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The donkey welcoming committee – donkeys #4 and #5, AKA Nelly and Benjamin. Chasseur and Julian in the background.
The (treated) Cushings still shows up in the coat - but thankfully the horse is in very good shape otherwise, for a 24-year-old especially - with or without Cushings...
THAMESBOURNE SUNSMART (G/06/BA/170/AUS/WB; Sire/Dam: Sunny Boy/ Thamesbourne Amorette) ridden by Lucy Mcnutt (Vic.); Owner: Lucy Mcnutt; Breeder: Lucy Mcnutt, in the Medium Championships at the 2014 Australian Dressage Championships on 26-10-2014 at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre
THAMESBOURNE SUNSMART (G/06/BA/170/AUS/WB; Sire/Dam: Sunny Boy/ Thamesbourne Amorette) ridden by Lucy Mcnutt (Vic.); Owner: Lucy Mcnutt; Breeder: Lucy Mcnutt, in the Medium Championships at the 2014 Australian Dressage Championships on 26-10-2014 at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre
Sunsmart (dark horse on left) greets his uncle Le Chasseur (chestnut in foreground right) and his mother French Revolution (concealed behind her brother and opposite Romeo, who is concealed behind Sunsmart).
Nice and cold beer, taken at the WACA ground Perth, First Test Match Australia versus south Africa. 2008. The fellow has covered the side of his face to protect it from the afternoon sun!
Sunsmart and his uncle Le Chasseur sniff each other while Sunsmart's mum French Revolution looks on.
31-year-old Romeo has his customary post-breakfast snooze in the donkey shelter. Occasionally, as on this day, he is joined there by 26-year-old French Revolution, mother of Sue's riding horse Sunsmart, standing in the back of the shelter. The mare is very social and splits her time between Romeo, her brother Chasseur and her son Sunsmart.
Sunsmart, his uncle and his mum having a feed of hay on a late summer morning while ancient Romeo is getting his morning bucket of chaff and concentrates off camera. We have acquired a pole saw and are now very effectively cutting tagasaste and Acacia saligna branches for them (and the cattle) – good quality tree fodder, green and lush when most of the pasture is marginal. The tall green tree above the horse with its back turned is one of dozens of Acacia saligna we planted on this block, along with 700 tagasaste – and both types of fodder trees recover quickly from branch pruning. Top branches of both species always need trimming for height control, to make them bulk up in the bottom tiers for effective windbreak characteristics, and easier harvesting of young branchlets.
The Aussie summer - better remaining in the shade as much as possible .. that's being sun smart.
Not a sunscreen but a great cream for so many other skin disorders .. and it is a product my brother is involved with.
Left to right: Sparkle, Don Quixote (Peppi), Mary Lou, then Sunsmart, his mother French Revolution, her brother Le Chasseur, and Romeo, who at 31.5 has broken the old age record for over 20 Standardbreds and their crosses originating from Sue's family, by more than two years over Mediterranean, who died at 28 or 29. Also he is now within a year of the age of our overall record holder, Sue's Arabian mare, who was 32.5 when put down because of poor health two years ago.
Friesian steers The Pirate and Spot (with seven more off camera), horses Sunsmart (French Revolution and Le Chasseur concealed behind him) and Romeo, and donkeys Sparkle, Don Quixote and Mary Lou. A belt of nearly four-year-old tagasaste behind the cattle, and the north end of our 50ha bush reserve behind that.