THE HERD AT HOME
What Are You DOING Down There?
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.
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
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.
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
Mustering Up The Hill. Ellie Chasing Boogie.
Lower Down The Hill
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.
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.
Big Mick On The Job Hunting The Horses Down The Hill.
Do You Mind? - We're Eating Dinner Here
Drifting Away Up The Hill. Their Time Away From The Human Beast
