> trail was blocked by a guy shooting a very loud gun. Because of his ear > plugs, he couldn't hear us yelling to try to get his attention. Hunter was > the brave horse that managed to keep going forward to lead all the Arabs > down a different trail. I could feel his whole body flinch every time that > gun went off.
it was bow hunting where we were! That scares me more cause you cant hear them. ANd the horses are always nervous sensing the hunters in the woods. We had on our safety orange tho :) I guess you would call that surface "Georgia clay". ALmost all of GA is covered in it, and most of alabama and a lot of our area. It is also used by the county etc to haul in to satibilize our sandy roads but occurs naturally all around. I see in photos of australia it looks the same color earth, but wonder if it has the same similar consistency. It is nice in an arena cause it can be very soft and fluffy if disked for an event but also if graded can be a very firm stable roadway. it can at times be as hard as asphalt, not sure what makes that happen. Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
