Mystery Pasture Flat Spot

We had rain yesterday in east Tennessee. When I went out to check the water bucket I noticed two shiny flat spots near the barn. I got a little closer to investigate and then went for my camera. I know what caused it. What’s your guess? I’ll edit the post later with some “evidence” and the answer.

Mystery pasture flat spot

Well thanks for playing guys! Laura was the first to nail it…it took me a minute but I recalled a photo I took in about this same spot:

Moonshine rolling in the dirt

And this is what our horses looked like:

Muddy horse

Rediculous…I mean look at this:

Redhead horse

She’s suddenly a redhead! Horses are so funny. I rarely see Valentine muddy but I think it’s pretty clear from the two distinct flat spots in the top picture that both horses rolled.

About Bill

Long-winded horse newbie, aspiring amateur barrel racer and cowboy mounted shooter. Bill has a "horse problem" and regularly wears a t-shirt that reminds him "I don't need another horse." A favorite quote is from John Wayne: "Courage is being scared but saddling up anyway," which pretty much describes how he feels every time he gets on a horse.
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6 Responses to Mystery Pasture Flat Spot

  1. Laura says:

    Looks like a place for 2 happy horses to roll and get nice & muddy.

  2. Bill says:

    Thanks for the guess, Laura. Whose next?

  3. Vanessa says:

    What could be more fun than rolling in the mud??? I bet if the picture showed more detail of the two standing in the background, we’d see some pretty dirty coats.

  4. BlindTechie says:

    Its where you feed the horses right up next to the fence, and give them treats. So they are standing in that spot a lot and making it a flat spot. :-)

  5. Julian Ross says:

    Now I bet that you are grateful not to have bought white horses:)

  6. Shelly says:

    My old horse that I used to have was white and absolutely hated being clean. When we would go riding I would always have to get a head start on brushing, and picking and cleaning. He would have mud in places that would always surprise me. And the moment we were done with him and turned him back out to pasture he would always roll again to get rid of all the cleaniness! Another cute story I remember from when I was a kid was my dad would always tell me that for every time a horse rolled it was worth a 100 dollars! So I guess in that sense my horse was worth a million!

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