Tall Tails

This year at Fields Quarter Horses, there are some tall tails runnng around. I'm not talking about the kind which are told at a campfire, I'm speaking about the height of some of the horses at the farm. I've become accustommed to looking up at a few of our residents. In fact, I think if I were looking down from their backs, I may get a nose bleed. Here's a break down from largest to smallest of some of our guests!

Tilly: A mare who foaled an equally long legged filly last month, Tilly tops the charts by towering over everyone and thing at the farm. She is over 17.2 hands tall at the withers. Her withers are waaaayyyyy above the top of my head and I would have to use a small step ladder just to touch her ears!

Maggie: This mare has come to the farm for breeding and she is a Thoroughbred who formerly raced. We call her Maggie Giraffe (I'll let you figure that one out). She comes with the largest step and the smallest brain of any of our residents. Anything that we do with Maggie usually involves a process and a team.

Cooper: A mere two years old, Cooper garners third place honors in the who leaves from the highest branch category. Cooper is an easy 17.1 hands at the withers and is staying over for a while following minor surgery for some growth related issues. He is a gentle giant who recently discovered that prefers to graze from trees rather than lush green pastures. I suppose that to him, it seems efficient.

Spook: Recently of Foaling Camera fame, Spook it the resident embryo recipient mare along with her all-grown up no embryo named Audry. Spook is some sort of draft mix with blue eyes, a bald face, and expansive body. She tops the charts as the heftiest horse on the farm also.

Kramer: His registered name is Chevromotion and he is from the first foal crop of Chevy. This 3 year old soon-to-be show horse is now a wohopping 16.1 hands and still growing. He is beautiful, talented, and very Chevy-ish, just with a much larger version of the trot!

And from there we will skip over the other horses until we reach the smallest (or end of the line if you prefer). Cooper the Mini Stallion is the farm's teaser. He stands a neat 7 hands tall but makes up for his loss of size with a big attitude.

So, that's a view of the horses from the top! It's exciting to get to work with so many different shapes and sizes but I must say that it's both amazing and intimidating to walk beside these giants sometimes. I am reminded that they choose to be our friends!