Five Acres with a View

I get complaints that I never show photos of Rags on my weblog. Here is one that I took of him grazing in what we call the new field yesterday. Rags is a 20 year old Appaloosa gelding. His color pattern, called chestnut varnish, is not quite as well known as the traditional spotted blanket of so many Appaloosas.

A few weeks ago, this cute little palomino was turned out in one of the fields across the road from our place. I had wondered why the sounds he made to my horses sounded more like a stallion’s demanding “mare, get your ass over here” neigh than the usual lost sounding whinny of a horse turned out without friends. Sure enough, today I was able to get close enough to verify that he seems to be a young stallion. I am glad I plan to move Lily back to my trainer’s in a few days, since the poor thing must be getting teased to death by her presence across the road. I am also glad that our fence is a lot more solid than this one looks.