The Arrival of New Horses

We have had such a lot to do prior to the visit of HRH, The Princess Royal, I haven't been able to get round to writing about the arrival of three more horses.
The first to arrive was: Red Beaufighter by Sheikh Albadou out of Tart and a Half
(the dam also the dam of the talented Assertive)
Red Beaufighter is 9 years old and the poor chap had a decidedly uninspiring racing career. We were asked to take him because his previous owner didn't have suitable facilities to care for him properly. He had escaped from his field and had been hit by a car, so she would have had to keep him in his stable pretty much forever.
Hard on his heels, Craig Hill Cracker arrived, by Michelozzo out of Tuftarney, a 10 year old gelding with an equally uninspiring career. We had been asked to take this chap in because of lack of facilities and his future looked uncertain. He seems a nice little fellow albeit with the worst ear plaque that I think I have ever seen. This condition has made him extraordinarily headshy and I think we will have a bit of a battle to try and help ease the situation.
Then we had the return of Quixotry, who is now 18. He came back to us because his elderly companion had to be put to sleep and he would have been on his own.
Quix made us chuckle a little. He jumped down from his box with alacrity, had a quick look round (obviously remembering his old home,) strode into his stable and proceeded to munch hay.
His neighbours however, nearly died of a heart attack. Quix is now almost white and as he came into the yard, they all jumped and hurtled about with their eyes popping out of their heads. It all settled down after a bit, but we have a job with integrating very light grays into the herd, they always seem to get bullied. Horse racism!
Anyway, despite worrying that his new companions may plague him when we turned them all out into the field, it was fine. Although, Quix clearly remembered that when he was with us last, he had been out in the fields with the mares. He proceeded to spend quite alot of time gazing longingly over the fence at the 'girls', they didn't help the situation by flirting on the other side.
We have new stables being built at the moment...pictures to follow.