There's a Tiger on the loose!

Anyone would think butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.

Apparently the little love made a bid for freedom at the weekend and legged it down the road before anyone spotted he was missing. Fortunately Annie was driving home and spotted him making a bee-line for the well-kept borders of the Rectory garden!

He has a fair turn of speed when he feels like it and although Smem runs for her school she couldn't keep up with him. This may be due to the fact that he had his hooves trimmed on Monday, making him very fleet of foot. How the farrier manages is beyond me. Put it this way, I wouldn't bend down anywhere near him if I could help it! Apparently he was behaving a bit coltishly and Zorya took a very dim view. Phil the Farrier has no problems, being strong, he can just hold on until Tiger stops mucking about.

Not such good news today on the Ruby front. Another scan. The bad news, she wasn't in foal. The good news, she's about to come into season and has plenty of eggs. Hopefully there'll be just the one this time. Fingers crossed for her next scan on Friday. She doesn't seem at all phased by all this and is enjoying taking it easy. She had her heels clipped yesterday to make her a bit smarter but she could really do with having her mane pulled. It was Zorya's turn yesterday. She now looks lovely.

We also had a look around at the other mares and the stallions. We've definitely picked the right one. He's just soooooo gorgeous and has a lovely temperament. Smem's decided she wants to put Zorya to his half brother. Equally gorgeous, but a bit too heavy for Ruby.

Let's just keep everything crossed for the weekend.