How did he get in here? A little area fenced off so horses will not chew the trees (which he has proceeded to do), with no gate. Somehow Talisman Farm RoryO'Moore managed to get himself in, but at least he didn't cut himself, or get caught up in the wires. I fed him while I opened it up with fencing gear. And it is now left open, as otherwise he'd do it again, and we probably wouldn't be so lucky in the injury stakes.
The next day Rory was up the top of the terrace, and there was a rock sitting there, and of course what else is a young horse supposed to do with a rock?? Well you give it a shove with your foot of course, and as it moves you do it again, then lo and behold it rolls over the edge and down to the bottom with suitable noise. That was very satisfactory, so you shake your head and go looking for another one, but unfortunately there wasn't one that would move. So nothing left to do but go back to grazing.
I am enjoying having Rory here (belongs to no. 2), but hopefully he does leave in one piece. He has learnt a lot of valuable lessons whilst he's been here - how to ford flooded streams safely, how to dig through snow to pasture, how it's not really that wise an idea to go too far into a muddy dam (you almost get stuck and it's very cold afterwards), how to ignore larikin dogs screaming past on their initial run of the day, and best of all how to come straight off a very steep 50m terrace at speed and clatter through the stones at the bottom without breaking your leg (although he has given himself a splint doing that)! So although it is going to be a sad day when he leaves to be broken in, there will also be a BIG sigh of relief!!
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