The day we met Assuan.

We got up bright and early to go and met Tolo at his yard by 8am. When we arrived many of the horses were just standing in the drive way munching at the bushes (as you can imagine, not much green grass available at this time of year). We looked into the field on the left to see a mare and her foal across the field; this is where Tolo told us that his foal was in this field, so this must have been Assuan.

We walked up the drive way, past the horses and up to the yard, the gates were still closed but we could see that there was a lot of things going on. The horses were being fed their breakfast and hearded into order by the two dogs. Both of them appeared to love their jobs, barking at the horses to get them to go where they were supposed to be, quite a sight.

Tolo coming strolling up the yard towards us and said good morning. One thing you will notice about Tolo if you ever meet him is his smile, very warm, friendly and welcoming. He took us down to the field to introduce us to Laila and her foal Assuan.

(For those of you that were wondering, Assuan is the original spelling of Aswan, the big lack and damn in Egypt)

Assuan was a little nervous to meet us, afterall he was only 5 months old and still very close to mum. We asked if he had been put in a head collar and were told he had. Tolo said he was going to take Assuan and mum upto the stable and he would show us, so we left the paddock closely followed by the two horses. We were impressed up at the yard when not only did Assuan accept the head collar with ease he also picked up all four hooves on request. Jo also gently lent across him and rubbed both his sides, he didn't mind at all.

Tolo asked if we'd like to see dad and promptly called Bep Lluis the owner of Milano, the stallion. He gave us directions to.Equisport near Citudela and said that Bep would be there for us to meet him.