Since things have been going so well, it's inevitable to get a bit of bad news. Reffy is lame. Poop. He's looked a little ouchy the past couple days but since the ground is so uneven and solid I figured that was the problem. I lunged him a bit this morning and he was definitely off on his right front. No obvious reason, no swelling or exceptional heat. He's a tad warm in the heel area, so for now we're going to assume he's bruised himself and treat it as such. :( Luckily, he's not the kind of horse who goes outside and acts like a maniac, so he is still on normal turn out.
Which brings us to the good news! Ashley's TB Quincy got to go outside today and Reffy finally has a pasture mate! He's pretty unconcerned about the new guy in his field and prefers to eat his hay rather than get rowdy. Quincy on the other hand is hell bent on chatting up the ladies over the fence, and the gelding in their field is NOT happy about it.
Q and Ref are pretty adorable together though. Eventing buddies in the making!
Q likes to make silly faces for the camera ;)
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