Filed under: May 2020 | Tags: draft horse driving, foal, Suffolk, Suffolk Horses, Suffolk Punch
May 11, 2020
My son’s horse, the right side in the photo, on her maiden voyage as a teammate. She did very well for her first time. My son has been training her for several months. She just turned two-years old. She walked off quite well and only fidgeted a couple times. She is well on her way to being a great workhorse.
Our Suffolk herd are all grazing together. After a couple of weeks making all the introductions over a farm gate, peace fills the pasture. The pecking order has been established. Abby has made it clear to the other horses just what the social distancing space should be between them and her baby. No fighting, no squealing, just subtle reminders with laid back ears.
We are counting the days of this crazy spring waiting patiently for warmer weather and planting season. We made some progress last week. we managed to get a large portion of the winter manure spread on ground that will be planted to ear corn for the animals. I even got those three acres plowed. I used the tractor due to maternity leave for Abby.
This past Mother’s Day, my wife pets and talks to the new foal. Bree’s momma watches over the scene. Isn’t that what momma’s do? Watch from afar, but ready to jump in when needed. I miss my mom, but I believe that she is still watching over us.
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RicelandMeadows 
We saw the “herd” resting near the road the other day when we went to Aburg for a drive by birthday party for one of our grandsons. Beautiful horses, indeed.
Comment by Rick Ward May 11, 2020 @ 11:09 pm