It was a few months ago we had green pastures and an abundance of wild flowers. Now the pastures are dried out and we are having to feed hay.

Gold Champagne horse, Goober in field of  Firewheel wildflowers. His hind quarters look larger than they actually are because of an overly aggressive use of a telephoto lens.

Old sorrel mare putting a young Gold Champagne Horse in his place.Looking at the colts face and body language you have to believe a horse can show expression.

Sampson, a classic champagne stallion, and Joker, a grulla stallion, check each other out prior to a minor territorial scuffle.

Another picture of Goober, this one taken at sunset. He is a Gold Champagne colored horse which is the result of a red colored horse, such as a chestnut or sorrel, bred to a horse carrying the dilute champagne gene. A champagne horse will have freckled pink skin, which can be seen around his mouth, and amber eyes.

Goober is a Gold Champagne Palomino quarter horse. The Gold Champagne color is the result of a breeding of a sorrel (red) horse with a horse that carries the dilute Champagne color gene. Champagne horses  have very distinctive amber eyes and freckled pink skin. This photo was taken when Goober was about 1 ½ years old.