The foals are finally starting to play with each other. Rory would prefer to play tag, while the other foal prefers wrestling. Rory is holding his own though. He's getting to be a better wrestler and even chested the other foal's hindquarters last night and sent him staggering a couple of steps. His smaller size doesn't seem to be a handicap. They typically wrestle for a bit, then Rory runs like a mad thing around the paddock for a minute before coming back near the other foal. Sometimes the other foal chases for the first dash across the paddock, but mostly he waits until Rory stops before going over and starting the wrestling phase again.
We did a little jog practice on Friday night - he's so cute. He was super good too. I put his entry in for next Saturday's breeders show. It will be fun. I expect he will be a handful to braid. He was a good boy while I was working on his mum's mane to get it to braiding fitness. He came and saw me, but didn't bite or be a real pest. I scratched him a bit when he came. It was early/midafternoon so their nap time anyway which probably helped.
His dark raccoon eyes are getting bigger and he has a distinct ring of the bright chestnut hair close to his eyes. The grey colour on the back of his ears may be mostly skin shining through sparse hairs, but the black hair on his hocks still has me puzzled.
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