. Okay but on a a serious note, I think Strider died trying to protect the herd.

Strider I believe has a bit of his story told in the books! Definitely recommend reading ezperanza and then rains mums book. As for the new cartoon, that spirit is spirit and rains colt as it was shown in like a dream sequence where you see him as a colt playing with his parents rain and spirit