Friday, May 16, 2008

Born To Buck



The white mare had just given birth forty-five minutes before I was lucky enough to happen upon this scene. At first I thought she was grazing, as are the other horses in the pasture, but she is actually cleaning her new born foal. [Click To Enlarge For A Better View]

Fortunately, the owner of the horse farm was at the gate when I stopped and she was happy to allow me to photograph the horses. She said the foal was just born, the other foal you see in the right front is four days old, and the larger foal in the center is about a month old. The stallion that sired all of them was in the field, but is not in this picture. The mares are born and bred to be 'bucking mares' for rodeos!

See the foal trying to stand on my Kissimmee blog.

17 comments:

Flying Solo said...

I just can not a imagine a more beautiful image than this one today in the blogosphere! Thanks Champ :)

Anonymous said...

Coca: Thank you for such an awesome comment!!

Janice Thomson said...

What a tiny little thing - hard to believe he'll be as big if not bigger than mama some day. Great captures George!

Anonymous said...

such young horses! very nice shot!

dot said...

Such a pretty scene!

Chris said...

Oh, life is so wonderful! So nice that you caught the horses!!

Small City Scenes said...

Very nice picture. Anytime a horse in a pic I like it. Super job. MB

Jules said...

Very sweet pictures. I love the horses.

roentare said...

Beautiful and peaceful in deed!

Digital Polaroids said...

So peaceful!!

Michele said...

Beautiful photo as these fine horses graze the grasses... like a scene plucked right out of a John Wayne movie! Nicely done!

Unknown said...

Motherhood is always so special if you can get it right.

Carole said...

Beautiful scene to capture. Thank you for helping "expose" The Real Florida.

Jane Hards Photography said...

Such a gentle image. Your distance hhere was perfct. It's just such a beautiful image.

Kris McCracken said...

The foal looks a fair bit more independent than my Henry when he was born! Lovely scene, thanks for posting on it.

lv2scpbk said...

Beautiful horse photo.

Lynette said...

Click to enlarge for a better view--what an exquisite understatement.