This is true, however, here at Wirraway, we had a different kind of Anzac Day... 
We have had a mare 'in foal' since she arrived at the end of 2009. Horses 'gestate' for 11 months so we have been greatly anitcipating the impending arrival. Now for those of you who don't know, trying to 'catch' the event of a horse birth is no simple feat. Mares have been known to 'hold on' till the intruding humans quickly dash to get a cuppa in the wee hours of the morning.
We have had a mare 'in foal' since she arrived at the end of 2009. Horses 'gestate' for 11 months so we have been greatly anitcipating the impending arrival. Now for those of you who don't know, trying to 'catch' the event of a horse birth is no simple feat. Mares have been known to 'hold on' till the intruding humans quickly dash to get a cuppa in the wee hours of the morning.We have been watching 'Poppy' (the mare) like a hawk while she ever-so gradually displayed the signs that the event was nigh. I visited her twice daily during our recent annual leave because there was no-one else to check on her. I was hoping she might reward my dedication with a glimpse of such an amazing display of God's creation.
Alas, on a very stormy Friday evening, while we were tucked up in a toasty loungeroom, I can only assume by the present package in the morning that Poppy was not so comfortable. By the time we discovered him, he was very dry and fluffy, very stable on his feet and extraodinarily nimble in his movement.
Now Poppy is not a large horse but by the size of her foal, I'd say that her 'male-friend' was considerably larger She 'got him out' no problem and despite early assumptions, I think that she even got the foal drinking straight away too - pretty good for a first time mum!
It's so great to have a foal here. He is so delightful and already full of mischevious inquisitiveness. I got to name him, and was inpsired by the mare's name and the relationship of Poppies to remembering our fallen soldiers.
Alas, on a very stormy Friday evening, while we were tucked up in a toasty loungeroom, I can only assume by the present package in the morning that Poppy was not so comfortable. By the time we discovered him, he was very dry and fluffy, very stable on his feet and extraodinarily nimble in his movement.
Now Poppy is not a large horse but by the size of her foal, I'd say that her 'male-friend' was considerably larger She 'got him out' no problem and despite early assumptions, I think that she even got the foal drinking straight away too - pretty good for a first time mum!
It's so great to have a foal here. He is so delightful and already full of mischevious inquisitiveness. I got to name him, and was inpsired by the mare's name and the relationship of Poppies to remembering our fallen soldiers.
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