The filly's first day out
Learning to walk beside mum
On day two of Lizzie's filly life she went out into the field for the first time with Charles guiding her with his hands around her shoulders and quarters and Lizzie anxiously "assisting" with a series of gentle wickers and nuzzles. We were pleased with the amount of quality Danni brought to the union and the little filly moved off for her first taste of freedom bouncing like a gazelle across the field. The little paddock is nicely sheltered but with a bad forecast for the rest of the week i bought her a cute navy foal rug in the mammoth size of Three feet!
Second day out wearing her new rug
Lizzie wasn't at all sure about the merits of rustly new rugs for foals and did her best to get her nose in the way but very soon the filly was quietly dressed for her outing and that was that as far as she was concerned.
Today dawned bright and blustery with occasional squalls of horizontal rain - click any of the pictures to see the angry white horse coming in across the bay behind them.
Charles has named the filly Annie for the stable at least and today was the day that Annie discovered she could gallop across the field
Annie a sweet quality foal
Danni had his usual three day schooling again this week, stretching and strengthening, flexing and collecting - by Friday I worked more on his shoulder in -finishing with a session of shoulder in up the centre line interspersed by ten metre circles which at least stopped him trying to "lean"his shoulders on the fence and he did his best one yet..........so for Monday we have planned........!
Poor Sooty has been very troubled by his feet at the moment after his last shoeing and although the smith came back out and seated out his shoes he is still not very happy so he is confined to short walks around the village. The two extremes of life the young filly just starting her adventures and the old horse drifting towards his sunset - but not yet.
she is great! that rug won't last long, of course, she'll have grown out of it in jig time!
ReplyDeletebeautiful - mare and foal!
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ReplyDeleteSorry - I don't seem to be able to type this evening! Your foal is lovely - seems to be getting the hang of galloping right away. How old is Sooty - I care for a number of senior horses - sorry about his feet and hope he feels better.
ReplyDeletei've already got my eye on the 3'3" size though Claire- its the best thing we've ever bought at the moment!
ReplyDeleteThank you Di she's a little poppet
Yes Kate tht was the first attemp at gallop yesterday and she is getting more interreactive by the minute - she was trying to see over her stable door last night and Mum has relaxed a lot more now.
Sootty is twenty three years old but big - about 17hh with Cushings (and has been troubled by Laminitus very badly until this was diagnosed) - he has even had a pedal bone rotation which he has recouvered from - I've had him since he was four and a half months old so we've grown "older together"! Would be interested in you seniors too?