On Saturday morning Alayne and I turned Lena, Nikki and Cash out to pasture so we could muck out their corral with the tractor. This was the first time they've been on pasture since last fall. We don't typically turn them out until Memorial Day weekend at the end of May because the grass hasn't grown enough to support sustained grazing until then. That's when grazing season starts. May is a frustrating month because they're so ready to be out on pasture, we're so ready to stop feeding hay, and there is some fresh green grass out there — they know it, too! — but we have to be careful to give the grass a chance to really grow before it gets serious grazing pressure.
But oh my, were these three blind horses excited about being turned loose! I figured we might have some rodeo-like theatrics, so I had the camera with me. And they didn't disappoint. There is usually a lot of bucking and kicking and hi-jinks when we first put them out. That's Nikki kicking up her heels in the photo above.
Here she is again, really putting some "ooomph!" into it as she kicks to the right:
And then, for good measure, a kick to the left:
Not to be outdone, here's Cash getting into the action:
(The light looks so different in that shot because I now have the sun behind me as I'm taking the photos. In Nikki's photos I was facing into the morning sun, which kind of gave it that washed-out look.)
Lastly, here's a shot of all three of them getting airborne:
If you were just driving by and watching these three horses act like this, you'd never in a million years guess that they're all totally blind.
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