The Wonder of Horses

You are the soft, gentle and calming spotty muzzle resting against my face keeping me warm in the mid winter’s night.

You are the thing that brings the most fun and joy into my weekend in-between homework and chores.

You are the funny but cheeky escape artist who acts like a magician disappearing into nothing but smoke into the distance.

You are the time snatcher who will never be caught in visible daylight,

You are the sound of calm happy munching on your hay or sweet sugary haylage,

You are the brown and green slobbery moustache after your daily meals.

You are the sound of hoofbeats whilst galloping through the fields with the wind blowing at our faces by sunset or sunrise.

You are the space between the high fences and the light blue summer’s sky when we are jumping,

You are the stress at a competition when we can’t load you into the trailer, already running late.

You are the sound of the sludgy mud I have to walk through while I turn you out in the field after a cold, wet and muddy lesson in the school.

You are the before school rush when I try to feed and muck out before school.

You are the fun in riding you bareback out to the field in any weather.

You are the endless hours of muckheap forking in the dark winter night,

You are the best.