Last field change for 2010.

Had a last swap round of horses for a while, Bubbles has gone out with the fluffies making their own "native, furry and fat" corner of the stud.

Everything else is in one large herd in the field next to the house. They had mentioned there wasn't a lot of grass left on the side field by doing fly by's at dusk every night and the sound of 14 horses plowing through slop tends to be a good point well made. The weaned mares are also out again, something we haven't done in previous years. We will just have to see how they get on and the delicate flowers will come back in, as and when is necessary. To be honest with the cost of straw this year any days when they are not standing in, crapping on solid gold is a bonus!!

Our field moves would make the more health and safety conscious nervous, first grab Pitufa, second grab a youngster (today Malambo) - shout on everything else until it forms a melee around you, open gate... most surge through, collect the stragglers by doing a loop round with Pitufa, then once everything is through release youngster, release Pitufa. Youngster learns that sorry, everything else is allowed to gallop past you and you will stand. Pitufa is handy should you need to leap on and round anything back up. My only concession for this move was that I didn't take out the good camera, I never felt it enjoyed being thrown over fences or hung from tree branches when you needed to grab a horse or a gate... which means the photos are somewhat distant and blurry!!