Spring has arrived in the Bluegrass and the two foals have stopped tagging along quite so close to their dams. They now venture off impressive

Jo is going to be a "people" horse. I really picked up that feeling for the first time tonight. She’s done well with being handled

Watch any mare as she interacts with her foal, and you’ll see her nip and push and generally physically dominate the foal to put it

If you ever want to see horses in motion, just switch their fields around. It’s good for at least a half hour of excitement. The

Jo didn’t seem to notice that her supplemental feedings were becoming less frequent. In fact, the longer we waited between feedings, the less interested she

Jo is thriving. We suspect that Hermione is producing enough milk to keep the filly well fed, and that the formula we’re providing is just

Hermione and Jo were upgraded from the small grass pen to a three-acre pasture when our new colt was born four days ago. The original

I have greatly enjoyed the daily letters of support and encouragement from readers of the blog. Thank you all for following along on this little

It was early evening, about eight or nine hours after the new colt had been born, and Tabitha and I were waiting at the barn

When I walked in the barn this morning, I was a little disappointed that another day had arrived without a new foal for our now-overdue broodmare,

What a difference a couple of weeks can make. Or even days. Jo’s ribs have stopped showing. She’s not getting fat by any stretch of

Jo’s Magic is meeting all kinds of fellow "critters" on Chris and Tabitha’s farm. There is a big grey tomcat ("Fraidycat") who calls the barn

I never know what to expect when I head up to the barn at feeding time. Usually Jo greets me (or, at least, the milk

When my cell phone rang a bit after 9:00am and I noticed the caller ID, I braced for bad news. Tabitha was calling from the

One wince was enough to convince me that something wasn’t right. Hermione tensed up with pain just shifting her weight before she even started to

I’ve never put too much faith in "equine understanding." Horses just don’t see things the same way humans do. But the past few days have