Run Like The Wind

At 6 a.m. every morning, unless it was raining, an army of ponies and horses made their way out from the edge of the forest for another day’s grazing – it was unlike anything I’d ever seen before.

Amazingly, at 8 pm, they all made their way back into the forest to spend the night under the canopy. I noticed on the first evening that some of the ponies got a little overexcited at bedtime and would canter across the open expanse towards the forest.

I knew that if the weather played ball and we got some nice light the following evening then I had a chance at capturing this amazing moment. Sure enough, the sky was full of nice broken clouds at 7:30 pm the following evening, so I got into position amongst the gorse and waited for the spectacle to begin.

The light improved dramatically in the few minutes I was waiting, and at 7:45 pm the horses began their journey towards the forest. There were only four excited horses that evening, but that was all I needed.