We do love to watch the foals grow and blossom into maturity!
Herd Life Images / Landscape / Older Horse Images
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Spirits
“When I see a horse grazing on the skyline it seems a spirit. I think of it as ascending to the sun.” –N. Scott Manaday, Earth Keeper
Mare and Foal Images / Older Horse Images
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Nostalgia Pose
Unseen by me for quite some time, I was happy to relive a familiar pose with this stand-out filly, now a mare of six years. She is and […]
Behavior / Herd Life Images / Mares / Older Horse Images
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Until Now
There is an older saddle horse that roams with the mares. I have never seen the mares accept him or interact with him unless it’s to chase him […]
Foal / Mare and Foal Images
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Fifteen Minutes
I owe this colt his introduction and fifteen minutes of fame. Born mid April he has a little over eight weeks “on the outside” at the time this […]
Behavior / Foal / Landscape / Mare and Foal Images
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Safe Distance
This mare is new to That Herd and so far accepting of my visits. She was, however, adamant that I would not get near her new foal. I […]
Behavior / Foal / Mare and Foal Images / Mares
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Warning Face
This mare has had a foal every year for many years. This is her first bay colored foal. Day one for this colt started foggy and wet in […]
Behavior / Foal / Mare and Foal Images
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Vigilant
After many weeks eagerly observing all the mares that foaled before her, this wary mare had reasons to be on alert this day. Finally, her foal arrived but […]
Behavior / Foal
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Much the Same
I secretly call them Wheaties and Dot. Wheaties is a colt and Dot is a filly by the same stud. Born within days of each other from mares […]
Behavior / Landscape / Mare and Foal Images
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All in a Days’ Travels
Ah, the vitality of youth! The young foal easily lopes up this steep hill while her young mother digs in. (Now that I’m posting this, I think […]
Behavior / Foal / Mare and Foal Images
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A Treasure
corker | ˈkôrkər | noun 1 an excellent or astonishing person (horse) or thing I would bet you know a person who is completely cooperative and pleasant […]
Foal / Mare and Foal Images
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Don’t Smile, I Dare You
Sometimes, fresh from the womb, foals have bent or curled ears. The ear tips straighten out in a day or two. Too bad, so cute.
Behavior / Landscape / Older Horse Images / Stallion
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No Water. Not Romantic.
The American West is steeped in romantic imagery and nostalgia, horses being a big part of that. The lack of water in the American West, however, is not […]
Foal
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Via Con Dios
“I hope you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, […]
Behavior / Foal / Mare and Foal Images
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Pride and Fortitude
After regaining her strength several days post giving birth, a veteran mother looks proud and calm in her motherhood role. After many years without conceiving, and now […]
Foal / Landscape / Mare and Foal Images
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Composure and Growth
In a few short weeks the foals grow at tremendous rates. In this environment, their courage, and analytical thinking make great strides as well as their physical development. […]
Behavior / Foal / Mare and Foal Images
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Matchless Moments
In a pure moment of free-spirited pluckiness, this newborn filly toddled straight away from her mother-shield and investigated me without hesitation. This is such an unusual occurrence that […]
Behavior / Stallion
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Peers in Curiosity
When being assessed by a free creature you have choices to make about your response. Though there is always a default to extreme caution, I try to allow […]
Behavior / Landscape / Older Horse Images
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Seeing the World
“Magic isn’t somewhere else. It isn’t a series of distant rituals, ancient texts and expensive courses. Magic is turning to the world, and seeing it, … ” –Alice […]