Brushing the babies

Today I ran out of day before I could get out with any of the horses. So I just brought Skittles and Indy out for a bucket of oats and some grooming before the sun set. They've each been going through a bit of a growth spurt (haunches higher than withers right now) and neither has been able to keep weight on. They're always the last to be allowed to eat, so every once in a while I make sure they get some grain.

While they were eating I groomed them. Skittles LOVES to be groomed. She almost forgot to eat while I was grooming her she was enjoying it so much. She was just covered in tufts of shedding fur and cakes of mud.... a really sorry sight. Poor girl. By the end she looked almost pretty! (above).

The mosquitos are already starting to come out... I'm going to have to start getting them used to fly spray. This year is going to be brutal for mosquitos with all this moisture.

Indy (left) has been more successful at rubbing off all her winter fur than Skittles, so there wasn't nearly as much fur coming off of her, mostly dried mud! I also spent tons of time combing out her tail and mane. Both are incredibly thick. Her tail is absolutely gorgeous. I wish I had a head of hair like that! Her legs are starting to get those Clyde "feathers" on them as well. Neither looked exactly clean or shiny when I was done, but MUCH better than when I started (probably should have taken a "before" picture of each!).

After I was done, I decided to try to measure how tall they're getting. The measurement wasn't completely accurate because I didn't have them on perfectly level ground and neither stood still for me (they weren't too sure about that measuring tape!), but I think Skittles is about 14.3hh and Indy is about 15 or 15.1hh