Little pony scares off big horses

There’s a few small fields along the road from home, where some folk keep a varied selection of horses and ponies at various times of year, and I noticed a couple of little ponies in the nearest one over the recent snowy spell. I’d been wondering what to do with a surplus from my crop of apples this year, as they are now looking rather dubious for human consumption. Over the recent freeze, I gained a new friend in the form of a little blackbird that spent its day pecking away at them, as I put a fresh one out each day – as the previous day’s froze solid. Funny, he always came alone, and didn’t share his ‘find’.

After the thaw had set in and the snow had cleared from the ground, I thought I’d give the rest of the apples to the ponies (I should point out that I am not a member of the horsey set, so there’s no point in correcting me on naming – I’m just using what makes sense to me).

When I next wandered along, I was worried to see a pair of full-sized horses in the field, along with the two little ponies, and wondered if the larger of the two would see the other off, and enjoy the treat.

I couldn’t have been more wrong!

As you will see in the series of three pics below, the cute little pony turned out to be the boss in this particular field, and when the brown horse came over to see what the cute little pony had found, it turned on the larger horse and chased it across the field.

This was followed by a short session of head-to-head stand-off, during which the brown horse backed down after only one face-off with the little white pony.

After this, the pony enjoyed the bag of apples, and finished them off while the horse stood still at a respectful distance, and just watched.

If you are wondering what happened to the other horse seen in the first pic, then it took off for the other end of the field, as the cute little pony actually headed for it just after it chased the first, and before they had their face-off.