Lots fewer photos from our second farm - mid-afternoon light is pretty bad for photography. This was a much bigger farm. The horses all looked fat and sassy, but weren't as glowingly groomed as the first farm. Looked like a mixed group of breeds - Thoroughbreds, Quarter Horses, paints. Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses don't come in paint, so at least three breeds and maybe more. The farm has over three hundred horses and is a pretty busy place. Maintenance guys were everywhere, mowing and trimming and fixing things, plus a bunch of folks working in the barns.
The mares and foals were turned out in larger groups and there was a little more interaction, but the mare still kept the foals apart from one another. It's interesting to watch the hierarchy in herds.
Wish we could have stayed another couple of days and shot early and late with better light (and cooler temperatures). The nice thing about photo tours is that we get to shoot at interesting places that normally aren't accessible. The not-as-good-thing is that you take what you get in shooting conditions because of the limited time at the location.
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