E and I are a bit under the weather - nasty colds - so we weren't able to take advantage of the nice-ish day to go riding yesterday. But we did manage to do a big cleaning of stalls and runs. As we cleaned out each horse's stall we would release them out into the trail course area of the barnyard. Gets the animal out of our way and gives the horse a bit of freedom.
Ginger must be cycling right now. She was quite interested in the boys and was "winking" at them (I learned a new term in my research on mares last night!). Of course, being geldings, all the boys would just stare at her lifted tail, blink, and then go back to what they had been doing. I was glad to discover that Ginger is still amenable to our handling even while she is in estrus.
When it was Curly's turn for freedom he began acting like a wild stallion, charging all over the place with mane and tail flying behind him. It made me laugh and we began calling him "Curly, Wild Stallion of the Cimarron." That quickly evolved into "Curly, Wild Gelding of the Poop Pile" since his laps included a romp through that area as well. He even made a leap over a large pile of rocks. When we rounded him back up he was all sweaty from his exertions.
E's comment as we drove away: "I'm feeling happy now."
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Be careful with this... we have one gelding here that seriously thinks he's a stud. Excited is one thing... chronically studly is another. And dangerous! Both of my mares are hussies through and through, and do nothing to help solve the problem. We've had to permanently separate the mares from that gelding, and the girls may not handle that gelding when the mares are in season...
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