A week last Sunday I had been pulling Ruby's mane. She hates it and makes eversuch a fuss but I managed to do a bit without her trying to crush me. Her usual trick is to wait until you've got both arms in the air and then lean on you. If you're really unlucky you get pinned between her and the wall. Anyway, I let her into the field and she decided to go to the trough for a drink. For some inexplicable reason Zorya decided at that moment to bite her. Although Ruby's a big strong girl and Zorya's a weedy little thoroughbred, she's a bit of a wuss.
Unfortunately, in trying to escape, she managed to get one of her front legs through the gate. As she pulled away the gate followed so she panicked even more and got both legs stuck. Then she fell over with the gate on top of her. Stupidly I tried to lift the gate off and got hit in the face for my efforts (no, I didn't get kicked in the head as rumour has it!).
Luckily one of the lads from the farm came to the rescue. He was brilliant. Rushed into the barn and grabbed a rug, put it over Ruby's head and sat on her until I could get the gate off her. It weighed an absolute ton! Once she was up she was limping badly on her offside foreleg, but she obviously hurt all round. Luckily she'd only (only?) got deep tissue bruising and skinned the fronts of her legs. With a great amount of coaxing we finally got her back in the barn.
When the vet arrived, she asked if I could walk her up. I could barely get her out of the stable. She was very brave and didn't make much of a fuss at all but was obviously very sorry for herself. Ten days later and she was chasing Smem up the drive at a brisk trot!
When the vet arrived, she asked if I could walk her up. I could barely get her out of the stable. She was very brave and didn't make much of a fuss at all but was obviously very sorry for herself. Ten days later and she was chasing Smem up the drive at a brisk trot!
Unsuprisingly, her scan on wednesday showed that she was not in foal. Fingers crossed for another go on Friday. I'm beginning to think she just enjoys being a lady of leisure. At this rate, she'll be foaling in December!
Zorya does seem to be a bit of a trouble-maker. If she hadn't run off, Annie would never have slipped over and Ruby would never have fallen on her and broken her ribs. And just in case you're thinking that Ruby's clumsy and a bit of a Dobbin, you should see her Team Chase! I think if Smem asked her to jump the moon she'd have a fair crack at it!
Zorya does seem to be a bit of a trouble-maker. If she hadn't run off, Annie would never have slipped over and Ruby would never have fallen on her and broken her ribs. And just in case you're thinking that Ruby's clumsy and a bit of a Dobbin, you should see her Team Chase! I think if Smem asked her to jump the moon she'd have a fair crack at it!
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Oh man, that sounds like quite a wreck. Glad to hear that she is ok.
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