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THE  HERD  AT  HOME

What   Are   You   DOING   Down  There?

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We have had as many as  thirty seven  horses here at one time, probably too many for us to do justice to.  But local trainers would telephone us regularly to offer us more horses, and one hesitates to say no to each proffered horse as it may well be a death sentence for some hapless horse I have never even met!

This page will have a selection of photos of the horses as they live, mostly wild and unbothered by us, up the hill with their mates.

Bar  Two  Horses,  The  Entire  Herd  In  1996

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Horses always seem to manage to look like a row of parked up buses when one needs to take a photograph.! On this occasion, and this was  our entire  herd then, bar two horses, my daughter was running a Red Cross Search and Rescue operation up the hill and there was a line of beaters  looking for a hidden "body"  The horses were HORRIFIED!!  They'd gallop away down the fenceline and then whip round, gallop back and stand and stare up the hill to assess the danger. Fortunately I had a camera on hand.

Boys   Will   Be   Boys!              Brandy  The  Arab  And  Jack.

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This is Brandy, the Arab, and Jack having a battle royal all over the paddock.  They are fairly close in the pecking order and good mates and a game is always on the cards
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Mustering   Up   The   Hill.     Ellie   Chasing   Boogie.

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Lower Down The Hill

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I don't know which is the most exciting  -  standing near the top watching them go, perching half way down and feeling the wind as they go past, or waiting at the bottom, seeing the clouds of dust, literally hearing and feeling the thunder as they get closer.  The very last bit before they get back to river level is almost flat, and after a few days balancing around the hill they all have a bucking and kicking contest, one after the other in an explosion of high spirits. It is very satisfying to see horses that were too scared to cross the river when they arrived, finally get the hang of it and kick and squeak with the best of them.

Squirt   Unhappy   With  Her   Morning   Snooze   Companions.

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Squirt doesn't suffer fools gladly and she REALLY likes her personal space  -  invade it at your peril!  Obviously two horses have sat down rather closer than she would like. The bay horse on the left, from his colour, could be Ben, and this is one of her Men Friends, and well over her in the pecking order, so she might be annoyed because she doesn't dare bite HIS bottom!

Clonbern   Up   The   Hill   In   Watchful   Mode.

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Big   Mick   On   The   Job   Hunting   The   Horses   Down   The   Hill. 

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Do  You  Mind?   -  We're  Eating  Dinner  Here

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Drifting  Away  Up  The  Hill.  Their  Time  Away  From  The  Human  Beast

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