The ponies were happily grazing along the side of the path near the racecourse fenceline around ///idea.pupils.notch at 11:20 this morning. The foal immediately came and said hello and enjoyed a long neck rub. Once he'd had enough, the girls all came and said hello, with several of them happy to stand and be stroked. They were all relaxed and looking well.
Nicky arrived about twenty minutes later, and the ponies all followed me up the hill to meet her. After saying hello, they got back to grazing, and wandered off to the trees at the southwest corner of the site just after noon. They soon started to relax.
Nicky has treated the patches on the darker ponies face and also given her an injection. This will hopefully clear up what is suspected to be a harvest mite infestation. She was absolutely fine both during and after the treatment, and soon returned to the trees to join the others. After an initial bit of hesitation, the little one has also been wormed. He was enjoying a relaxing neck rub, which distracted him long enough to let Nicky give him the wormer. He was absolutely fine afterwards.
After Nicky left, I gave the ponies a final check at 13:40. Megan, Pandora and the foal were back grazing at the racecourse fence line. The little one wanted more neck, head and back rubs while the girls ate. I had said my goodbyes twenty minutes later and started to walk off up the hill, only for them all to follow me. After a few more strokes, they started to graze on the grass at the side of the path near the main entrance. The other five ponies were still resting in the trees in the far southwest of the site at 14:15.
The ponies were all good today.
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