Rainy Saturday - Derby Day!

I can almost hear the grass growing. The horses are getting fat. KC and the Littles are spending their days in the dry paddock. I give them hay in two different locations, and KC seems to boycott the offerings. He's holding out for his favorite place to be: field #2.

While it rained in the morning, I straightened up the house.

The Blacks are really coming along. Having them separated from each other has been the best thing we've done. She is easy to catch in the field. Skip is so happy with having his own little princess to call his own. And she feels like a princess, too. She's getting soft and sweet. Both are picking up their feet with no issue. Time to get the farrier out for their hoof trimming.

We've had 12 days of overcast and rain. The sun finally came out, but didn't stay out for that long. Need to mow grass, and we got the yard (front, sides, and Max's field) done. He mowed the side and Max's field while I was at the grocery, I did the front and right side when I got back.

We went to the BigOrangeBox to get twenty-five 60lbs bags of play sand to bolster the round pen footing. We also stocked up on suet. The birds are addicted to it! We spread sand in light rain.

And the Kentucky Derby winner is Nyquist, who had been favored to win. We grilled out and had dinner on the bricks, with a fire.

It rained in the evening, too, cutting short our outside enjoyment.