Callisto August 2006

Callisto starting to lose his foal coat, he should be dark bay like his sire I think.
All the mares and foals have had hay for the last few weeks and the fields are getting increasingly horrid, tomorrow they move onto their Autumn grazing next door, acres of lush ungrazed grass (only a hay crop in June off it every year) and they all get lots of attention from our neighbours, making the foals even tamer when they eventually return home in October.
We can then rest these fields, grazing has been difficult this year because we have done a lot of spraying for bracken, making a number of fields unusable until soaked by heavy rain (which we haven't of course had..)
We had even organised a gateway through to next door this year for easy access instead of up the road, but the contractors haven't had time to do it as haymaking has been so hit and miss taking months instead of weeks.
Should be fun tomorrow taking five mares and foals up the lane!