Ponies hunting a fox!

[Bryndu]

Just looked out of my kitchen window to see a large fox boldly heading towards the gateway from the field he was in, when my Welshies spotted him. We had a Mexican stand off for 0.12 seconds and then the C (who is the biggest wuss in the universe!) took off at speed and charged Mr Fox, with the A and D in hot persuit! The ponies heads were lowered, ears flat against their snaking heads as they gained on the fox.
The fox nipped through the sheep netting fence and made good his escape and the ponies skidded to a halt, tails up, heads in the air, snorting.
I have to confess during all this I was egging them on loudly from the warmth of my kitchen!!!
My ponies will allow any dog, cat, sheep, birds etc in their field and have never chased any of them, but Mr Fox is a completely different matter.
Oddly enough.....none of them has been hunting!!! It must just be an instinctive hatred of foxes and I have to say.. if the fox had tripped and fallen like people in the movies do...I wouldn't have fancied his chances!!!!
Bryndu

 

[gunnergundog]

Naughty, naughty ponies!! I wonder what the antis would have made of that??

 

[maggiesmum]

I've seen my TB do that, he went tearing off up the field and tried to stamp on it!

 

[solitairex]

How strange! Clever little ponys! x

 

[Maesfen]

Most horses, especially youngsters will chase anything unusual that go in their field so fox chasing isn't unusual at all; my lot are beggars for chasing the dogs and it's not a habit you can nip in the bud very easily so I just make sure none of my dogs go in where the neds are. They also chase rabbits too, probably see them as competition for the grass!

 

[DragonSlayer]

You've done it now! Someone will report you for gouding your ponies into chasing him!

What a shame it wasn't caught on camera, how brill that would have been!

 

[EAST KENT]

Careful! You are guilty of hunting with more than two..ponies!

 

[Paddydou]

Careful! You are guilty of hunting with more than two..ponies!

Ah yes but being that she was in the kitchen at the time and not activly seeking quarry I am sure that there is a stipulation for this...

 

[Mike007]

And if you keep welshies .. you could always plead insanity

 

[Sanolly]

and if you keep welshies .. You could always plead insanity:d:d

lol :d

 

[TallyHo123]

Naughty ponies
A fox has decided to live at out yard now! The kids keep bloody feeidng it. It sits with our yard cats and shares their food from the bowl.
Comes in your stable and everything, I swear it's going to bite someone one day.

 

[MissTyc]

My cobs chase fozes ... and magpies ... and chickens ... and dogs ... and once my 4yo brough me a half eaten rabbit. I hasten to add I suspect the fox ate the missing half

 

[Shutterbug]

I saw this happen a few years ago at my old yard. 3 horses chasing Mr Fox clear across the field and Mr Fox running for all he was worth. It was hilarious