October

Aside from the minor incident of Darcy getting stuck in a fence (how? why?) and doing the above to his legs, everything's going well with the boys. I moved them to another paddock as the 17hh Steeplechaser in the next field was bullying them, and they've now got a bigger area and lots of big, shady trees for the Summer months. I've been giving Cam regular lessons on Altibo, and Darcy is being lunged every second day, and walked in and around the arena and jumping paddocks to get him used to different sights and sounds when we ride out. I'm feeding them both myself now, and they're both glowing without their rugs on. Both ripped their Weatherbeeta's off, and Darcy destroyed two cotton rugs completely, along with Altibo getting through 4 pairs of over reach boots in 3 weeks.

I'm seriously considering dressing them up for Christmas, and I love this saddle pad! It's probably a good thing they already have two custom saddle blankets being made to order with their names embroidered on them, otherwise they'd have some cute (faux) dead bears on their back, to go with this...